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55% people feared police would beat them during lockdown but trust has grown now, says survey

The CSDS report on policing in India during lockdown also says the poor, Dalits, tribals and Muslims 'faced greater disadvantages generally due to the lockdown'.

Dear Muslims, don’t take refuge in liberal vs Hindutva binary. These templates are tricky

Twitter nationalists are not interested in the substance of my arguments. For them, my religion is enough to refute me as a Pakistani.

Bhagwat’s Muslim population remark isn’t surprising, RSS view on demography has evolved

Some analysts presume the RSS has raised the issue of population to help Hindu vote consolidation for BJP. But the Sangh has been concerned about the issue for decades.

Indian Muslims have come to terms with Hindutva. They are now looking for survival strategies

35% Muslims in north India faced religious discrimination in last one year; they realise that anti-Muslim Hindutva has emerged as the dominant narrative.

How a ‘baraat’ triggered trouble, tension between Dalits & Muslims in this Aligarh village

On 26 May, Muslim residents of Noorpur allegedly stopped a Dalit wedding procession passing by the village mosque. A physical altercation followed.

‘When it suits BJP we’re minority, else part of Hindus’: Sikhs demand role in new minority unit

Sikh leaders are upset over BJP’s new minority morcha office bearers list which doesn't have any Sikhs, say it doesn't send right message ahead of Punjab polls next year.

IUML moves SC against govt inviting applications for citizenship from non-Muslim refugees

Indian Union Muslim League's petition argues that Centre is trying to circumvent the assurance given to SC on its previous plea challenging the constitutional validity of CAA.

BBMP reinstates 16 Muslim workers suspended after Tejasvi Surya row, but 5 refuse to return

BJP MP Tejasvi Surya had read out names of 17 Muslim workers on a visit to Bengaluru’s south zone Covid war room. They were suspended & probed by police, one was arrested.

Where is the opposition in Modi’s India? It is here and finally with a face

A new window has just opened for the Opposition as they corner the Modi government. And Mamata Banerjee now seems a veteran.

Muslim clergy must spread the message loud — Covid vaccine won’t invalidate Ramzan fast

Enforcing discipline among 170 million people, sharply divided on sectarian and linguistic lines, is never an easy task. It requires voluntary compliance.

On Camera

Manohar Kahaniyan was Crime Patrol of pre-TV era. Now IAF Chief’s metaphor for Pakistani tales

The magazine was a product of its time—when newsprint was cheap, imagination was free, and the hunger for suspense could drive circulation numbers into the tens of thousands.

Nodal officers to fast-tracking NOCs, Kerala govt’s heeding investor concerns, and it means business

As many as 21 policy reforms are under implementation following Invest Kerala Global Summit, as LDF govt works to change perception that the state is not conducive to businesses.

Army chief’s big warning to Pakistan: Stop sponsoring terrorism if you want to exist geographically

Amid continued concerns over cross-border terrorism, General Upendra Dwivedi further warned the neighbour that India will not show restraint if there is an Op Sindoor 2.0.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.