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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.

On Camera

How Gen-Z is changing the violent extremist landscape online

The evolving extremist threat now hinges on young people online, demanding new strategies beyond traditional counter-terror models.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.