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TopicVigilantism

Topic: vigilantism

Rama Sene men vandalise Mangaluru salon in name of ‘immoral activities’; leader Attavar held

Rama Sene chief Attavar alleges girls were being pushed into prostitution at salon. Right-wing outfit is linked to 2009 moral policing attack at pub in Mangaluru.

Pakistani CM has a brickbat solution for kickbacks—break official’s head, save them from hell

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa CM Ali Amin Gandapur's 'solution' has been described both as vigilante justice and a solution. Now Pakistanis are asking if the govt offices will provide the brick.

Lynching to shooting, ‘instant justice’ is on the rise in Punjab’s sacrilege cases

Sacrilege cases in Punjab are exacting a grim toll, with two accused dead and another injured in span of just a month. 'Intolerant radical element emerging among Sikhs', says expert.

‘Hate has won’ — Munawar Faruqui hints at quitting comedy as ‘12 shows cancelled in 2 months’

Faruqui has been in eye of storm over a New Year event in Indore this year, when he was arrested for ‘indecent remarks’ on Hindu deities & Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

If Modi govt doesn’t control vigilantism, history will compare it to Indira Gandhi Emergency

Legions of vigilantes; ordinary citizens like businessmen, journalists, and of course, bureaucrats, are the BJP govt’s newideological foot soldiers.

India slowing vaccine export shows what is wrong with bureaucratic control in a pandemic

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

Indian media’s communal violence reportage needs to be consistent, not just show one angle

Delhi’s Hauz Qazi incident shows how media white-washes reportage when victims happen to be from the majority community.

Vigilantism is central to RSS’ mission of organising Hindus & defending their interests

The movement has displayed a tendency to fight Muslims physically and to stand up against government if it tries to get in its way.

Karni Sena’s attack on a school bus is no surprise given what we’ve allowed so far

Where was this magnitude of disbelief, shock and revulsion when a man was killed in his house on rumours of eating beef or after a 15-year-old boy was stabbed in a train?

3 years of Modi govt: Congress digs up failures, but unsure about cow vigilantism

The issues that the opposition party will attack the government with include foreign policy, employment, Kashmir, personal freedom and farm crisis. Ruhi Tewari

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.