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“Lost all hope of ever living in clean habitat,” say residents of Delhi’s Rangpuri Pahari

Batto sits on her haunches, overlooking the flooded home made out of old worn-out bricks. The 72-year-old, who goes by her first name, laments the plight her family has to...

Interview: Kashmiri historian Hafsa Kanjwal accuses India of memoricide, repression

Human rights groups and United Nations experts have repeatedly warned against India's crackdown on the civil liberties of...

“Worse human rights violation than murder”: How an aspiring wildlife photographer was tortured to death in Kerala university

The torture to death case of JS Sidharthan, a second year student inside the Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University’s men’s hostel has become a center point of news in Kerala. 

I don’t want to die, so I decided to fight: Dr Ritu Singh 

I have decided to fight because I am fully aware of their evil plans. I decided not to surrender to them and fight till justice is served.  I don’t want to die, I want to fight for survival.

Family of Kashmiri man deceived into joining Russian army appeal for assistance in bringing him home

"Take me back home," Azad Yousuf repeated over a video call on WhatsApp to his brother. The 31-year-old...

In pictures: Victims of Islamophobic violence in Rajasthan

Dozen of Muslim traders were looted, vandalised selectively and set on fire by the local Hindutva mob after some people from the rally pelted stones at the mosque while passing it.

Civilian killing spree grips Kashmir valley

A surge in violence, including a spate of militant attacks on civilians and off duty cops, has left scores dead and over a dozen wounded in the Kashmir valley...
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“Only Muslims targeted”; Police crackdown turns vindictive in Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone

Following a large scale of anti-Muslim violence in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone, authorities have begun demolishing houses and shops belonging to Muslims on Monday in Chandini Chowk and Khaskhaswadi Mohalla...

Baba Budangiri Dargah or Dattatreya Peetha: BJP kindles communal sentiments for Ayodhya in South

Baba Budangiri Dargah or Dattatreya Peetha in Chickmagalur of Karnataka popularly referred to as Ayodhya of the South is in the news again. Recently, remarks by Hindu nationalist bloc...
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Kashmir: Hundreds attend funeral of slain SPO, brother

On Monday afternoon, Jana Begum in her fifties is wailing, singing lullabies under an open canopy at her home located alongside a busy railway track in Chattbugh village in...

Muslims allege Delhi Police stopped Friday prayer in 16 mosques

Friday, 18 March 2022, was an auspicious day for Muslims and Hindus, as the two communities celebrated Juma, Shab-e-Baraat and Holi. However, a group of Muslims who arrived at Lal Gumbad, locally known as the Panchsheel Enclave Purani Masjid, for the weekly congregational prayers were stopped by Delhi Police officials from offering prayers at the mosque. 
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Case for affirmative action for Muslims: Are we in workforce?

“A system cannot fail those it was never meant to protect” - W. E. B. Du Bois Since India's independence in 1947, the government has consistently pursued policies designed to...

“Life without our papa isn’t the same”: Children of Delhi pogrom

"Without our father, everything has changed; it's nothing like it used to be," said Asad.
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Chasing dreams with crutches; Malappuram youth to represent India in Amputee Football

Mohammed Shafeeque Panakkadan, a disabled young man from Kerala's Malappuram, is chasing his dream to be an international footballer.

Blinded in Delhi pogrom: Shahrukh says “no hope for justice”

Shahrukh, a cloth seller, was dragged out of a moving auto and brutally thrashed by a Hindu mob in northeast Delhi's Shiv Vihar on February 24, 2020, the day Delhi anti-Muslim pogrom erupted. 
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Saleem Khan – a father who languishes in jail under UAPA

Saleem Khan will turn 50 on October 2nd, and if his bail appeal is denied, this will be his second birthday in prison.

Anis Khan’s murder: Bengal student leader earlier told police his “life is in danger”

Anis Khan (28), a student leader who was an active of student protests in Aliah University, an autonomous state government university in New Town, West Bengal was thrown off the roof of his house and killed at 1am in Amta, on February 19, Saturday.
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