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Hindu Voice Team: Tension prevailed at the historic Cachar College in Silchar on 25th of August, Tuesday after a clash broke out between two groups of students associated with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), reportedly amid a dispute over the wearing of hijab on the college …

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Hindu Voice Team: India’s reservation debate has been distorted by a series remarkably persistent constitutional misconceptions stating that : 1) Reservation is itself a fundamental right, 2) The Constitution guarantees every existing quota indefinitely and 3) Any attempt to reform or remove it is unconstitutional.’ The Supreme Court has said otherwise. In Ajit Singh v. …

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Two conferences organised by SEAN Publications in Chattogram and Dhaka brought together an unsettling mix of international preachers and Bangladeshi Islamist hardliners on 21st and 22nd August. SEAN Publication itself describes its seminar programme as part of an effort to build a “well-structured society” and a “welfare-oriented Islamic nation.” Its official programme lists Seminar 5 …

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The FIR against commentator Ajeet Bharti deserves scrutiny because criminal law must never become a weapon for settling political and ideological battles. Registered at Delhi’s North Avenue Police Station on August 23, the case invokes provisions of the SC/ST Act, the Information Technology Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita over remarks allegedly made during Bharti’s …

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65,000 HINDUS DISPLACED AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF NON-TRIBAL CITIZENS FACING SYSTEMIC ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION 1. Violence, Identity Politics and the Normalisation of Exclusion  The latest violence directed against ethnic Assamese and Bengali residents and workers in Shillong on 19 August, following a rally organised by the Khasi Students’ Union (KSU), marks another grave …

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Hindu Voice Team: A black-flag motorcycle rally organised by the Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) in Shillong on Wednesday, August 19, descended into violence, with several vehicles damaged, government vehicles set ablaze and the statues of national icons Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Swami Vivekananda vandalised. The rally was organised after the expiry of a 15-day …

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A six-hour-long Dawah Conference was held at the Engineers’ Institute in Chattogram of Bangladesh on 26th July with the stated aim of increasing coordination and spreading Islamic awareness across the Indian subcontinent.   Among its most prominent participants was Maulana Khalilur Rahman Sajjad Nomani, spokesperson and senior member of the All India Muslim Personal Law …

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Hindu Voice Team: Three Muslim youths were reportedly detained by police following an incident at the famous Vashistha Temple in Guwahati, where they allegedly entered the temple dressed as Shiva devotees and were accused by fellow devotees of harassing Hindu girls. According to claims regarding the incident, the youths’ behaviour inside the temple premises aroused …

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The 7th August letter from N. Ashok Kumar, Chairman of the Joint Monitoring Group, the tripartite mechanism responsible for supervising and enforcing the ground rules of the Suspension of Operations (SoO) agreement, finally delivers a stern written warning to Kuki terrorist groups operating under the arrangement that is available on public domain. The message acknowledges …

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Bangladeshi authorities are holding Indian farmer Dipankar Gope after he was dragged across the international border on 7th August. His release has been linked to the demand that India free Tamiz Uddin, a Bangladeshi national believed to have links with a cross border smuggling network, who was detained by the BSF after entering India by …

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