Local Muslims in Himmatnagar believe that the Ram Navami processions, in which several people carried swords, had the intention to disrupt peace.

According to locals and the videos they shared with The Wire, revellers in VHP’s Shobha Yatra vandalised the Dhuldoyawad Masjid and Hazrat Kalu Shahid Dargah in Vadodara. The police's FIR, however,...

The communal violence of April 2022 was more the norm than the exception in the city of Khambhat.

The Gujarat coastline has seen multiple demolition drives in recent months. Opposition parties and locals allege that the administration is making it a point to displace Muslims and disrupt their...

A software engineer who turned to history to make sense of modern politics, Sharjeel Imam, 33, is accused under 73 sections of the law in cases filed against him by five state police forces. He spoke...

Allegation of custodial torture and killing comes days after the Supreme Court's 370 judgment, Army says matter is ‘under investigation’ and that it will  extend full support and cooperation to this...

The Uttarakhand town has been on tenterhooks from May 26, following the hate campaign by the Hindutva outfits to

On 3 July, a panchayat in Manesar, in #Gurugram district, resulted in hundreds of #Assamese Muslims fleeing their homes. The meeting of Hindu extremists call...

Six months ago, UP’s Anti-Terrorist Squad arrested Mohammad Umar Gautam from Delhi’s Jamia Nagar on 'forced religious conversion' charges. However, the converts who were guided by him tell a differ...

A former Congress councillor and lawyer who joined the movement against India’s new citizenship law and whom police accused as being one of those who instigated the Delhi riots of 2020, Ishrat Jahan...

Police say 180 people have been detained for protesting the notice sent to the Majewadi Gate dargah.

The report claims that the violence was anti-Muslim in nature, led by right-wing organisations and conducted in the presence of the police.

Despite having been in power for years now, the BJP has done little to ensure Kashmiri Pandits are able to live safe, inclusive lives in the Valley they once had to flee.

While some residents have been openly threatened and told to leave the area, others believe the atmosphere is not conducive to a peaceful life and earning a living.

For Indian Muslims, what makes a space safe? Many are leaving Hindu-majority areas for Muslim enclaves, but ghettoization comes with risks.

Descendants of local icon of 1857 rebellion against the British in Gujarat become victims of the nation’s hate politics.

The public flogging of Muslim men accused of allegedly disrupting a Garba procession in Undhela village had made nationwide news. Members of the community now say they are living in fear and no MLA...

A software engineer who turned to history to make sense of modern politics, Sharjeel Imam, 33, is accused under 73 sections of the law in cases filed against him by five state police forces. He spoke...

The fear of radical Hindu outfits engineering another attack and arbitrary police detentions has forced hundreds of Muslims to flee their homes and seek refuge with their friends and relatives who...

20 years after anti-Muslim violence in Gujarat, the victims are still haunted by their memories – and the parallels they see today.

She was gang raped in 2002. But her assailants, who were convicted and awarded life imprisonment, now walk free.

As the Hindu-right wing begins acting on its agenda for the economic and social segregation of Muslims in India, the ban on the sale of meat announced by the south Delhi mayor, while not implemented,...

Every time the student activist's bail has been approved by a court, the police slapped new charges against her to prolong her imprisonment. Currently, her bail plea is pending before the Delhi high...

The fate of not just the Indian National Congress but the social fabric of India rests on the efforts to rescue the country from divisive politics. Will the Bharat Jodo Yatra be the game changer ?

As world leaders converge for the G20 summit, anti-Muslim hate rallies and episodes of lynchings, presents a scary distortion of Modi's India.

Hindutva groups are laying claim to a growing number of sites where Muslim monuments and mosques stand, arguing that temples once stood on the same land.

After reviewing seven FIRs filed in 2022 across various police stations in Mathura, 'The Wire' found that these were mere copies of each other with names and dates changed.

In Belim Vas, Muslims are loathe to step out of homes after a Ram Temple celebration stopped in front of a mosque, leading to a chain of events that have convinced them that law enforcement is...

A builder devoted to his alma mater, Shifa-ur-Rehman is one of the longest incarcerated accused in the Delhi riots conspiracy case. As we look back at the legal trajectory of his case, Rehman spoke...

Rukshana Bano's husband was among the 53 people killed in the violence. Almost six months later, there has been no progress in punishing the guilty.

A recent study reveals that there is significant discrimination against Muslim women across industries in entry-level jobs.

India’s media crackdown goes far beyond the BBC – and it is the country’s independent journalists and news houses that are most vulnerable to attack.

In a deeply polarised country, Hindu and Muslim rappers refuse to give up on the ideals of equality and justice that India's founding fathers built the country upon.

The Allahabad high court said no incriminating material was recovered from the possession of Mohammad Alam. He is the first out of the eight accused in the conspiracy case to be granted bail.

For the families of the 53 people killed in the February 2020 riots, the violence has left a deep and permanent wound.

Agha Shahid Ali, the famous Kashmiri poet in exile once wrote, 'My memory comes in the way of your history'.

This decision has been taken 15 years after the Supreme Court-appointed special investigation team formed a witness protection cell for the complainants/witnesses of the 2002 riots.

New law granting tribal status to Paharis has angered Gujjars and Bakerwals who fear dilution of constitutional rights.

Thousands embrace Buddhism as Modi's party's rights record faces scrutiny

Broken shacks, shanties and sign boards are the casualty of the Haryana government’s abrupt move to demolish “illegally constructed” buildings in the Muslim-dominated Nuh, which recently saw a storm...

India's status as a nation that celebrates tolerance is being battered by Modi's BJP. Religious minorities face constant attack, with India's Christian community the latest to feel the wrath of...

Temporary meat bans raise longer-term question of what it means to be Indian

Women who have found themselves in charge of a family after the sudden deaths of family members find rules, regulations and laws making mockery of their situation.

While his family finds it hard to hold on to hope, Rehman, an accused in the Delhi riots conspiracy case, believes different communities in India can still find a way to resolve their differences.

Young Muslim girls in India are protesting for their right to an education as well as their right to the expression of their Islamic identity following a ban on headscarves at their schools and...

Modi's government turns blind eye as churches and statues vandalized

Hindutva activists are implementing a planned strategy to destroy Muslims, their homes, shops, and way of life.

Since 2019 at least, dargahs, which are traditionally open to people of all faiths, have been made targets of narratives that aim to demolish secularism and deepen religious divides.

A software engineer who turned to history to make sense of modern politics, Sharjeel Imam, 33, is accused under 73 sections of the law in cases filed against him by five state police forces. He spoke...

While Pakistan had facilitated Pakistani Hindus wanting to undertake the Sharda pilgrimage, Indian Hindus continue to lose out as the two countries are unable to reach an agreement.

Watching the PLA inch onto Indian territory, people who live on the frontlines are pained by the Union government’s inaction in the face of the Chinese ‘land grab’.

Social media propaganda, complete with hashtags, trends and concocted videos, seems to have one single aim: to boycott Muslim-owned and run businesses.

Two ‘big data’ case studies published by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) – in concert with the Story Killers project – allow readers to see into the core of misogynistic, digital...

In rural India, private schools run by the Ekal Foundation provide access to education – but force children to imbibe divisive teachings that preach Hindu superiority.