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Topic: Hate crimes

‘No hate crime involving communities reported in past 3 yrs’ — National Commission for Minorities head

Iqbal Singh Lalpura says violence in Jahangirpuri in 2022 & Nuh in 2023 ‘weren't community hate crimes’. Remarks come day after Owaisi said attacks on Muslims surged after poll results.

‘US soil being used for terrorist activities against India’: Indian Americans tell FBI, DoJ

In a meeting with federal agencies, the community leaders expressed concern over increasing hate crimes against Hindus and the law enforcement's ability to take any action.

4 anti-India, anti-Hindu incidents in US in a month, Indian Americans say Hinduphobia on rise

Data on crimes against Hindus still in nascent stage, says community leader, though Hindu-phobic rhetoric in traditional and social media have seen exponential spike.

2nd Gandhi statue targeted in New York, Queens lawmakers condemn ‘hate crime’

Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar — the first South Asian woman to be elected to the NY office — said the incident was a crime against the Hindu community.

Bus ambush, riot, blasts at Friday prayers — Pakistan’s bloody history of violence against Shias

Blast at a Shia mosque in Peshawar Friday killed at least 30 people. According to South Asia Terrorism Portal, nearly 2,700 Shias were killed in Pakistan between 2001 & June 2018.

NCRB stopped collecting data on lynching, hate crime as it was ‘unreliable’, govt tells LS

The National Crime Records Bureau discontinued collecting hate crime data after 2017, and the term ‘anti-national’ is not defined in law, the government told Parliament Tuesday.

Constitution, Indian nationalism can defeat Hindutva. We can’t be silent on anti-Muslim hate

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

Singer Billie Eilish says sorry for anti-Asian, racial slur as her old video goes viral

One of the clips in the video also showed Billie Eilish 'mocking' Asian accent while another recorded Eilish’s brother, Finneas, allegedly calling her out for 'talking with a blaccent'.

Singapore police investigate another hate crime against Indian family

On 2 May, a 47-year-old man had allegedly uttered offensive remarks towards an Indian family and confronted a male member of the family for not wearing his mask.

UN chief ‘concerned’ over violence against Asians, people of Asian descent during pandemic

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres' statement comes against the backdrop of multiple shootings this month around Atlanta that killed eight people, six of whom were Asian women.

On Camera

Andhra proposes Rs 100-cr wealth fund, eyes Norway-style sovereign fund model to drive growth

Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister Payyavula Keshav presented a Rs 3.32 lakh crore budget for 2026–27 in the assembly Saturday.

Top US military commander applauds ‘India’s tactical execution’ during Op Sindoor; adds ‘there’s lessons too’

On bilateral ties, Admiral Paparo said India-US ties have an exponential effect on deterrence, because it demonstrates a unity of purpose among us to maintain the peace.

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.