Hate Crime
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Dalit woman dragged from Collector’s office in MP, sparks outrage
A woman reportedly belonging to a Dalit community was dragged out of the Collector’s office in Madhya Pradesh’s Singrauli district. The incident occurred during a public hearing at the Collectorate on Wednesday,…
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Maha minister Nitesh Rane demands ban on burqa at Std 10th, 12th exams
Maharashtra minister and BJP leader Nitesh Rane on Wednesday, January 29 sought a ban on wearing the burqa during the next month’s Std 10th and 12th examinations of the state board, raising…
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Poet Allama Iqbal’s mural defaced by right-wingers in Jaipur
Right-wing workers defaced a mural of poet-philosopher Mohammed Iqbal, popularly also known as Allama Iqbal, in Jaipur. They accused the poet as the “architect of India’s partition.” The right-wing workers threw black…
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Infosys co-founder, 17 others booked for caste discrimination against Dalit professor
Eighteen people including Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan have been booked for caste discrimination by a former Dalit assistant professor who worked at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru. D Sanna…
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India’s first anti-conversion law conviction gets Kerala couple 5 years jail
New Delhi: A court in Uttar Pradesh sentenced a Christian couple to five years in jail under the UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021, marking the first conviction under…
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Bihar: Minor Madrasa boys forced to ‘Jai Shri Ram’, probe launched
A group of minor madrasa students were harassed and forced to chant “Jai Shri Ram”, a religious slogan turned communal, in Bihar‘s Barahat, by assailants who are yet to be identified. A…
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Video: Bajrang Dal goons thrash minor, forced him to chant ‘Jai Sri Ram’ in Assam
A 15-year-old Muslim boy was allegedly beaten by members of a right-wing organisation in Assam on Monday, January 20. The victim has been accused of rubbing off a ‘Jai Sri Ram’ graffiti…
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UP: Two men tied upside down, beaten for attempted robbery; 1 dead
A 27-year-old man died after he and one more from the minority community were brutally beaten up by villagers of Gagalhedi in Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh on accusation of attempted robbery. The…
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UP: 4 arrested in Bareilly for offering Friday prayers
Four people were arrested in Jam Samant village of Baheri, Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, January 18, for offering Friday prayers in a makeshift mosque. The police action was taken after drone footage…
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Maha: Tribal woman forced to drink urine over black magic suspicion
A 77-year-old tribal woman was allegedly attacked and humiliated by her neighbours following accusations of practising black magic in Retyakheda village of Amravati district in Maharashtra. The incident occurred on December 30…
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Yati Narsinghanand makes hate speech yet again, this time at Maha Kumbh
Right-wing Hindutva priest Yati Narsinghanand, famously known for his hate speeches against minority communities, has caused a furore yet again, this time in the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj.…
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Five arrested in UP after Bajrang Dal alleges conversion plot
Uttar Pradesh’s Hamirpur district police arrested five Muslim men on charges of alleged unlawful religious conversion after performing religious rituals at the home of a Dalit family. The arrests were made following…
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RSS leader reveals news anchor coached him to make anti-religious remarks
In a startling revelation, a prominent leader of the right-wing outfit the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Rakesh Sinha said that a news anchor from a well-known national television once coached him to…
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UP police arrest man for sharing morphed religious images on Facebook
Uttar Pradesh’s Azamgarh Police on Thursday, January 16 arrested a man for uploading morphed images of the holy Quran on social media, along with inflammatory captions against the Muslim community. The arrest…
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Church demolished in Chhattisgarh over encroachment accusations
A building that was formerly a church was demolished in Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh district. The demolition took place after a public threat by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Anshu Tuneja on December 29…
