‘Pull down their pants to see if they’re Muslims?’: Attack on book reading session in Ahmedabad has racist bias at roots
The attack on youths reading books at a park in Ahmedabad was the sequel to Bajrang Dal and VHP members earlier protesting the presence of books by Malala Yousafzai and Annie Frank in a school library and asking, “Why are there non-Hindu teachers in a Hindu school?”
Nepal flood: As toll climbs past 670, and 2,500 still missing, rescuers battle bad weather, damaged roads
Among the missing are dozens of Americans, at least 41 Australians and other foreign nationals — including trekkers, pilgrims and tour groups who were in the region when the disaster struck. Nearly 3,000 stranded people, including more than 160 foreigners, have so far been pulled to safety by rescue teams.
Can’t one be a Muslim and take part in a Hindu festival? Actress Faria Abdullah answers hate with grace
After trolls targeted actress Faria Abdullah’s Muslim background, questioned her faith, and went as far as labeling her a "kafir" (infidel), she said her family is deeply secular and that her father is a converted Muslim who chose Islam out of personal conviction, while her mother found inspiration in Hindu spirituality.
FIR filed against Mamata Banerjee over alleged violation of Calcutta HC order on students’ wing event
At the rally for which the FIR has been filed, Mamata Banerjee had hit out at what she called “political atrocities” being inflicted on her party’s supporters in West Bengal, alleging these were being orchestrated “at the initiative of the BJP.”
Tied up and set ablaze, Chandigarh influencer Manjeet Kaur dies after 54 days of suffering
Immediately after regaining consciousness at the hospital, 28-year-old Manjeet Kaur asked for her statement to be recorded, but police did not come to do so. Now, after her death, the case would go to court on her mother’s statement to police.
