hate speech
- Telangana
Telangana Hate Speech Bill opposed by AIMIM, sent to Select Committee
Hyderabad: The Telangana Hate Speech and Hate Crimes (Prevention) Bill, 2026, tabled in the Assembly, was strongly opposed by the Opposition, including Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM and Communist Party of India (CPI), questioning…
- Telangana
Hate Speech Bill introduced in Assembly, proposes up to 10 year jail term
Hyderabad: The Congress government in the state on Sunday, March 29, introduced the “Telangana Hate Speech and Hate Crimes (Prevention) Bill, 2026” in the Legislative Assembly, proposing a maximum jail term of…
- Hyderabad
Provocative songs, warning to Muslims: Raja Singh’s Ramnavami yatra in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: A Ramnavami procession led by controversial former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA T Raja Singh on Friday, March 27, turned into a show of strength marked by incendiary songs, open brandishing of…
- Hate Crime
Will gouge out eyes and play marbles: Mumbai BJP MLA over religious insult
Mumbai: Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Nitesh Rane issued a direct threat during the grand Ramnavami procession in Maharashtra’s Mumbai on Thursday, March 26, stating that he would “gouge out the eyes” of…
- India
Three AIMIM leaders held for hate speech in Meerut
Meerut: Meerut Police has arrested three AIMIM leaders for allegedly delivering provocative speeches intended at disturbing communal harmony, officials said on Wednesday. All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul’s (AIMIM) western Uttar Pradesh president Mahtab Chauhan,…
- Hate Crime
This is not Bangladesh: Hindu Raksha Dal members harass LPG agency owner
Lucknow: All Khalid wanted was an orderly line outside his gas agency. What he got instead was communal and public humiliation he says he will not forget. The owner of a liquefied…
- Hate Crime
Will burn Mohammed’s effigy: Hindutva chief after student leader burns Manusmriti
Patna: Tensions escalated in Bihar’s Patna district after a student leader, Manish Kumar, burned the Manusmriti during the UGC Regulations protests on Wednesday, March 18. After the video of the incident circulated,…
- India
Chale jao Iran: Sambhal DSP sparks row over his Islamophobic comment
Sambhal: Deputy Superintendent Kuldeep Kumar, posted as the Circle Officer in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal, sparked debate after he said, “those beating their chests for Iran should go to Iran and fight themselves.”…
- Hyderabad
‘Why fund hate speeches?’ Owaisi slams PM Modi over Sanatan Sanstha event
Hyderabad: AIMIM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi criticised the PM Modi-led Central government over the reported use of public funds for an event where Islamophobic and hate speeches targeting Muslims were…
- Hate Crime
Women who painted ‘Muslims not allowed’ on road become Hindutva icons
Meerut: Shradha Rajput and Sandhya Rajput, the women who had painted anti-Muslim graffiti on a crash barrier along the Uttarakhand-Delhi highway, have since become local Hindutva icons. On the night of February…
- India
Tech Mahindra worker’s Islamophobic comment on LinkedIn draws flak
A Tech Mahindra employee from Maharashtra’s Pune received nationwide condemnation after his comment on a LinkedIn post called for the “whitewashing” of the entire Muslim population. The comment was posted under a…
- India
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…
- India
Your speeches can divide communities: Gauhati HC notice to Assam CM
Following a string of petitions filed against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for his repeated hate speeches against the Muslim community, the Gauhati High Court on Thursday, February 26, issued him…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal booked for alleged hate speech
Yadgir: A case has been registered against BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal for allegedly delivering a hate speech during a Shivaji Jayanti celebration in this district, police said on Wednesday, February 25.…
- Hyderabad
BJYM City President speaks against AIMIM leader, booked for causing traffic
Hyderabad: The Afzalgunj Police have booked Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) City President Nithin Nandhkar for allegedly using derogatory language and organising a public gathering in Jambagh without prior permission. The incident…
