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One of the houses destroyed in communal clashes in Indore.

Communal violence in Ujjain, Indore, Mandsaur following rallies to collect funds for Ram temple

Rallies to collect funds for the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya have resulted in Hindutva warriors instigating communal violence in differe

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, eminent Islamic scholar, during a function in New Delhi in 2009.

Padma Vibhushan for Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

The renowned Islamic scholar Maulana Wahiduddin Khan has been conferred with the Padma Vibhushan, India’s second highest civilian award, for his contr

Narendra Chanchal, a file photo.

Popular bhajan singer Narendra Chanchal dies at the age of 80

Back in the 1970s, youngsters could barely stop singing,

Shamsur RAhman Faruqi during a discussion at the Jaipur Literature Festival on January 22, 2015.

Shamsur Rahman Faruqi: An illuminating life

Shamsur Rahman Faruqi (1935-2020) married Western perception to Urdu sensibilities, enriching the world of literature and criticism with his unique pe

Mehmood Pracha, the advocate whose premises were raided in end December by the Delhi Police.

Lawyer’s office raided arbitrarily by Delhi Police

The police raid on the premises of an advocate who represents several of the North-East Delhi riot accused to search for “incriminating documents” was

Mangalesh Dabral (1948-2020)

Mangalesh Dabral: Poet of the masses

Noted Hindi poet Mangalesh Dabral (1948-2020) lived, thought, spoke and wrote among the masses. His poems, notable for their simplicity and sensitivit

Foreign nationals belonging to the Tablighi Jamaat released from the Birsa Munda jail after getting bail from the Jharkhand High Court, in Ranchi on July 21.

Tablighi Jamaatis' acquittal shows evidence of innocence

The acquittal of Tablighi Jamaat members from abroad nails the widespread lie that they were wilfully spreading COVID-19 and raises questions about th

Prof. Romila Thapar with Prof. Harbans Mukhia at the Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus in New Delhi on March 6, 2016. The historians have now stepped out of the confines of academia to address live audiences on online platforms.

Noted historians and scholars use webinars to dispel myths about history

A small initiative by Delhi University students to take authentic history to the common man through online platforms gathers a momentum of its own wit

Hadiya with her husband, Shafin Jahan, speaking to the media in Kozhikode in December 2018. The Supreme Court upheld their marriage in an order delivered in April 2018.

Love jehad demonises Muslim men as the 'evil' other

The campaign on love jehad has the political project of demonising the Muslim as the evil “other” and stokes Hindu anxiety of being demographically o

Haryana Police use water cannon to disperse farmers marching towards New Delhi, near Hisar, on November 26.

Haryana Police's tear gas, barricades fail to prevent farmers from marching to Delhi to take part in protest against Centre’s anti-farmer laws

Tens of thousands of farmers from Punjab and Haryana are marching towards New Delhi as part of the two-day “Dilli Chalo” protest against three new far

The Hanuman flag, hoisted on the minaret of the Allahwali Masjid in North East Delhi, on February 25, being removed with police permission.

Plot to turn a mosque in North East Delhi into a temple foiled

The Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind restores a mosque vandalised by communal elements during the February riots in North East Delhi and foils an attempt to turn i

At a road blockade in protest against the farm reform bills, in Bathinda on November 5.

Despite the Central government's strong-arm tactics, farmers stand their ground against new farm laws

Despite economic distress, tragic deaths of fellow fighters and the Central government’s strong-arm tactics such as starving Punjab of train services

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