Hate Crime
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Dalit woman gang-raped, fiance assaulted in MP; 3 out of 4 accused held
Sidhi: A 20-year-old Dalit woman, who had gone out with her fiance in Madhya Pradesh’s Sidhi district, was allegedly raped by four men who also assaulted her male partner, said a police…
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‘I married him’: UP woman denies family’s claim after husband second arrest
By Khadija Irfan Rahim A Muslim man in Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh was arrested for the second time in two months on allegations of kidnapping a Hindu woman by her family.…
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Veteran Malayalam filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan triggers castiest remarks
Thiruvananthapuram: Veteran filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan on Sunday, August 3, said the current practice of the Kerala State Film Development Corporation (KSFDC) providing Rs 1.5 crore to prospective filmmakers from SC/ST has not…
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Concerning rise of hate, large-scale evictions against minorities in Assam
India Hate Lab recently released a report under its Early Warning, Early Response (EWER) initiative, highlighting a worrying rise in hate speech, harassment, violence and forced evictions targeting Bengali-origin Muslims who are being…
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Video: Cattle traders tied, beaten up by BJP workers in West Bengal
A group of Muslim cattle traders were allegedly assaulted by angry Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in West Bengal’s Durgapur on Friday, August 1, accusing them of ‘smuggling cows’ and calling them…
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3 held for poisoning school water tank in Karnataka to frame headmaster
In a shocking incident, the Karnataka police arrested three men for allegedly poisoning a government school water tank with pesticides in order to frame its Muslim headmaster and create communal unrest. Thirteen…
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Pune village erupts in communal violence over WhatsApp post; 18 held so far
Communal violence was witnessed after an irate mob vandalised properties and indulged in arson in Yavat village of Maharashtra‘s Pune district on Friday afternoon (August 1) over an objectionable WhatsApp status allegedly…
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Chennai Dalit software engineer murder: Father of prime accused arrested
The grieving parents of 27-year-old Dalit software engineer, Kavin Selvaganesh, finally received their son’s body on Friday, August 1, after the Tamil Nadu police arrested suspected sub-inspector Saravanan. Saravanan served in the…
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IndiGo passenger slaps fellow traveller onboard Mumbai-Kolkata flight
New Delhi: An IndiGo passenger slapped a fellow passenger, who was on the aircraft aisle, onboard a flight from Mumbai to Kolkata on Friday. A video clip of the incident shared on…
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CASR demands release of student activist jailed in ‘Lucknow conspiracy case’
New Delhi: The Campaign Against State Repression (CASR), a collective of various organisations, has unequivocally condemned the arrest of Priyanshu Kashyap, a former student at the Department of History, Delhi University, by…
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Woman denies cop parent’s role in Chennai software engineer’s murder
Tirunelveli: In an alleged honour killing of Dalit software engineer, the woman, who was known to be in love with the victim, is heard saying in a video that her Sub Inspector…
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Jharkhand BJP leader accuses forced conversions at prayer meet
Jharkhand Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Gunjan Yadav, along with his Hindutva followers, raided a Christian family on Sunday, July 27, alleging they were conducting forced religious conversions. Twelve people have been…
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Bombay HC upholds FIR against teacher over Operation Sindoor WhatsApp post
The Bombay High Court refused to overturn an FIR against a Muslim teacher hailing from Maharashtra’s Pune district, who reportedly reacted with a laughing face emoji to messages admiring Operation Sindoor. The…
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Prove you are Indian: Kargil war veteran’s family in Pune questioned over citizenship
Pune: The family members of a Kargil war veteran have alleged that a group of around 80 persons affiliated to a Hindutva outfit barged into their house in Maharashtra and demanded proof…
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Chennai software engineer hacked to death for inter caste relationship
A 27-year-old Dalit software engineer working in Chennai was allegedly hacked to death by his girlfriend’s brother in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli district. The accused, Surjith Saravanan, murdered Kavin Selvaganesh on July 27.…
