Hate Crime

UP: Locals pressure man to leave Hindu locality, police deny communal angle

Muzaffarnagar: Hindutva workers allegedly opposed a Muslim man from buying a house in the predominantly Hindu locality of Gaushala Pashmi in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district. Ali Hasan had recently bought the property…
Untouchability in Karnataka: Shops shut amid last rites of Dalit armyman

Bagalkot: Relatives of a retired Dalit army serviceman have alleged untouchability after shops and hotels in a Karnataka village closed their shutters when they arrived for his last rites on February 25. Hanumantappa…

Karnataka opens govt barber shop after Dalits denied haircut in Gadag

Karnataka’s Social Welfare Department inaugurated the state’s first government-run barber shop in Gadag district on February 26, weeks after a barber refused to cut the hair of a Dalit customer and others…
India saw 42 hate crimes against minorities in January: Siasat’s tracker

Hyderabad: India recorded at least 42 hate crimes and hate speeches targeting Muslims, Dalits and Christians in January 2026, averaging nine to 10 incidents a week, according to Siasat.com’s monthly tracker. The…
Video: UP bus conductor refuses to board woman in burqa

Saharanpur: A bus conductor in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur allegedly refused to allow a Muslim woman to enter the bus after seeing her in a burqa. The incident, recorded by a bystander, emerged…
Telangana: NHRC seeks report from Nagarkurnool Collector, SP on baby’s death

Hyderabad: The Telangana National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a formal notice to Nagarkurnool District Collector and the Superintendent of Police (SP), seeking an action taken report (ATR) on the death…
‘No road for Muslims’ hate message written on UP national highway

Saharanpur: Workers of the right-wing group, Hindu Raksha Dal, spray-painted “Musalmaan ke liye road nahi hai (This road is not for Muslims)” on a wall-like structure along the national highway in Uttar…

Attapur communal clash: Gau Raksha Dal chief booked, demands justice

Hyderabad: After the communal clash at Aramghar crossroads between cattle transporters and so-called cow vigilantes two days earlier, the Attapur police have registered cases against over 15 people, including the chief of…
Chandrayangutta: A vandalised idol, a broken grill and a neighbourhood on edge

Hyderabad: Anjamma has lived in Chandrayangutta in Hyderabad long enough to know what the neighbourhood feels like when things are normal. So, when she heard that the Dwimukhi Hanuman Temple nearby had…
7 booked for unlawful assembly in Malegaon municipality namaz case

Nashik: The Maharashtra Police on Wednesday, February 25, booked seven individuals for offering namaz in the Electricity Department office at the Malegaon Municipal Corporation. A municipal corporation employee, Mahendra Raghunath Sawant, aged…
Man with mental health condition held for moving inside temple in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Villagers of Pratap Singaram, Medchal, caught a Muslim man suffering from a mental illness after he was found loitering inside an Ayappa Swamy Temple on Wednesday, February 25. A video emerged…
Aag laga dunga: Hindutva man threatens meat shop owner in UP

Ghaziabad: A Hindutva man forced an elderly Muslim shopkeeper and his employees to shut down his mutton shop by threatening to “set the store on fire” if it remained open on Tuesdays.…
Hyderabad clash: Cattle transporters, 2 gau rakshaks sent to judicial remand

Hyderabad: The three cattle transporters beaten by cow vigilantes near Aramghar crossroads on Tuesday, February 24, have been arrested and sent for judicial remand, as have two of their attackers. The driver…
Gujarat gau rakshaks ram vehicle carrying buffaloes, cattle killed

Gandhinagar: Two Muslim men were allegedly assaulted by self-proclaimed cow vigilantes (gau rakshaks) on the intervening night of Wednesday, February 25, for transporting buffaloes in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar. According to local media, the…
UP: Thakurs pelt stones at Dalit wedding procession in Aligarh

Aligarh: A Dalit wedding procession was attacked with stones in Sunana village of Uttar Pradesh‘s Aligarh district on Tuesday night, February 24. A viral video of the clash emerged on Wednesday, February…