India
TN: Dalit youth kills self after attacked by cops, caste Hindus for entering upper caste locality
A 20-year-old Dalit youth belonging to the Paraiyar community died by suicide on 23 December, a day after he was tortured by Tamil Nadu Police in custody and beaten up by upper-caste Hindu mob for entering an upper caste locality.
India
Jammu: 4 militants killed in gunfight with security forces, say police
Four militants were killed in a gunfight after security forces stopped a truck on the outskirts of Jammu on Wednesday morning, the Jammu and Kashmir Police said.
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India
Indian American Muslim Council condemns Hindutva attacks against Christians in Chhattisgarh
The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) Wednesday condemned a series of ongoing and coordinated attacks by Hindutva groups including mob beatings, evictions, molestation, sexual harassment, church vandalism, property theft, and attempted forced conversions against Christians in Chhattisgarh.
India
Attacked on AMU campus, called ‘terrorist’, alleges Kashmiri student
A Kashmiri research student at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has alleged that he MM and his friends were attacked and called 'terrorists' by some unidentified people inside the campus.
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India
Karnataka: Church vandalised, Baby Jesus statue damaged
A church in Karnataka's Mysuru, St Mary's Church, was vandalised on Tuesday. The assailants also damaged the statue of baby Jesus at the church.
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Karnataka accident: Father, mother of Muslim man killed by RSS among three died
Three members of a Kerala family including a couple were killed in a gruesome accident in Karnataka’s Haveri between a car and a KSRTC passenger bus on Tuesday.
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India
Islamophobic contents: Press Council of India takes action against ’Star of Mysore’
Press Council of India has censured Star of Mysore for its hateful editorial targetting the Muslim community for the spread of the pandemic. A censure effectively means Star of Mysore won't receive advertisements from the government for a period of three months.
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Two complaints against Pragya Thakur’s genocidal speech, Police yet to file FIR
Though two complaints were filed against Bharatiya Janata Party MP Pragya Thakur on Tuesday after she urged Hindus to keep weapons at home to kill Muslims, the Karnataka Police are yet to register a first information report in the case.
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India
BSF man beaten to death for reprimanding man over uploading daughter’s video
A Border Security Force (BSF) personnel from Kheda was beaten to death on 24 December by a family when he went to reprimand a youth who allegedly uploaded videos of his minor daughter online.
India
Dental deformity: Kerala PSC denies govt job to Adivasi youth
An Adivasi youth in Kerala accused the Public Service Commission of denying him government job due to his buck teeth. The incident has sparked outrage on social media, with users calling out Kerala PSC’s “casteism” and ”unscientific policies.”
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Features
‘Disappeared’: The long wait for cursed Kunan-Poshpora family
Khera Begum was one of the twenty-three women who was raped by Army men that night in Kunan. Three decades later, the lightning struck Begum again when the army personnel interrupted the family’s dinner with sharp knocks on 15 December. They inquired about Begum’s 27-year-old son, Abdul Rashid Dar.
India
Large scale anomalies in Assam NRC updation, says CAG report
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has detected anomalies in the updating of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam while the audit body is recommending action against a former State Coordinator and system integrator Wipro.
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