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‘Please protest in Delhi and demand PM’s resignation, not in Bengal’: Mamata tells Islamists blocking roads in Howrah over Prophet remarks

Instead of acting against the mob that brought traffic to a near halt in Howrah, Mamata Banerjee requested them to protest in Delhi instead.

Alleged involvement of cops Nawab Ahmad, Akmal Khan and Naeem Akhtar, foreign funding, minors used as shields: New angles emerge in Kanpur violence case

From Beckonganj SHO's alleged role to Hayat Zafar Hashmi receiving foreign aid to participation of minors, the police are probing many new angles in the Kanpur violence case

Mobocracy makes democracy bend to its will, the State bends down to accommodate the most violent, most vocal group

The police arrested Kamlesh Tiwari's murderers and the law is taking its own course in this case as well. But what course did the law take about the 'Sar Tan Se Juda' mob? Did it take any action against it? No. It did not. This again underlines that the mob is more powerful than the State.

The harsh realities of facing Islamic threats and radicalism: Why India cannot be France, China, or Israel

Some truths are hurtful. It is human nature to ignore them and pretend they do not exist. In India's case, despite being a progressive nation that is rapidly becoming an economic superpower, there are geopolitical, demographical, social and historical realities that keep holding us back

The slippery slope of blasphemy laws

But if a stringent blasphemy law is needed, so be it, as long as it comes in after judicial reforms. Law that acts arbitrarily is no law.

Islamist fear wins: Indian news channels start removing content that can offend Muslims, show on ‘ex Muslims’ goes missing

Nupur Sharma's comment and the subsequent outrage by the Islamic community, which led to calls for beheading and gang rape, has opened Pandora's box.

‘I will make her do mujra, she deserves to be hanged’: Bhim Sena chief Satpal Tanwar calls for Nupur Sharma’s murder, boasts about his...

Bhim Sena chief Nawab Satpal Tanwar had earlier said he would make Nupur Sharma do mujra in front of him.

Delhi: FIR against Nupur Sharma, Saba Naqvi, Maulana Nadeem and others for ‘hateful message’ on social media, read details

The FIR has been filed against Nupur Sharma and others over allegations of promoting false information with intention to create unrest in cyberspace.

The ‘liberals’ mocking Vashudev over his boycott call for Qatar Airways exposes how those ‘fighting for equality’ are deeply classist

"I request you to boycott the goods from Qatar, including Qatar Airways," Twitter user Vashudev had appealed in a video

Can England’s Joe Root break the record of Sachin Tendulkar?

Joe Root's sublime performance in test cricket has inevitably led to his comparison with Sachin Tendulkar

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