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Topic: Hate speech

‘Remove police, then we’ll show you’: At Delhi Hindu event, calls for avenging youth’s death

The ‘Aakrosh Mahapanchayat’ was held Saturday allegedly in response to the death of a Shadipur man last month. The event saw speakers call for ‘Hindus to unite’ against Muslims. 

Nawabs’ nemesis, SP’s Muslim face & ‘sexist’ — Azam Khan’s political rollercoaster ride

Lucknow: One of the most prominent leaders of the Samajwadi Party (SP) — a 10-time MLA, two-time MP from Rampur, and former cabinet minister...

SP leader Azam Khan disqualified from UP Assembly, day after conviction in hate speech case

Khan has been sentenced for a 2019 hate speech case by the Rampur district court. He lost his post as his eventual imprisonment term is longer than two years.

SC orders cops & state govts to take ‘suo motu’ action against hate speech, or face contempt

SC seeks reports on action taken from govts of Delhi, UP and Uttarakhand. It was hearing plea seeking urgent intervention to stop hate speech against Muslims.

BJP ‘upset’ over MP Parvesh Verma’s alleged hate speech row, asks for ‘unedited video’

The top brass in BJP has called for the unedited video of Verma's comment for review, which is seen as 'anti-Muslim' in nature, a party source said.

Each day brings some new horror and hate. Worrying that ordinary Hindus aren’t so shocked

I don’t want to belabour Nazi Germany parallels because, so far at least, they do not fit. But there are parallels with the Taliban and Islamism.

Govt a ‘mute witness’ to hate speech problem, says SC, suggests Vishaka-like code for TV debates

The problem persists despite a provision to penalise violators, says the top court. It was hearing a plea to bar candidates who deliver hate speeches from contesting polls.

No law on poll hate speech so acting under IPC & Representation of People Act, EC tells apex court

Election Commission was responding to former BJP spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay's petition demanding direction to Modi govt to take steps to curb hate speech & rumour mongering.

SC rejects plea to ban ‘Muhammad’, book by ex-UP Waqf Board chair who Yati converted to Hinduism

Court also refused to order the arrest of the author, Jitendra Tyagi alias Wasim Rizvi, and Yati Narsinghanand, the controversial priest of Ghaziabad's Dasna Devi temple.

On Camera

Kolkata’s silencing of Javed Akhtar exposes India’s secular vacuum

Even those parties that wear the label of secular and progressive often bow to the pressures of fundamentalist groups within the Muslim community.

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

Dassault Aviation takes majority control of joint venture with Anil Ambani’s Reliance

Following the transaction which is expected to be completed by November, Dassault Reliance Aerospace Ltd will become an associate company, with Reliance retaining a 49% stake.

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?