North India

Rajasthan authorities demolished 12 houses of Muslims in Kishangarh Bas and eradicated mustard and wheat crops on 44 acres of land over allegations of cow slaughter in Rundh Gidawada village in Mirzapur of Alwar district on Monday.

A Delhi court on Saturday denied bail to Muslim activist and JNU research scholar Sharjeel Imam in connection with the 2020 Delhi pogrom case involving allegations of sedition, noting that “although the applicant did not ask anybody to pick weapons and kill the people but his speeches and activities mobilised the public which disrupted the city and might be the main reason in outbreak of the riots.”

Days after the police killings that shook Uttarakhand’s Haldwani on 8 February over protests against the demolition of a Madrasa and mosque in the Banbhoolpura area, the police have begun confiscating the houses of Muslims named in the FIR.

At Shambu border, a bridge divides farmers and the state. It is fortified with cement walls, spikes, barbed wires and containers. On the Haryana side, the government is hell-bent...

On 10 February, the administration of O.P. Jindal Global University, Haryana, owned by industrialist Naveen Jindal, suspended two law students for organising a public discussion on the topic 'Ram Mandir: A farcical project of Hindutva fascism.' The suspended students, associated with a Marxist student collective known as the Revolutionary Students League (RSL), include Mukundan, a second-year BA LLB (Hons) student from Kerala, and Ramnit, a third-year BA LLB (Hons) student from Delhi.

Haldwani Municipal Corporation's demolition of Maryam Masjid and Abdul Razzaq Zakariya Madrasa, coupled with police brutality, resulted in several deaths and numerous injuries; a fact-finding report suggests that local Muslims fear the death toll may exceed 20, while officials claim it's 6, with the report asserting at least 7 deaths.

A 65-year-old farmer from Punjab, who was part of the ‘Dilli Chalo’ protest died early Friday morning after he suffered a heart attack. Gyan Singh from Chacheki village in...

Even as farmers continued the protests at different inter-state borders between Delhi, Haryana and Punjab on Thursday, the third round of talks between farmer leaders and Union Ministers concluded...

Farmers gather at Punjab-Haryana border at Shambhu, despite the police crackdown, as the "Delhi Chalo" protests enter the third day. The farmers convoy led by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha ...

Jailed rights activist Umar Khalid on Wednesday withdrew his bail application from the Supreme Court in connection with the 2020 Delhi pogrom case, citing “change in circumstance.”

"Delhi Chalo" march organised by farmers belonging to the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) was met with police crackdown at various points on the...

The death toll in the recent violence that occurred in Uttarakhand's Haldwani has now reached six after a Muslim man succumbed to bullet injuries on Tuesday. 54-year-old Mohammad Israr,...