Topic: Muslim
Woman, hanging from a tree in viral image, was not killed by a Muslim but by her ‘lover’
The image was also shared with captions that wrongly claimed that the woman was a Dalit. Media reports said she was killed by her lover as he wanted to hide the affair.
Mob beats 35-year-old Muslim man to death in Saharanpur, police dismiss ‘lynching’ angle
SP says Israr was mentally unstable, had stolen a bike and assaulted a minor, leading to retaliation by the mob. Victim’s brother refutes this version.
Saloni Gaur’s Nazma Aapi isn’t Islamophobic. We need better terms for things we don’t like
Comedian Saloni Gaur was criticised as Islamophobic after her latest Nazma Aapi video on Sonia Gandhi and the Arnab Goswami attack.
Anger towards ‘other side’ echoes in Hindu-dominated areas of riot-hit Northeast Delhi
Mobs allegedly torched shops, used a school roof to hurl stones and petrol bombs. Gunshot survivor says relationships have been ‘forever damaged’.
Thank the printing press for making the cow into a Hindu gaumata
The growth of printing industry by 19th century allowed Hindu selfhood to get intimately tied to cow protection, writes Aparna Vaidik in 'My Son's Inheritance'.
Davinder arrest threatens the fragile trust Kashmiri Sikhs enjoy with Indian state & Muslims
Kashmiri Sikhs describe their official position on the Valley’s freedom movement as one of ‘neutrality’.
UP Police didn’t become anti-Muslim under Yogi. Look at secular Congress’ bloody past
It was 1972 and Indira Gandhi was the PM and HM. Muslims were protesting a law curtailing autonomy of AMU. And then secular Congress set a template for state action.
India’s new Muslim flaunts Tricolour, sings national anthem & isn’t afraid to look Muslim
At Jama Masjid, Muslims pronounced they are Indians first, rejecting the idea that someone can reimagine the basis of the Republic, just because he has majority.
Citizenship Bill has only one aim: protect non-Muslims, harass Muslims
The next time Modi government conducts the NRC – in Assam and across India – it wants to make sure non-Muslims are protected and more Muslims are excluded.
Long queues, old papers, WhatsApp NRC scares: Hindus & Muslims in Bengal brace for the worst
As BJP faces the heat because of rising fears in Bengal over the NRC, detention centres are being planned and many are taking their lives.
Brahmin pride and pain flood Facebook after Vikas Dubey’s encounter killing
For many social media users, gangster Vikas Dubey was first and foremost a Brahmin — a ‘tiger’ whose killing is just another ‘atrocity’ on the community under 'Thakur' CM Yogi Adityanath.
Not ‘overworried’ about NPAs, no need for a blanket moratorium extension: SBI chairman
SBI chairman Rajnish Kumar said the extension of the loan moratorium may be needed only for certain specific stressed sectors.
Defence
IAF gets night-flying capability at Leh for MiG-29s, force sees it as a ‘game-changer’
The new capability will allow IAF to conduct full-spectrum operations at the LAC on short notice, given Leh’s proximity to it.
Read my lips, forget the camera
Say Central forces' angry soldiers. They need reform, committed leaders. And very sensitive handling.