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Social anthropologist Filippo Osella, one of the world’s most eminent researchers on the society, economy, and religion of Kerala, was deported from Thiruvananthapuram airport after being denied entry into India on 24 March morning.

Two hotels in Udupi, Zaithoon and Zara owned by the Social Democratic Party of India President and his brother were demolished by the Udupi Municipality Council early this morning, citing the absence of licence.

In a case related to hate and Islamophobic speeches connected to the Northeast Delhi pogrom, the Delhi High Court Friday observed that if something is said with a smile, then there is no criminality but if something is said offensively, then there may be criminality.

A youth Vipul Singh from Najafgarh in South West Delhi gave calls for rape and murder of Muslim women through his Instagram handle @vipul_singh0077.

Amnesty International India on Thursday said that denying bail to activist Umar Khalid was a "big blow" to the right to freedom of expression and peaceful protest.

Yogi Adityanath, one of the most controversial Hindu nationalist politicians in the county, took oath as the Uttar Pradesh chief minister for a second term on Friday.

There was widespread reportage on deaths owing to the lack of oxygen during the second wave of coronavirus across India.

The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the killings in Birbhum’s Bogtui village, where eight people were burnt alive earlier this week.

While raising the issue of legal remedies and compensation for the wrongly prosecuted, Indian Union Muslim League MP PV Abdul Wahab in Rajya Sabha on Thursday urged the Union government to implement the recommendations of 277th Law Commission.

The Committee to Protect Journalists on Wednesday welcomed the NIA court's judgement acquitting photojournalist Kamran Yousuf of the charges of receiving terror funding. The authorities failed to prove any of...

The Supreme Court today refused an early hearing on pleas challenging the Karnataka High Court verdict on the Karnataka government's ban on hijabs inside educational institutions.

A Delhi Court on Thursday denied bail to activist Umar Khalid in the UAPA case which alleges a larger conspiracy in the northeast Delhi violence in 2020.