Hate Crime
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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…
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Kerala BJP leader P C George booked for hate speech against minorities
Kerala police have registered a case against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader P C George for allegedly making anti-Muslim statements during a TV debate sparking widespread condemnation and calls for his arrest.…
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MP: Right-wing mob assaults couple over ‘love jihad’ allegations
A Hindutva mob harassed an interfaith couple after spotting them together on a public road in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore city. Although the incident occurred on January 9, it came to light on…
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Dalit young man brutally beaten and tied to tree in Rajasthan’s Barmer
A Dalit young man identified as Shrawan Meghwal was subjected to horrific public humiliation and assault in Rajasthan’s Barmer district. The incident reportedly unfolded on Friday, January 10 within the Gudamalani police station…
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Maha minister Nitesh Rane ignites political storm with EVM remark
Maharashtra’s newly elected minister and BJP leader Nitesh Rane has once again sparked a wave of controversy with his anti-Muslim inflammatory rhetoric. This time he provocatively reinterpreted the acronym EVM (Electronic Voting…
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Manipur teen forced pork consumption by Meitei militants
A Meitei militant group Arambai Tenggol (AT) in Manipur has been accused of torturing and forcing an 18-year-old boy to consume pork. According to local media reports, the incident occurred on January…
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Gujarat: Auto driver falsely accused of harassment, beaten by mob
An auto driver named Anwar was assaulted by a mob after he asked a woman about her destination. The incident took place on Thursday, January 9, in Gujarat’s Behrampura’s locality in Ahmedabad.…
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VHP protests outside church with havan and kirtan in Haryana
Right-wing outfit Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) staged a provocative demonstration outside a local church in Fatehpuri Colony in Haryana’s Rohtak city. On January 5, during a Sunday prayer meeting inside the church,…
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Dalit youth killed over intercaste relationship in Karnataka
A 19-year-old BSc student belonging to a Dalit community succumbed to his injuries after he was brutally beaten by the family of a girl he was allegedly in a relationship with in…
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Madhya Pradesh: Mob vandalizes Jain temple, communal tensions erupt
Tension erupted in Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar on Sunday, January 5 after a group allegedly associated with Hindutva ideology broke into a Jain temple and vandalized it. A CCTV footage of the incident…
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Probe on after Sri Ram Sene conducts arms training in Karnataka
A five-day arms and combat training was allegedly conducted by the Hindutva far-right group Sri Ram Sene in Todalabagi village in Jamkhandi taluk of Bagalkot district in Karnataka. Videos have emerged on…
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Bomb threat at Kumbh Mela: Bihar youngster held over fake online identity
A 22-year-old man from Bihar’s Purnia district was arrested on Saturday, January 4 for reportedly making a major terror threat of bombing the upcoming Kumbh Mela at Prayagraj. The accused, Ayush Kumar…
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Locals object to mosque construction in Haryana, demand valid docs
Tensions prevailed in Haryana’s Ambala district where a group of people along with officials from the revenue department raided a mosque located in Jandli area. The mosque, Hazrath Usman Ghani Masjid, is…
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UP cleric arrested again after grand welcome post 4-year release
An Islamic cleric Maulana Firoz Alam was arrested again on Saturday, January 4 shortly after being released from jail, on charges of alleged forced religious conversion activities in Uttar Pradesh’s Fatehpur district.…
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Dalit men tonsured and garlanded with slippers by mob in Odisha
In yet another incidence of caste-based violence, two men belonging to the Dalit community were subjected to horrific public humiliation after being accused of goat theft in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district. The incident…
