Are shelters for the homeless in Delhi being demolished for G20?

Eight night shelters on the Yamuna bank were demolished last week. Activists say the poor are being removed to spruce up the city for the coming G20 summit.

Zafar Aafaq

· Mar 15, 2023 · 09:00 am

To beautify a Daman football ground, a 400-year-old church could be demolished

Catholic residents have voiced concerns about the historical structure they say has been in use since the 17th century when it was built.

Zafar Aafaq

· Mar 05, 2023 · 06:30 am

Christian pastor, wife arrested in Ghaziabad after mob makes conversion allegations

An activist claimed that the mob ‘created a scene and raised allegations of conversion’ when the pastor and his wife were holding a service.

Zafar Aafaq

· Feb 28, 2023 · 08:32 am

Three years on, the shadow of Delhi riots looms over children – and their friendships

The divide between Hindus and Muslims shows up in classrooms and playgrounds in Northeast Delhi, at times turning friends away from each other.

Zafar Aafaq

· Feb 26, 2023 · 09:00 am

Siddique Kappan interview: ‘Is it not my job to travel and report?’

After spending 850 days behind bars, the journalist remains undeterred.

Zafar Aafaq

· Feb 09, 2023 · 09:00 am

In Indore, ‘love jihad’ vigilantes from Bajrang Dal have a free run

In the last two months, they have accosted and shamed several inter-faith couples. The police have responded by taking Muslim men into preventive custody.

Zafar Aafaq

· Feb 04, 2023 · 06:30 am

Four months after PFI ban: Fearing police action, former members retreat into shell

They have wound up even routine activism but argue the prohibition on the group is politically motivated.

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· Jan 27, 2023 · 06:30 am

‘Our homes are not illegal’: After sleepless nights, Haldwani residents welcome Supreme Court stay

Those served eviction orders for allegedly encroaching on railway land claim that they are being singled out because they are Muslim.

Zafar Aafaq

· Jan 06, 2023 · 09:00 am

Why journalist Siddique Kappan and his co-accused are languishing in jail – despite getting bail

The bail conditions require the furnishing of sureties, which in turn need to be verified by local authorities.

Zafar Aafaq

· Dec 26, 2022 · 06:30 am

In Bastar, hundreds of Christian Adivasis flee villages, alleging a series of attacks against them

The violence had been instigated by local leaders, they said in a complaint submitted to the police on Monday.

Zafar Aafaq

· Dec 20, 2022 · 12:00 pm

Why students are protesting the end of a fellowship named after India’s first education minister

The Maulana Azad National Fellowship was launched with the aim of closing the education gap among Muslims, who make up the bulk of its applicants.

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· Dec 17, 2022 · 09:00 am

For Muslim women in India, mosques remain largely out of bound – even without entry bans

Last month, Delhi’s Jama Masjid sparked a furore by banning the entry of women. The order was taken back, but it came as a reminder of the exclusion women face.

Zafar Aafaq

· Dec 16, 2022 · 09:00 am