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Haryana_violence Sectarian violence in India’s Haryana State claims five lives, activists condemn government inaction

Violence broke out in the Nuh district of Haryana during a procession led by two Hindu extremist organizations on July 31.  The violence spread to adjoining areas in the following hours, with a mob setting ablaze a mosque and killing its 19-year-old deputy imam on Tuesday

Right-wing hate speech runs rampant in India’s elections

The upcoming elections in three Indian states will be a contest between the BJP’s polarizing, violent, Islamaphobic messages and efforts to create a more plural, more democratic India

Commemorating the legacy of slain Indian journalist Gauri Lankesh

On the anniversary of the assassination of journalist Gauri Lankesh by religious extremists in India, her sister Kavitha Lankesh talks about her legacy

On third anniversary of Gauri Lankesh’s assassination, Indian organizations vow to continue struggle

September 5 marks three years since progressive journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh was assassinated in front of her house. A Hindu right-wing group Sanatan Sanstha is suspected to have carried out the murder

30 January 1948_ assassination of gandhi Assassination of MK Gandhi

His assassin was Nathuram Godse, belonging to far-right Hindu organization, Hindu Mahasabha.

Attack on Press Freedom in India India’s mounting attacks on press freedom

In this video, we look into the ever increasing attacks on journalists who have been speaking truth to power.

India NRC Explained Explained: India’s National Register of Citizens (NRC)

According to reports at least six people have committed suicide in the month of July as India is organizing this mammoth and controversial citizenship verification drive.

Mob Lynching in India Minors lynched in India on accusation of cattle-theft

There has been a drastic rise in the number of attacks by cow vigilante groups ever since the Narendra Modi-led far-right Hindu nationalist government came into power in 2014.

Indian elections 2019 How did India vote and why

We look at the voting patterns and the reasons behind the increasing rightward shift, despite the incumbent BJP failing to solve various working class issues during its first term in power.

A powerful resistance is building up against Modi government: In conversation with Brinda Karat (Part 2)

She also talks about the efforts made by Left forces to build an alternative by bringing people’s voices into parliamentary politics.

Brinda Karat Peoples Dispatch “We’re fighting a right wing, authoritarian government”: In conversation with Brinda Karat (Part I)

In the first part of this interview, she talks about the ruling right wing government led by prime minister Narendra Modi, and the kind of upheavals the country has seen in the last five years under him.

Pulwama attack Threat of military crackdown looms in Kashmir after massive blast targets Indian forces

More than 40 Indian paramilitary personnels were killed after an explosive-laden vehicle rammed into their convoy