India: Slurs, Beatings, Thievery, Threats: How Dominant Caste Men Disrupted Dalit Weddings in UP
The news of the two incidents from western Uttar Pradesh prompted Member of Parliament Chandra Shekhar Aazad to describe them…
India: Built For a Second Time, State Authorities Order Demolition of Gorakhpur Mosque
An ancient mosque which previously stood in proximity to the current mosque structure was demolished by the Gorakhpur Municipal Corporation…
SIT Starts Arresting Muslims in Malegaon After BJP Leader Fuels ‘Rohingya-Bangladeshi’ Rumour
The sections applied in the FIR do not indicate that the police have found any substantial proof to claim these…
India: Freebie Charge Is an Assault on Social Welfare and Rights of Citizens
The word ‘freebies’ reflects the class privilege of those using the term, including members of the judiciary, industrialists, business executives,…
Ahead of Milkipur Bypoll, Dalit Woman’s Murder Pushes Adityanath on the Backfoot in Ayodhya
Milkipur is a constituency reserved for Dalits and both the leading candidates, of the BJP and the Samajwadi Party, belong…
India-Banladesh Tension: B’desh Minorities Targeted on 174 Instances From Aug-Dec, Group Says; Govt Contests Figures
The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council also called for the release of Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari. Between…