Hate Speech
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Maharashtra MLAs Nitesh Rane, Geeta Jain have been booked for hate speech, police tell Bombay HC
The petitioners alleged that the legislators visited parts of Mira Road while violence was taking place there in January and made speeches threatening Muslims.
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BJP-ruled states accounted for 75% of anti-Muslim hate speech events in 2023, says report
Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh accounted for the most number of such events, the report by Washington-based research group India Hate Lab said.
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Ensure there is no hate speech at BJP leader T Raja Singh’s rallies, SC tells district authorities
The MLA from Telangana’s Goshamal constituency is scheduled to hold rallies in Yavatmal and Raipur this month.
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Trending
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Maharashtra: BJP MLAs T Raja Singh, Nitesh Rane booked for alleged hate speech at Solapur
The police also named several office-bearers of the Sakal Hindu Samaj – an umbrella body of Hindutva organisations – in the first information report.
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Citizens must know that hate speech will be met with state action, says Supreme Court
The court, however, said it cannot deal with individual cases, and that it was seeking to set up an administrative machinery to deal with the problem.
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India saw 255 anti-Muslim hate speech events in 2023, most in BJP-ruled states, says research group
At least 70% incidents of hate speech gatherings took place in states scheduled for legislative elections in 2023 and 2024, said Hindutva Watch.
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Video
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Watch: Comedian hilariously mimics different types of announcements at railway stations
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SC adjourns plea seeking FIR for hate speech against Anurag Thakur, Parvesh Verma for third time
The court told the Delhi Police, which sought all the adjournments, that the hearing will not be deferred again.
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Delhi Police stop Hindutva conclave midway because of hate speech against Muslims
‘As long as a single Muslim is living in this country, the partition will remain incomplete,’ one of the speakers said.
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Nuh violence: Calls for economic boycott of Muslims unacceptable, says Supreme Court
Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti suggested formation of a committee headed by the Haryana police chief to examine complaints of hate speech.
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The Reel
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Watch: Politics, ambition and crime in Vasantha Balan’s ‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’
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How the fantasy film ‘Pathala Bhairavi’ heavily influenced Telugu cinema
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Watch: Manoj Bajpayee’s hundredth movie ‘Bhaiyya Ji’ is a revenge drama
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How actor Shahana Goswami flies under the radar and above the competition
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Stop funding news channels that air ‘hateful content’, IIM faculty members urge corporate leaders
A group of 17 current and retired faculty members at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore said that such hatred poses risk to corporations in India.
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Don’t befriend burqa-wearing women, Telangana MLA T Raja Singh urges Hindus
He referred to ‘The Kashmir Files’ film and insinuated that Hindus now face danger from Muslim men as well as women.
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Register hate speech cases even if no complaint is filed, SC directs all states
Delay in filing such cases will be treated as contempt of court, the judges said.
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