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Rana Ayyub “The first time it was reported that our friends were being butchered there was a cry of horror. Then a hundred were butchered. But when a thousand were butchered and there was no end to the butchery, a blanket of silence spread. When evil-doing comes like falling rain, …

(The Wire) The vilification of Muslims is a complete sentence of which Modi speaks a part, the blank space ahead is filled by Adityanath and the task of completing it is left to Yati Narasinghanand and the rest of the religious gurus.

Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai Washington, December 30 (KMS): Former UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon has said, “On Human Rights Day, I call on States to fulfil the promises they made at the Vienna Conference.”We all know that the United Nations World Conference on Human Rights, held in Vienna in June …

(Clarion India) The call for ethnic cleansing was given at two separate religious events, one in Delhi, and the other in Haridwar at a saffron gathering.

Swati Chaturvedi [Published in today’s Haaretz] Santa Claus was set on fire this Christmas. Before being consumed by flames, he was attacked, hit by sticks, his beard pulled. As they beat him, they kept chanting, “Santa Claus Muradabad” (“Down with Santa”). This time, the mob in Agra, hometown to the …

(The Print) The Modi govt's Christmas present to MoC by refusing to renew registration is in contrast with brazen amendment of FCRA in 2016 to save the BJP from penal action.

(The Wire) Hardline Hindutva is one of the many weapons that BJP seeks to use as the Uttar Pradesh elections near.

(The Wire) While the Hindutva brigade's hate speeches have drawn international attention, their other activities have gone unnoticed  — imparting weapons training to adolescent boys and girls and raising an armed vigilante brigade.

(The Wire) The BJP faces a difficult election in UP – in the wake of the farmers’ protests and concerns about the Yogi government’s brutish, chaotic ways – and has responded by stoking communal polarisation which fosters a sense of impunity among extremists.

(The Print) Functioning of Haridwar's powerful akharas revolves around huge resources, and there have been instances of factional feuds. The seers not only wield political influence but also iPhones.