Hate Crime
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17-year-old Dalit gang-rape victim dies by suicide in UP’s Chitrakoot
Banda: A 17-year-old Dalit gang-rape victim committed suicide by hanging herself in a village in the Chitrakoot district of Uttar Pradesh, police said. The victim’s family claimed that she took the extreme…
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Shillong: Students Union closes mosque citing ‘illegal’ construction
Shillong: The Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) on Tuesday, April 14, targeted a mosque and shut it down, alleging it was illegally built in Meghalaya’s Shillong city. Tensions prevailed in the Lower Lumparing…
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27 hate crimes in Q1 2026: Telangana’s peace is being engineered away
On a piece of CCTV footage from Banswada, a police officer watched a boy hand a stone to a man and coax him to throw it. When the officer later called the…
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MP: 163 minors going to madrasa ‘taken away’ by police from railway stations
Jabalpur: As many as 163 minors on their way to a madrasa were allegedly picked up by the police in Madhya Pradesh from different railway stations on April 10. The 163 children,…
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Petrol bombs hurled at mosque in Rajasthan’s Alwar, two arrested
Alwar: Rajasthan police on Saturday, April 11, apprehended two miscreants, identified as Paramjeet alias Nonu and Praveen Gurjar, after they hurled petrol bombs at a mosque. On April 9, a group of…
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Noida workers strike: 8 activists jailed, 4 of them released later
Noida: Eight labour activists, including three women, were reportedly taken into custody by the Uttar Pradesh Police on Saturday, April 11. Civil society groups have claimed that the detention was illegal and…
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Kolkata cardiologist offers discount for patients who chant ‘Jai Shree Ram’
Kolkata: A city-based cardiologist, who believes that a change in the political regime in West Bengal would help the state recover from its “current dip”, is offering a Rs 500 discount on…
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Uda du kya: Video shared on Facebook targets woman in burqa
A burqa-clad woman unknowingly became the latest target of online harassment after a right-wing woman shared a video of her online, asking her followers, “Uda du kya,” implying whether she should kill…
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TCS Nashik case: Female HR manager’s police custody extended till April 15
Nashik: A local court on Monday extended till April 15 the police custody of the female HR manager of a Nashik-based TCS firm in connection with the sexual exploitation and religious conversion…
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Only Hindus can work in Hindu area: Street vendor driven out in Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad: A Muslim vendor in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad was driven out of a Hindu-dominated colony by members allegedly associated with the Bajrang Dal. Although the incident occurred on April 8, a video surfaced…
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Kerala Dalit student dies by suicide, family claims he was called ‘rotten dog’
Kerala: A 22-year-old Dalit student in Kerala’s Kannur Dental College died on Sunday, April 12, two days after allegedly falling off the college building. His family has alleged their son was subjected…
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Telangana Dalit professor branded as ‘urban naxal’ by propaganda machine
Hyderabad: Brand a person as an urban naxal, spread the propaganda and socially isolate the person, only to finally take a hit when the person is in a vulnerable position. This seems…
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UP cop ‘enters’ mosque with shoes to take down loudspeaker during prayers
Lucknow: A police constable from the Cantonment Police Station in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow allegedly entered a mosque with his shoes during Friday prayers on April 10, to cut off the loudspeaker wire.…
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NCW seeks action on alleged ‘love jihad’ case in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The National Commission for Women (NCW) has directed Telangana Director General of Police (DGP) B Shivadhar Reddy to ensure the immediate registration of a first information report (FIR), arrest of the accused…
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Cow dung slurry poured over Dalit man for ‘preparing’ beef in Odisha
Kalahandi: Self-proclaimed cow vigilantes in Odisha’s Kalahandi district humiliated a Dalit man by parading him with a garland of shoes and pouring cow dung slurry on him for allegedly preparing beef. A…
