April 2018

Activities of Outfits

Akhand Bharat Morcha 18-4- The Delhi police began investigating a motorbike rally organised by a Scroll.in 2018 Hindutva group called Akhand Bharat Morcha on April 1, ostensibly to mark Hanuman Jayanti. Several hundred of the group’s supporters had stopped by four mosques in East Delhi and, with the police watching, brandished swords and clubs, burst firecrackers, threw colour and raised saffron flags on the mosques, and shouted allegedly “threatening slogans” against the Muslim community.

Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad Date News Source 6-4- Six shops belonging to Muslims burnt in Agastyamuni, . National 2018 Members of rightwing groups including those belonging to ABVP Herald targeted shops belonging to Muslims after false rumors spread that a Muslim youth had raped a minor girl in an Uttarakhand town.

11-4- ABVP protest at Sawai Maan Singh Stadium as Royals Financial 2018 remove student discount in IPL matches Express

11-4- ABVP members staged a protest at Delhi University's North Campus Millennium 2018 demanding suspension of Chemistry department's head who was post allegedly involved in sexual harassment of a teacher and a student.

12-4- Students associated with ABVP burnt the effigy of director of Indian Times of India 2018 Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT-R) over the institute’s decision to terminate services of 35 people appointed on ‘compassionate ground’ after the death of their kin

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17-4- The Surat police has registered a case against three people for ‘spreading 2018 false news’ by sharing a photo of the body of the 11-year-old girl, Mirror claiming that an Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad linked person raped her.

18-4- Amid growing concerns that the Modi government is trying to pressure 2018 the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to “go soft” on cases related to Hindutva terror, it has been learnt that N. Harinath, the special prosecutor in the Mecca Masjid blast case was associated with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad.

21-4- Special public prosecutor N. Harinath who represented the National Deccan 2018 Investigation Agency in the Mecca Masjid blast case and is under a Chronicle cloud for his links with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad has admitted that he was a member of the ABVP, the student’s wing of the BJP.

28-4- As JNUSU protested the screening of a movie on ‘love jihad ‘, ABVP National 2018 members allegedly damaged a car in which former JNUSU president Herald Mohit Pandey was travelling

Bajrang Dal Date News Source 8-4- Three members of a WhatsApp group called Jai Shri Ram were Indian 2018 arrested from Dabra in Gwalior district for posting offensive comments Express against lower castes. Police have booked 19 people so far in connection with social media posts after violence during the April 2 protests by Dalits. 10-4- A fact-finding team’s report on the recent communal violence across Bihar The 2018 charged that these incidents in nine districts of the state were “not states spontaneous but pre-planned”, accusing the BJP and Bajrang Dal of man allegedly orchestrating them. 10-4- A case is filed against Bajrang Dar leader for attempting to disrupt the Deccan

2018 birthday Party of a student. Herald 14-4- Bajrang Dal leader arrested for moral policing during birthday party. Bhatk

2018 allys 24-4 After a Dalit youth converted to Islam for marriage in Shamli, Uttar

Pradesh, several Hindu groups including Bajrang Dal reached his residence mirror and forced him to do '' by becoming Hindu again.

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Bharatiya Janata Party Date News Source

6-4- (BJP) national president expressed the Business 2018 party's wish to remain in alliance with its estranged ally in Standard , . 7-4- BJP has appropriated India’s bike culture and saffronised it as Men on Scroll in 2018 motorcycles have played a prominent role in recent communal clashes from Kasganj to Aurangabad.

8-4- BJP leader from Madhya Pradesh Gajraj Jatav arrested for inciting violence Business 2018 during the April 2 protests and strike, which left nine persons dead across Standard the country 8-4- With the elections to the state assembly announced, the Bharatiya Janata Deccan 2018 Party has gone into battle mode, roping in the , to help it Chronicle campaign and win as many seats as possible 8-4- An 18-year-old woman tried to immolate herself near Uttar Pradesh Chief Business 2018 Minister 's residence, after alleging that she had been Standard raped by a legislator of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 9-4- The police in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district arrested BJP MLA Outlook 2018 Shivaji Kardile for allegedly vandalising the office of the superintendent of India police. 10-4- BJP MLA Shivaji Kardile arrested in connection with double murder of Free Press 2018 Shiv Sena leaders Journal

11-4- Banwari Lal Singhal, BJP MLA from Alwar in Rajasthan says Hindu APN 2018 families shouldn’t let Muslims into their homes, accused them, Muslims of promoting love jihad 12-4- Banwari Lal Singhal, a BJP MLA from Alwar (Urban), in his latest The wire 2018 controversial statement during a community meeting in the city, charged Muslims of being criminals and urged Hindu families to not allow them inside their houses.

14-4- The Allahabad High Court directed the central agency to carry out the Hindustan 2018 investigation strictly in accordance with the law and consider filing an Times application for the cancellation of the bail granted to other accused in the

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Unnao rape case.

15-4- Tension gripped Chirala town on as members of a minority community 2018 ransacked the office of the Bharatiya Janata Party alleging that its supporters and some Sangh Parivar organisations unleashed an “anti- religious” campaign.

16-4- The posters prohibiting the entry of politicians and members of the DNA India 2018 Bharatiya Janata Party, which were put up by the residents of Allahabad's Shivkuti Colony outside their houses, were removed

17-4- BJP cadre vandalise Pavagada office over the possibility of veterans being The news 2018 denied tickets Minute

17-4- BJP leader Lal Singh, who had resigned from the state cabinet over the Economic 2018 Kathua rape and murder case, led a rally in support of CBI probe into the Times incident and called for the resignation of J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti for her "failure" to address the issue.

18-4- The verdict in the 11-year-old Mecca Masjid blast case by a National DailyO 2018 Investigation Agency court in on April 6, acquitting all five accused is on expected lines, though many have expressed outrage on social media.

18-4- Several took to the streets of London and chanted slogans against Indian GEO 2018 Prime Minister Narendar Modi as he arrived in United Kingdom for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting to protest against the situation in occupied Kashmir, sexual abuse of women and violence against Dalits and religious minorities in India.

18-4- The CPI-M demanded that the National Investigation Agency file an appeal Vimo Cafe 2018 against the acquittal of the accused in the Mecca Masjid blast, which it termed as “latest mockery of justice”.

19-4- A BJP youth wing leader allegedly admitted on social media to burning NDTV 2018 down a Rohingya refugee camp in the Indian capital.

19-4- BJP leader claimed that internet was the ancient Indian invention. He Irish times 2018 further rejected the claims that internet is a western modern day invention

20-4- Unknown assailants opened fire at the residence of Bharatiya Janata Party ANI News 2018 leader Gaurav Chauhan in Meerut's Daurala.

20-4- The Bharatiya Janata Party plans to conduct a massive a campaign across Live Mint Andhra Pradesh to counter the charge that it is responsible for the state not CENTRE FOR STRATEGIC AND CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH 5

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2018 getting special category status.

20-4- BJP's Maya Kodnani cleared of charges in worst massacre in 2002 NDTV 2018 riots.

20-4- The BJP in is planning to rope in preacher Swami NDTV 2018 Aseemanand, who was acquitted in the Mecca Masjid blast case earlier this week, to strengthen its base in the state. 21-4- Prime Minister was accused of snubbing British Dalits after The Hindu 2018 failing to visit Ambedkar House in London to unveil a statue of B.R. Ambedkar in the house’s garden. 21-4- The BJP in West Bengal is planning to rope in Hindutva preacher Swami The Hindu 2018 Aseemanand, who was acquitted in the Mecca Masjid blast case earlier this week, to strengthen its base. 21-4- BJP president Shwet Malik has alleged that there was a larger political Times of 2018 conspiracy to incite caste or section based clashes to polarize voters before India the next year Lok Sabha elections. 21-4- An Indian court acquitted an ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who Dawn 2018 was the most senior figure convicted over the deadly 2002 Gujarat religious riots. 23-4- BJP leader Hari Manjhi's son arrested for violating prohibition in Bihar. First Post 2018 23-4- Indian activist and writer Amrit Wilson has said the rape culture under Geo 2018 Narendra Modi’s government is celebrated by ministers and activists of the extremist Bharati Janata Party and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. 25-4- Hindutva politics playing a bigger hand in the BJP's rise to power. The The Week 2018 Bharatiya Janata Party has often been blamed for its fascist policies ever since the Narendra Modi government assumed power in 2014. 30-4- Thrissur-based writer and professor Deepa Nisanth has complained against The News 2018 death threats she received from BJP functionaries following a Facebook Minute post she put up, demanding justice for the Kathua rape victim. 30-4- BJP is propagating ‘Hindutva’ in coastal belt of Karnataka ahead of Hindustan 2018 election. The workers of BJP is manipulating voters by saying that Times ‘suffered’ under the Congress and Hindutva should win to ensure peace.

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Hindu Munnani 21-4- Unidentified miscreants hurled two petrol bombs at the residence of Business 2018 leader Dhanapal in Mettupalayam. Standard

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Date News Source 2-4- A new book to be published in July 2018 revealed that Rajiv Gandhi, when Sunday 2018 he was Prime Minister, sought the help of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Guardian Sangh in the 1989 Lok Sabha elections, in lieu of Congress’ support in Live building a Ram Temple in Ayodhya.

6-4- RSS leader Kalladka irked over Khader being invited to temples. He further Times of

2018 said that “all temples visited by khader, should be cleansed by holding India Brahmakalashotsava. Why should a person who eats cow meat be invited to temples?” 6-4- The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has urged the Bharatiya Janata Party to The 2018 reach out to the Dalits and backward communities in Uttar Pradesh in the Economic run-up to the 2019 general election with the message that the BJP has done Times the most for them, an attempt to contain the potential fallout of the alliance between the two main regional rivals.

9-4- Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh pracharak and regional secretary of Hindu Avenue 2018 Jagran Manch Dr Suman Kumar said there should be complete ban on cow mail slaughter and religious conversion in Jharkhand 10-4- The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the ideological fount of the Hindustan 2018 ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is clear that it is not a political entity, Times but understands the necessity of being involved in policy making, which affects its affiliates, says RSS watcher and author Walter Andersen. 10-4- Disturbed over caste violence RSS worker sets himself on fire, dies in The 2018 hospital Hindu 12-4- Members of Nalikeyavara Samaja Seva Sangh have accused Rashtriya The

2018 Swayamsevak Sangh leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat of maligning people Hindu of the community who done the role of “Daiva” in Bhootada Kola. 14-4- The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has started laying the groundwork to DNA 2018 ensure that the BJP comes to power in Rajasthan after the assembly India

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elections are held during the year-end. 15-4- With less than a month for polling in Karnataka, about 50,000 The 2018 swayamsevaks of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ideological Hindu mentor of the BJP, are set to work at the grassroots level in support of the party. 16-4- Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief said the “root of our Scroll In 2018 culture will be cut” if Ram temple in Ayodhya is not rebuilt. 21-4- In occupied Kashmir, the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Movement has said Kashmir 2018 that the extremist Hindu organization, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is Media communalizing the situation in Jammu to polarize the society for the Service electoral benefits.

Shiv Sena Date News Source 5-4- Chief of Malwa zone of Shiv Sena, Parveet Kathuria and his wife Monika Times of 2018 Kathuria have been booked by the district police on charges of India cheating under Section 420 of the IPC and certain Sections of the of Punjab Prevention of Human Smuggling Act 7-4- Two Shiv Sena leaders, including the deputy leader of the party’s The Hindu 2018 Ahmednagar unit, were shot dead in Ahmednagar’s Kedgaon area, leading to high tension in the district. 11-4- Shiv Sena Bala Saheb Thackeray threatens to throw Rohingyas out of Daily 2018 Jammu Excelsior

11-4- In outreach to Shiv Sena, Maharashtra CM pitches for an alliance of Scroll.in 2018 ‘secular but Hindutva’ parties

16-4- The Shiv Sena once again attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party over the Hindustan 2018 proposal for alliance in the forthcoming general elections, terming it “a Times move out of helplessness”.

18-4- Bomb was hurled at the houses of CPI and shiv Sena men besides a hotel at Uni India 2018 Perambra in the district of Kerala.

18-4- Civil Lines police booked Shiv Sena Sher-e-Punjab chief Sudhir Suri for Hindustan

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2018 allegedly making casteist remarks through a WhatsApp audio. Times

19-4- According to the claims of ’s supporters, Shiv Sena Times of 2018 supremo Uddhav Thackeray has announced that his party would support India the former international working president of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), is on an indefinite fast, after being thrown out of the VHP.

20-4- A Shiv Sena worker found killed by unidentified persons in Bhiwandi Times of 2018 tehsil of Thane district. India

23-4- Shiv Sena leader Sachin Sawant was shot dead on Sunday night allegedly NDTV 2018 by two gunmen on a motorbike in suburban Kandivali in Mumbai.

Sri Ram Sene Date News Source 4-4- The Hindutva faction Sri Rama Sene has joined hands with Shiv Sena to Asia 2018 contest in the Karnataka Elections set to be held on May 12. With an Net intention of promoting Hindutva, the party will field 60 candidates in the upcoming elections. 17-4- Pramod Mutalik, Sri Ram Sene founder, has accused the RSS of orchestrating The 2018 the ouster of Praveen Togadia from the VHP. Hindu

Shri Rajput Date News Source 3-4- A Karni Sena protestor is now a Bhim Sena agitator because freelance Mensxp 2018 protestor is the newest job.

9-4- The police has arrested 50 Karni Sena activists in a bid to foil Yagna Times of 2018 rally. India

Vishwa Hindu Parishad Date News Source 31-4- In an apparent bid to put the Ram temple issue back in spotlight, the Vishwa Times of 2018 Hindu Parishad is gearing up for a grand show of strength by planning to India double the number of participants in its flagship 'Chaurasi Kosi Parikrama' in Ayodhya 2-4- The Vishwa Hindu Parishad demanded a ban on cow slaughter in Tripura Hindustan

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2018 and threatened to launch an agitation otherwise. Times 8-4- Over his demand to shut down the running meat shops in Haridwar’s Indian 2018 Jwalapur area, local VHP leader Charanjeet Pahwa tried to immolate Express himself in front of a police post in Jwalapur. 12-4- Following a local Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader’s self-immolation attempt, Times of 2018 the VHP threatens stir over meat shops in Haridwar India

16-4- Newly elected International Working President of the Vishwa Hindu News 18 2018 Parishad, Alok Kumar, said that the “struggle for Ram Mandir nirmaan will not become weak with the movement of some people.” 17-4- The Vishwa Hindu Parishad has jumped into the fray, putting up banners in News 18 2018 neighbouring societies and terming the redevelopment of one particular building in the area as "land jihad" 17-4- On December 13, the green penal had declared the cave shrine a "silence The Quint 201 zone" and prohibited religious offerings beyond the entry point to help prevent avalanches and maintain its pristine nature. A day later, following protests by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, which termed its order as a "Tughlaki fatwa". 17-4- Former Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Pravin Togadia began his indefinite First post 2018 fast in Ahmedabad in support of his demands, including construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya. 19-4- Pravin Togadia ends fast, says will revive ‘Hindutva politics’. The 2018 Hindu 22-4- VHP demands the immediate constriction of Ram temple. president of the Times of

2018 Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Alok Kumar, has said that if the apex court verdict India goes against the Ram Janmbhoomi, the Union government should make a law to pave for the construction of the temple on the same site. 30-4- Indian Police have registered a case against VHP leader Sadhvi Saraswati Money 2018 for allegedly exhorting violence and hurting religious sentiments in her Control speech at a Hindu convention.

Violence against Dalits Date News Source 4-4- 5,000 Dalits booked, 32 other arrested for rioting in Ghaziabad. Dalits Money 2018 are protesting against the dilution of SC/ST Act. Control 6-4- Just days after the Bharat Bandh – called by Dalits over the Supreme The News

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2018 Court’s recent guidelines against the ‘misuse’ of the Scheduled Castes Minute and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act – various Dalit groups in Kerala have called for a protest on April 9. 8-4- MP Udit Raj alleged that members of his Dalit community were being Times of 2018 "tortured" in various parts of the country following violent protests India during the 'Bharat Bandh' earlier this week. 11-4- Villagers Claimed that Dalits forced to leave their homes in Shobhapur, India Today 2018 Meerut district, Uttar Pradesh 11-4- Reprort says that there is no arrests after six Dalits killed during ‘Bharat Free Press 2018 Bandh’ violence Kashmir

14-4- A violent clash between Dalit group and right wing group on Amritsar - Times of

2018 Delhi National Highway left two Dalits injured. India

14-4- A group of Sikhs held a protest against atrocities against minorities and Tribune

2018 Dalits in India during BR Ambedkar's birth anniversary celebrations. India

15-4- A day after the clash between members of Dalit groups and Hindu right- Hindustan

2018 wing organisations over the renaming of the ‘Gol Chowk’ in the city, Times Phagwara police have arrested four people, associated with the right- wing.

15-4- Dalits and women feels unsafe under BJP government, says The news

2018 MP Kavitha. minute

16-4- Motoring smoothly towards 2019 and the aim of securing a second term News

2018 for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Hindutva juggernaut has hit a laundry road bump shortly after tasting success in Tripura in early March. Top of the list of concerns for Modi and BJP president Amit Shah ahead of next year’s elections is the challenge posed by Dalits—an overwhelmingly poor, but electorally formidable, social group. 17-4- Dalits are living in a state of terror as violence against them has The Hindu 2018 increased in Rajasthan with the BJP government targeting the youths, tribals, students and government employees. 17-4- Dalits hold protest in Jalandhar over Phagwara shootout incident. Tribune 2018 India

18-4- Dalit in Madhya Pradesh live under threat and fear as there are clear The Citizen 2018 indications of targeting of the educated Dalit youth and the families.

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18-4- Dalits and tribals from across India are set to make a powerful statement Catch News 2018 on 1st May, globally celebrated as the International Workers' Day. Members of several scheduled castes and scheduled tribes have decided to observe the day as Resistance Day. 18-4- A protest march was organised in the national capital against a host of Business 2018 issues including an increase in the number of rape cases and alleged Standard atrocities on Dalits and minorities. 19-4- Though the debate over the dilution of the SC/ST (Prevention of Economic 2018 Atrocities) Act by the Supreme Court is far from over, the ministry of Times home affairs' latest annual report shows that police probes in crimes against Dalits and tribals across the country are a matter of great concern. 25-4- BSP supremo Mayawati accused the BJP government of Times of 2018 trying to drive a wedge between Dalits by promoting certain India groups. 27-4- The families of the four of the Dalit men assaulted by self- Hindustan 2018 styled cow vigilantes in Gujarat’s Una town will convert to Times Buddhism to send the message “loud and clear” that the discrimination against their community must end. 29-4- Around 300 Dalits from Gujarat’s Una town plan to convert New Indian 2018 to Buddhism to protest against discrimination and caste-based Express violence.

29-4- Dalit and Adivasi organisations from across the country plan The Indian 2018 to take to the streets on May 1 against the Supreme Court’s Express order on the Scheduled Castes and Schedules Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. 30-4- A Dalit family, whose four members were allegedly flogged Economic 2018 by cow vigilantes in Una tehsil in Gujarat's Gir Somnath Times district in 2016, embraced Buddhism along 300 others Dalits at an event organised in Mota Samadhiyala village.

Multiple Hindu Outfits Date News Source

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2-4- India is recreating history in a bid to scrub out any reference to Gandhi’s Dawn 2018 assassination, who was killed by right-wing man. 2-4- Death toll reaches 10 as schools in Agra to remain shut during Bharat India News 2018 Bandh. 2-4- Violence occurs during Bharat bandh; trains and bus services affected in Times of 2018 Rajasthan. India 3-4- 300 attacks by cow vigilantes ever since Pehlu Khan lynching a year Counter view 2018 ago, yet no justice to victims. 4-4- NDA government encouraging Hindu-Muslim clashes with motive: The Hans 2018 Communist Party of India (Marxist) member Brinda Karat. India 4-4- About 600 Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad supporters took out The Wire 2018 a rally in Tripura, armed with saffron flags, to warn people not to slaughter cows. They further questioned the nationality of Muslims and they also asked them to prove their nationality. 5-4- Lawyers protested after a statue of Dalit icon and father of the Indian National 2018 Constitution Dr BR Ambedkar, which was put up by members of Ghaziabad Herald Bar Association at the Ghaziabad District Court complex, was removed. 6-4- A report claimed proliferation of Muslims in and around Asansol and the The Quint 2018 adjoining coal belts and their “nexus” with the local underworld, which the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal allegedly patronises, were the principal reasons behind the communal violence there in the wake of Ram Navami celebrations. 6-4- Fake Facebook post stokes communal tension in Rudraprayag district, 3 Hindustan 2018 booked. The three people claimed that a Muslim boy raped a Hindu girl at Times Agastmuni town in the Kedarnath valley, which led to a communal flare-up. Right-wing groups took out a procession in the town shouting slogans and vandalised some shops

7-4- Hindus form the majority in Kerala, are being ignored and isolated from New Indian 2018 mainstream society due to their secular attitude. Express

7-4- Agastyamuni town of Uttarakhand faced communal tension when a fake social Catch News 2018 media post alleged rape of a 10-year-old girl by Muslims in the same locality

7-4- Members of some right-wing Hindu groups vandalised some 15 shops Kashmir 2018 owned by Muslim traders in Uttarakhand following a fake video Narrator circulated on Facebook.

8-4- A 45-year-old man allegedly attempted suicide, with the police saying Business 2018 that he was upset over caste-based protests and also had some tensions Standard going within his family.

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11-4- Following the murder and rape of the 8-year-old Kashmiri girl, Hindu Washington 2018 nationalists defends rapists. Post 14-4- At least six persons have lost their lives and around 120 people have News click 2018 been injured in the latest incident of communal violence between the RSS-led Sangh Parivar and the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal. 14-4- In recent years, the Sangh Parivar has accelerated efforts to promote its Mainstream 2018 Hindutva agenda and is pushing the cow slaughter issue to the political Weekly centre-stage. 14-4- In all these gruesome incidents, rapists/killers and perpetrators are National 2018 affiliated to Hindutva organisations especially RSS and BJP. Herald India 14-4- The NIA Special Court at Nampally would deliver the verdict on the The Hindu 2018 complicity of five of the 10 accused charge-sheeted in the Mecca Masjid blast verdict. 15-4- Those who spread hatred cannot win as Hundreds of people took to the The Wire 2018 streets in multiple cities across India to protest against the Modi government’s lack of action against the accused in the gang rape of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua. 17-4- All eyes are now on the Samjhauta blast case in which the NIA has filed Deccan 2018 charges against Hindu extremists and the trial is going on in the matte. Herald 17-4- The acquittal of Swami Aseemanand among five accused of the 2008 The week 2018 Mecca Masjid blast case is symbolic of the crumbling cases in the country. All eyes are now on the Samjhauta blast case in which the NIA has filed charges against Hindu extremists and the trial is going on in the matte. 17-4- Hours after acquitting five people being probed by the National Business 2018 Investigating Agency (NIA) in the 2007 Mecca blast case, NIA special Standard court judge K Ravinder Reddy tendered his resignation, leading to the speculations that his resignation might be connected with the acquittal. 18-4- The police arrested more than 300 people and registered 95 cases in the New Indian 2018 district in connection with the undeclared hartal called by social media Express groups seeking justice for the Kathua gang-rape and murder victim. 18-4- All the 11 police gunmen provided to three of the four arrested leaders Times of 2018 of right wing Hindu groups, after their clash with Dalit groups, have India been withdrawn. 19-4- Hindutva outfits force Delhi publisher to remove titles from Kishanganj Milli Gazette

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2018 book fair. 20-4- Gujarat High Court acquits BJP's Maya Kodnani, upholds Bajrang Dal Zee News 2018 leader 's conviction in 2002 Gujarat Naroda Patiya riot case 21-4- People allegedly associated with right-wing organisations, such as News click 2018 Bajrang Dal, ransacked and looted the house of the bridegroom where walima (wedding reception ceremony) was being held on March 17, on a mere suspicion of beef being served for dinner. 21-4- The Supreme Court allowed 2008 Malegaon blasts case accused Scroll In 2018 Lieutenant Colonel Shrikant Purohit to challenge the prosecution’s decision to charge him under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act 21-4- Rajasthan Scheduled Caste Commission vice-chairman Vikesh Kholia Hindustan 2018 has urged the state government to withdraw cases registered against Times people of schedule castes and tribes during the Bharat Bandh on April 2. 22-4- The National Investigation Agency on Saturday said that it had received The Hindu 2018 a copy of the judgment in the 2007 Mecca Masjid blast case and was getting it transported to its Delhi headquarters to decide on the next course of action. 23 Hindu man has triggered a storm on social media after revealing on asian times Twitter that he canceled a taxi when he discovered the driver was a Muslim. 26-4- Journalists in India are facing intimidation for publishing reports that Dawn 2018 angered the government or supporters of Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party. 26-4- Hindu extremists’ organization are targeting interfaith couples in India. Washington 2018 Post 27-4- A US government panel tracking international religious freedom has Times of 2018 stated that nearly one-third of India’s states were enforcing anti- India conversion and/or anti-cow slaughter laws against “non-Hindus”. 28-4- A journalist’s investigative story, which was published in July, 2016 The logical 2018 helps bring back 25 tribal girls trafficked by Sangh outfits. The girls Indian were trafficked from Assam to Punjab and Gujarat back in 2016 under the operation “betiuthao”.

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