'On rare occasions, the Indian government—which prides itself on visions of universal digital literacy, online services, and biometrical identity schemes—still conducts certain official communications by radiogram. An operator sitting at a radio transmitter taps out a message, and then a receiver spits out the transmission in another part of the country, generating an instant legal document.
'A Hubballi court on Monday extended the judicial custody of three Kashmiri students who were arrested for sedition, till March 7. The students of the KLE Institute of Technology, who were arrested on February 15 for allegedly saying Pakistan Zindabad, will continue to be lodged at the Belagavi district jail, as the police cited safety concerns. Nasir Khuehami, the spokesperson of the Jammu and Kashmir Students Association, confirmed the development...'
'The Karnataka Police on Saturday arrested three Kashmiri students studying at the KLE Institute of Technology in Hubballi under charges of sedition. The arrests came after the Bajrang Dal, the youth wing of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, staged protests inside the college calling the three students ‘anti-nationals’ for raising slogans purportedly in favour of Pakistan in a video. On Saturday morning, a student of the college, also a member of Bajrang Dal, received a video on WhatsApp of the three Kashmiri students and alleged that the three students had hailed Pakistan in the video.
'Bajrang Dal workers and activists of some right wing Hindu groups on Friday forced a newly-married inter-faith couple in Moradabad to call off their wedding reception despite 50 of the protesters being detained, police said. The couple was to host the wedding reception on Valentine’s Day in the Civil Lines area of Moradabad. While the woman is from Moradabad, the man who is a Muslim hails from Bijnor. Parents of neither had any objection to the marriage, police said...'
'Shocking incident reported in the city while Bajrang Dal activists went ahead and destroyed a mall’s assets in Gachibowli area. Till now, no arrests have been made by the police. People say that security failure on Valentine’s Day in Hyderabad. A group of persons affiliated to right-wing Bajrang Dal were seen destroying Valentine’s Day decorations in a mall located in Gachibowli area of Hyderabad. Amidst slogans like ‘Valentine’s Day Band karo’ and ‘Bharat mata ki jai’ were raised by them...'
'Unmarried couples “found wandering around on Valentine’s Day” in Hyderabad and across Telangana will be given lessons on patriotism and sacrificing for the country, the state unit of Bajrang Dal has said... Balaswamy further said: “If we find lovers spending time at parks, malls, clubs, pubs, restaurants and other places this year, we won’t get them married [something the body has done in the past]. We will counsel them on love for our nation and ask them to pay tributes to our brave martyrs.”...'
'A Clash broke out between a group of Bajrang Dal workers and local residents, including Dalits, who were taking out a procession to mark the birth anniversary of Sant Ravidas in Dohrighat police area of Mau district Sunday. The scuffle occurred when the Bajrang Dal workers, returning from a function from Deoria in a bus, reportedly entered in an argument with the people part of the procession, asking them to make way for the bus...'
'How did the CBSE marksheet of the ‘teenaged terrorist’ Desh Bhakt ( name changed), who brandished a country-made pistol and fired a shot at Jamia on Thursday, find its way to the news agency ANI within hours of the incident? The news agency was quick to tweet the marksheet, evidently in an attempt to show that the shooter was a minor. By then the media had identified him by name, accessed his Facebook Page, found out his links to the rabid Bajrang Dal. It was also reported that he was live streaming before opening fire and injuring a student.
'Around 5,000 migrant workers from Assam and other parts of the country were rounded up in a supposed 'document-verification drive', after a pro-Hindutva organisation alleged that they were illegal immigrants. On Wednesday evening, the Superintendent of Police (SP) of Kodagu, Suman D Pennekar issued an order to all police stations in Kodagu to conduct a document-verification drive.
'On 20 December, a day after the Uttar Pradesh chief minister Adityanath vowed to “take revenge” against those who had destroyed property during the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, the state police stormed Muzaffarnagar. That day and night, Mehmood Nagar and Khalapar—both Muslim-majority neighbourhoods in the city—descended into violence, with a rampage by the UP police. According to residents, the police force used tear gas, lathi charges, and opened fire on the Muslim locals. Noor Mohammad, a young resident of Khalapar, was shot in the head and died.
