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Thursday, November 6, 2025
TopicCommunal violence

Topic: Communal violence

Why Sheikh Hasina govt is unlikely to restore Bangladesh’s ‘secular’ 1972 constitution

Islam was made state religion of Bangladesh in 1988, when the country was ruled by Hussein Muhammad Ershad. His predecessor Ziaur Rahman set in motion the process of Islamisation.

Govt, media, opposition — Bangladesh can teach India how to handle hate crimes

When violence broke out against Hindus during Durga Puja in Bangladesh, PM Sheikh Hasina, ruling party, media and opposition spoke in one voice to condemn it.

How I got into trouble in Kerala for setting a question paper with the word ‘Muhammed’ in it

In his autobiography, 'A Thousand Cuts', professor T.J. Joseph recounts the experience during and after the 2010 event that changed his life.

Bhainsa, the Telangana town where even a ‘small issue’ can lead to a big communal flare-up

Since January 2020, Bhainsa has reported 3 communal clashes and suffered a 10-day internet shutdown at least twice. The clashes have pitched BJP against Owaisi-led AIMIM.

How ‘Muslim zones’ and ‘mini-Pakistans’ came about in Delhi

In ‘Contested Homelands’, Nazima Parveen chronicles how Patel and Nehru disagreed on Delhi’s post-Partition areas with ‘Hamare log’ and Muslims.

Ram Mandir fund collection drive stokes tension in MP, clashes, bid to damage mosques reported

Several fund-collection rallies for the Ram temple have been taken out across MP over the last six days but they have caused communal tension only in Malwa region.

Delhi assembly panel wants Facebook named co-accused in communal riots, hints at ‘conspiracy’

Delhi legislative assembly committee on peace and harmony says it has found Facebook ‘prima facie guilty of a role in the violence’, will summon its officials.

Bombs and IEDs used in communal violence in Bengal’s Bhadreswar, police suspect instigation

Senior police officer says the clash in Hooghly district began spontaneously Monday, but was instigated into a bigger incident Tuesday.

Man arrested for hatching conspiracy to incite communal riots in northeast Delhi

Special cell of Delhi police arrested Mohd. Danish of Trilokpuri, who is suspected to be a member of the Popular Front of India (PFI).

Not all communal riots are local. Social media is now making them national

Social media has changed ‘traditional models’ of communal violence. Riots in Delhi can now help a party win an election in Assam and West Bengal.

On Camera

Why Indian and American Hindus must adapt in a proselytising world

Indian sampradayas have to institutionalise their knowledge and boil it down to essentials for transmission and proselytisation if they are to compete with the major Abrahamic sects.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.