11-Jul-2024 CJP files complaint before Maharashtra Police against serial hate offender Kajal Hindustani In complaint, CJP urged to take strict action and seek prosecution under sections 196, 197(1), 352 and 353 of the BNS, 2023 for communal, hate speech
10-Jul-2024 Another mob lynching of Muslim men in Jharkhand and UP Both Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh saw cases of mob lynching
09-Jul-2024 Towards a Hate Free Nation: Handbook for Police & Administration CJP’s handbook on statutory (legal) obligations to prosecute hate crimes
09-Jul-2024 Post-election India sees surge in communal violence and vigilante attacks Daily reports of communal violence and mob attacks on Muslims, Christians, and Sikhs across India, with over 10 incidents against cattle transporters and 14 cases of violence in various states
01-Jul-2024 Rising Tensions: Young Muslim beaten to death amid backlash over cricket success In Chikhodara, Anand district, Gujarat, a young Muslim man named Salman Hanifbhai Whora was beaten to death during a cricket match.
25-Jun-2024 Hate speech among Assam citizens follows political rhetoric Emon Paul from Kokrajhar, Assam, arrested for offensive remarks against Islam, threatening violence
20-Jun-2024 Slurs out, “Hamare Baraah” allowed release after Rs 5 lakh fine paid for objectionable trailer Controversial film reaches screens June 21 after courts suspend release; slur-free version emerges following fine
20-Jun-2024 Aligarh: Muslim man lynched to death, BJP MLA expresses support for the alleged criminals Family seeks justice for lynched Muslim man as political leaders demand release of accused
18-Jun-2024 Hijab row: Mumbai students challenge college dress code Supreme Court verdict looms large: Will Muslim women have the right to wear hijab in classrooms?
18-Jun-2024 RSS member, Suresh Chavhanke and VHP hit out at Ekanth Shinde government for allocating minority funds A member of the Rashtriya Swayamevak Sangh (RSS) and founder of Sudarshan news, television anchor, Suresh Chavhanke – notorious accused of inciting violence ---criticises Maharashtra government for allocating funds from the minority budget. The VHP also chimes.
18-Jun-2024 Bomb hurled at Odisha Church, as vigilante violence on the rise This is the second time a bomb has been hurled at a minority religious site. In March 2024, a bomb had been reportedly hurled at a mosque in the state’s Sambalpur.
12-Jun-2024 Atrocities against Dalits: Rising violence against marginalised community ignored Uttar Pradesh sees three attacks in first ten days of June
11-Jun-2024 Chhattisgarh: Two killed, one injured in violent attack on truck transporting cattle Two men have died after a mob of “cow vigilantes” reportedly attacked a truck transporting cattle in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur
06-Jun-2024 Former Member of Parliament, Kirit Somaiya calls Mumbai Muslims ‘Bangladeshi’ After BJP’s Mihir Kotecha lost the Lok Sabha elections, BJP’s Somaiya blamed Muslims from Mankhurd, calling them ‘Bangladeshi’
03-Jun-2024 Hate speech escalates in India amidst general assembly election campaigns Rising tide of hate speech marks India's general assembly election campaigns
30-May-2024 Gujarat: Muslim man lynched, one of the accused a repeat offender On May 23, Misri Khan Baloch, a Muslim man, was killed by a group in Diyodar, Gujarat