MP Steps Closer To Enacting ‘Love Jihad’ Law
Lawmakers in a central Indian state controlled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) approved legislation...
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UP Criminalises ‘Forced’ Religious Conversions By Marriage
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) approved a decree in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday laying out prison terms for anyone...
Protests Rumble Over Gangrape Of Dalit Woman In UP
Galvanised by the alleged gangrape of a Dalit woman who died of her injuries earlier this week, political parties representing...
Hathras Gangrape: Police Detain Politicians As Unrest Flares
Police briefly detained several opposition leaders on Thursday as they headed toward the house of a young Dalit woman who...
Hathras Gangrape: Police Impose Emergency Law
The police imposed emergency laws on Thursday in a village where a woman from the lowest rung of the country’s...
Protests Erupt After Late Night Cremation Of Gang Rape Victim
Protests erupted in several parts of India on Wednesday following the late night cremation of a gang rape victim, that...
Dalit Woman Gangraped In UP’s Hathras District Dies
A 19-year-old Dalit woman, who was raped by four men in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district, died on Tuesday morning, sources...
UP Uses Draconian Law To Detain Those Accused Of Killing Cows
More than half the arrests this year under a tough national security law in India’s most populous state of Uttar...
Back To The Fields: Covid-19 Smashes Middle-Class Dreams
Until late March, Ashish Kumar was helping to make plastic boxes for Ferrero Rocher praline chocolates and the plastic spoons...
Dalit Woman’s Body Taken Off Funeral Pyre In UP
The body of a Dalit (formerly referred to as "untouchables") woman was taken off a funeral pyre by a group...
India Sees More Local Covid-19 Lockdowns As Cases Near 800,000
India reported a record 26,506 new coronavirus cases on Friday as authorities re-imposed lockdowns in its most populous state and...
Gangster Accused Of Killing 8 Policemen Shot Dead In UP
Police shot dead on Friday a man who had been accused of ordering the killing of eight policemen when he...
AMU Student Sharjeel Usmani Arrested for Anti-CAA Protest
courtesy: The Wire https://thewire.in/rights/amu-sharjeel-usmani-arrested-aligarh-caa-protest Sharjeel Usmani, a student activist from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), was arrested from his home...
UP Cop Caught Masturbating Before Woman, Suspended
A Station House Officer (SHO) of Bhatni police station in Uttar Pradesh's Deoria was suspended for allegedly masturbating in front...
Dalit Teen Shot Dead After Temple Visit In UP
A teenaged Dalit boy was shot dead in an Uttar Pradesh village on Saturday night, five days after he had...
23 Migrants On Way Home Die In UP Road Accident
A truck crammed with migrant labourers trying to reach their distant homes amid a nationwide lockdown crashed in northern India...
U.P. Ordered To Remove ‘Name & Shame’ Billboards
The top court in India’s most populous state ordered authorities on Monday to remove large displays of the names, pictures...
Gold Mines Found In UP, Deposits Worth ₹12 Lakh Cr
An estimated 3,000 tonnes of gold reserves have been found in Uttar Pradesh's Sonbhadra district, the Department of Geology and...
Use Of Facial Recognition Tech During Protests Causes Stir
When artist Rachita Taneja heads out to protest in New Delhi, she covers her face with a pollution mask, a...
Behmai Massacre: Case Diary Disappears, Judge Postpones Verdict
The case diary of Behmai massacre, in which 20 people were killed allegedly by bandit Phoolan Devi's gang nearly four...
J P Nadda Takes Over As BJP President
Jagat Prakash Nadda was elected unopposed as the BJP's national president on Monday, taking over the reins from Amit Shah,...
Crowdfunding, Pro Bono Lawyers Aid Anti-CAA Protesters
Days after Anas Hussain was killed in his hometown of Nehtaur in northern India during an anti-government protest last month,...
“Cops Have Put Minors In Jail”: Priyanka After Muzaffarnagar Visit
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday made an unscheduled visit to Muzaffarnagar, a town in western Uttar Pradesh, to...
“Bigotry Is Dangerous”: Rahul Gandhi On Pak Gurudwara Violence
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said "bigotry is dangerous and love is its only antidote", adding that Friday's violence...
India Prepares For New Year’s Eve With Fresh Protests Against CAA
Thousands of Indians are set to ring in the New Year by holding protests against a citizenship law, despite Prime...
