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Thursday, August 14, 2025
TopicHate crime

Topic: hate crime

Report by Christian body shows sharp rise in violence against community in 2024, UP most hostile

In its report, Evangelical Fellowship of India says violent incidents rose from 601 in 2023 to 840 in 2024, including assault, church vandalism & wrongful arrests under anti-conversion law.

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Recent acts of sabotage highlight a chilling divide in society, from tech-driven attacks to crude railway disruptions. It's time to unite against this rising tide of violence.

‘They hit me, said they’d kill me’: Muslim man assaulted on train as mob asks if he’s ‘carrying beef’

72-year-old Ashraf Ali Sayyad Hussain was assaulted while on his way to Kalyan to see his daughter. Video of incident went viral. 3 people arrested Saturday were released on bail Sunday. 

Abused, throat slit but not ‘rarest of rare’ case — Why killers of Ankit Saxena got life term

A photographer by profession, Ankit was near his house in Raghubir Nagar when he was attacked fatally by parents & uncle of his Muslim girlfriend on the night of 1 February, 2018.

‘You Muslims must die!’ US boy killed after fatal stabbing as response to Israel-Hamas war

Suspect Joseph Czuba, 71, who was the landlord, also seriously wounded the boy’s mother, but she is expected to survive.

Hate in India has gone beyond control. Even Modi, RSS can’t stop it

Every Muslim-hater is not a supporter who is acting on orders from Nagpur.

All aboard the ‘hate train’ & overuse of word ‘adjourned’

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

‘Dominated by Hindus’: 2 Nagaland men attacked ‘for selling non-vegetarian food’ in Ahmedabad

The alleged attack took place in the Chanakyapuri region of Ahmedabad on Sunday night and is being investigated by the Sola police.

Mahatma Gandhi statue in Queens, New York vandalised for 2nd time in two weeks

Perpetrators completely destroyed the statue with a sledgehammer; hate crime in the city has gone up 15.7% as compared to last year.

In historic first, US Senate unanimously passes bill to make lynching a hate crime

The 'Emmett Till Antilynching Act' now awaits the final approval from President Joe Biden to be signed into law.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.