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Friday, December 19, 2025
TopicCommunal violence

Topic: Communal violence

When the marginalised strike back: Lessons to learn from Shillong

Fake news, lack of decisive police action and breakdown of local institutions led to the Shillong incident. The city can ignore all this and its minorities at its peril

Dalit activists among five arrested for ‘inciting’ Bhima Koregaon violence

Police in Pune have accused the activists of having Maoist links. They had earlier booked a duo with Hindutva affiliations. Pune: The Pune Police today...

Nitish Kumar: The man who would be king is now bracing for the worst

Nitish stayed silent on communal clashes in Bihar, didn’t act against BJP-linked suspects. It’s a far cry from the time he was touted as Modi’s worthy opponent.

Sri Lanka’s cricket icons condemn communal violence. Can Indian cricketers be as outspoken?

 Former Sri Lankan cricketers Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, and Sanath Jayasuriya have condemned communal violence in Sri Lanka publicly.

Just declaring a state of emergency won’t be enough to end religious violence in Sri Lanka

After effecting a historic regime change in 2015, Sri Lanka stares yet again at the spectre of divisive tension and violence amongst its peoples.

Mother wants martyr status for son killled in communal violence in UP’s Kasganj

Family demands martyrdom and jobs for siblings after Chandan Gupta was killed in communal clashes in Uttar Pradesh's Kasganj.

Distrust prevails as Uttar Pradesh’s Kasganj returns to uneasy calm after communal violence

Riot control force, police and armed battalions take out flag marches in both Hindu and Muslim populated areas; 112 arrested for violence, arson.

कर्नाटक के सांप्रदायिक माहौल में जातिगत राजनीति ने दिखाया अपना बदसूरत चेहरा

फेक न्यूज़ के इस युग में परेश मेश्ता की मौत ने कर्नाटक, जहॉं अगले साल चुनाव होने हैं, की उबलती साम्प्रदायिक राजनीति में किया घी का काम.

Between ‘good Hindu’ and ‘dangerous Muslim’, caste politics in Karnataka rears its ugly head

In the era of fake news – including by reputed mainstream media organizations -- Mesta’s death blazed over Uttara Kannada district like wildfire, writes Naveen Soorinje.

Attempts at remaking India are eroding its soft power globally

India's soft power globally is being undermined by the fact by the impression that it is being governed by obscurantist and intolerant forces. 

On Camera

Why India fell off the global middle-class map

A stunted middle class may be a direct result of extreme inequality. Folks at the top don’t see teeming masses as a meaningful market, except for utilities, soap, short videos, and personal loans.

India’s inflation figures tell a growth story, a cautiously optimistic one

Based on inflation figures for the last three months, RBI is expected to look for confirmatory evidence that can mark the beginning of a sustained decline in core inflation.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.