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Saturday, April 27, 2024
TopicCommunal violence

Topic: Communal violence

Indian Constitution was bulldozed between Ram Navami & Hanuman Jayanti. It needs to be rescued

Modi govt has opted for an informal approach to abandoning the Constitution — trespassing its boundaries and making sure there is no one to enforce it.

Change in police’s job description, no dearth of talent in India, and booster shot for masses

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Yogi Adityanath cancels police leaves, issues guidelines for religious events

UP government looks prepared to thwart any attempts at creating disharmony, particularly after recent religious violence in several states.

MP’s Khargone communal clashes report first death, civic body employee

Ibarish Khan, 30, had been missing since the evening of clashes; family identifies him in Indore morgue.

‘Shocked at silence of PM,’ 13 Opposition leaders voice concern over communal violence

In a strongly-worded joint appeal, the leaders said the silence is an 'eloquent testimony' to the fact that such private armed mobs 'enjoy the luxury of official patronage'.

IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore staff and students write open letter to PM Modi on ‘hate speech’

Signed by more than 180 students, staff and faculty members from the two IIMs, the letter urges Modi to 'break silence on pressing issues' of alleged hate speech & vandalism.

‘Insult to Hindus’, ‘killed for being Muslim’, ‘not communal’ — in Palwal, a murder gets murky

Video shows deceased being called 'mulla', family says he was targeted by Hindu friends. Some police sources claim he insulted their religion, others say it was drug-fuelled fight.

Rioters had ‘common object’ to assault Muslims: What court said in 1st Delhi riots conviction

Convicting a man for robbing and burning a house last February, the court found that rioters had planned to attack Muslims, loot and burn their property.

Tripura mosque attacks: Ground report on what really happened during those 8 days in October

Weeks after violence in Tripura, the question whether ‘attacks’ on mosques actually occurred, how serious they were, and who the supposed perpetrators might be is still being debated.

On Camera

Instagram reels on stoicism are the new rage — they can battle burnout and bigotry

The Romans’ version of stoicism is rapidly picking popularity on Instagram — Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, and Seneca are some names that get thrown at you when you fire up your screen.

Government allows export of onions to six countries, sets buffer stock target

The government had imposed an export prohibition in order to ensure adequate domestic availability of onions in the country.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.