Congress and AAP Seal Seat-Sharing Deal for Delhi, Haryana, Gujarat, Goa, but to Go Solo in Punjab
AAP MP Sandeep Pathak said that the two parties have set aside their political interests as the 'intention of this alliance is that it is the country which is important, the party is always secondary.'
Farmers' Protest: Internet Shutdown to Continue in 7 Haryana Districts, Key X Accounts Withheld
The Punjab and Haryana high court has asked why farmers should not be allowed to move through a National Highway seeing that they had the right to movement and assembly
Israeli drone tactic to thwart farmers: 60 injured on road to Delhi, protesters call ceasefire
The tactic, often used by Israel on Palestinians, and other strongarm measures resulted in scuffles that left over 60 farmers injured and forced them to call for a temporary 'ceasefire' in the evening.
In Photos: Delhi's Singhu Border Is a Maze of Barricades as Govt Works to Keep Farmers Away
Over a hundred barricades and concrete boulders, fortified with barbed wire, have been erected along the roads, creating a formidable obstacle for the protesters.
Top Updates: Haryana Police fires tear gas at farmers attempting to breach barricades to reach Delhi
The AAP government in the capital has declined a proposal by the Modi government at the Centre to convert the Bawana Stadium into a jail for the protestors.
The paper illustrates dynamics of nuclear resistance movements in India and how people’s power rises in response to subversion of justice and suppression of human rights....
Haryana weakens pollution watchdog and rules in race for ease of doing business supremacy
On Chief Minister’s demand, the pollution control board, a regulatory agency, was turned into a service provider. The move imposed unrealistic deadlines in granting approvals to industry, coupled with penal action on officials missing the tight deadlines.
In the shadow of Partition, state-sanctioned atrocities aimed to wipe out Meo Muslims in Mewat
The riots in Nuh in August show how lasting impunity to Hindu nationalist networks patronised by the princely states of Alwar and Bharatpur sustains violence.
‘Urdu Is Written Back To Front’: The ‘Microaggressions’ Indian Muslims Face All The Time
A recent paper revealed many microaggressions—put-downs, insults and jibes—that Indian Muslims face in their daily lives. Even humour is deployed. We spoke with the author, Prerna Bakshi, a lecturer at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, about what a conversation between Hindu and Meo Muslim education officials in Mewat, Haryana, revealed about the 'covert and subtle' ways in which discrimination manifests.
Nuh Riots Correspond to Larger Persecution of Region's Muslims: Fact-Finding Team
A fact-finding team constituted by the Centre for Study of Society and Secularism found that Nuh's residents were resentful about how easily its Muslim youth were abducted or killed while the culprits enjoyed impunity.
Two months after violence hit Delhi’s corporate suburb, Muslims who fled their temporary houses to go back to West Bengal, where they felt safer, are back. At home, in some of the State’s least developed areas mainly bordering Bangladesh, there are few jobs and little opportunity. Caught between hunger pangs and threats, Alisha Dutta and Samridhi Tewari ask why they picked the latter.
He live-streamed his attacks on Indian Muslims. YouTube gave him an award.
The Post reviewed more than 140 accounts of cow protectors on Facebook, who often uploaded bucolic videos of injured or abandoned cows being nurtured and fed. But roughly 30 percent of the accounts resembled a hardcore, extrajudicial version of “Cops,” replete with posts of car chases, arrests and beatings.
Even After Monu Manesar's Arrest, Junaid and Nasir's Kin Continue to Face Hardships, Live in Fear
The families of the Junaid and Nasir had been waiting for justice for seven long months in Rajasthan’s Ghatmeeka. The two men were allegedly attacked and abducted by a mob that later set them ablaze, alive in a car.
Accused in Nasir-Junaid Murder Case Monu Manesar Reveals Shocking Details During Interrogation
According to Manesar, the entire conspiracy was hatched eight days before the fateful night of February 14-15, when Junaid and Nasir were abducted and subsequently burned alive. The planning encompassed every detail of the operation, including the when, how, and where of abducting both victims.
Monu Manesar to be questioned in connection with murder of two Muslim men from Rajasthan
Monu Manesar — booked by Rajasthan Police for the murder of Nasir and Junaid and accused by some of inciting the recent violence in Nuh — was nabbed on Tuesday.
In Opening Session Speech, UN Human Rights Chief Raises Manipur and Nuh Violence
Speaking on the situation in India, Volker Türk said that his office “frequently receives information that marginalised minority communities are subjected to violence and discrimination”.
Court orders release of Kashmiri student languishing in Haryana jail
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has quashed the detention of a South Kashmir student under the controversial Public Safety Act (PSA). The accused was put behind the bars without an FIR.
Nuclear Resistance Movements in India (doi.org)
The paper illustrates dynamics of nuclear resistance movements in India and how people’s power rises in response to subversion of justice and suppression of human rights....