Telangana takes a stand: Bill targets hate speech and hate crimes with strict penaltiesTelangana is set to introduce a new law against hate speech and hate crimes. The proposed bill aims to curb online and offline incidents ca...
30 Mar, 2026, 05.41 PM IST
Karnataka clears hate speech bill: What counts as an offence, punishments and penalties explainedHate Speech Bill Karnataka: Karnataka has enacted a new law to combat hate speech and hate crimes. The Karnataka Hate Speech and Hate Crime...
19 Dec, 2025, 06.41 PM IST
Karnataka brings hate speech law; BJP to challengeKarnataka has passed a new law against hate speech and crimes, which makes it the first state in India to do so. The bill includes severe p...
13 Dec, 2025, 11.14 PM IST
US lawmaker condemns desecration of BAPS Temple in New York, calls for action against vandalsUS Congressman Tom Suozzi condemned the desecration of BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir in Melville, New York, calling for accountability for hate ...
19 Sep, 2024, 10.01 AM IST
No scope for hate crimes on basis of religion in secular country such as India: SC"There cannot be any compromise on hate speech at all," the top court said and added that it is only if the State acknowledges the problem ...
06 Feb, 2023, 10.26 PM IST
After Australia, it's Canada again -- Hindu temple vandalisedThe Indian Consulate General in Toronto issued a statement on Tuesday condemning the attack on the Gauri Shankar Mandir in Brampton.
31 Jan, 2023, 09.35 AM IST
Attack on Indian-Americans: Disturbing trends of hate crimes & racial tauntsThere were many reports of hate crimes against Indian-Americans post September 11, terrorist attacks, but their numbers dwindled rapidly. B...
07 Oct, 2022, 01.29 PM IST
Statue of Mahatma Gandhi defaced at Hindu temple in Canada, police probing it as hate crimeThe statue was vandalized at Vishnu Mandir in the area of Yonge Street and Garden Avenue, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) repor...
14 Jul, 2022, 08.34 AM IST
Hate crimes highest in UP, Gujarat second: AmnestyThe human rights’ group began documenting hate crimes in the country after Mohammad Akhlaq was killed in Dadri, UP for allegedly storing be...
17 Jul, 2018, 11.32 AM IST
Indian engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla's killer pleads guilty to hate crimesHe had earlier in March pleaded guilty to first-degree murder of 32-year-old Kuchibhotla and two counts of attempted first-degree murder.
22 May, 2018, 11.56 AM IST
Supreme Court notice on widow’s plea for fair probe into lynchingThe CJI, sitting alongside Justice AM Khanwilkar, immediately issued notices on her plea. The notices were served on a counsel who appears ...
17 Feb, 2018, 06.44 AM IST
View: Collective crimes must be met with collective punishmentHate crimes arouse additional passions and have a tendency to lead to further violence, not to mention that they vitiate harmony and breed ...
19 Jan, 2018, 11.37 PM IST
Increase in hate crimes against South Asians disheartening: FBI report"These statistics confirm the uneasy feelings of many of our community members, that we are being targeted," said SABA president Rishi Bagg...
15 Nov, 2017, 08.00 AM IST
Indian Americans rally against hate crimes and harassment"We are looking to organise ourselves, build processes to address such incidences and prevent repeats & tracking and documenting hate crime...
26 Mar, 2017, 05.34 PM IST
Tulsi Gabbard asks US Justice Department to investigate hate crimesThis is something that I urge the Justice Department to investigate and to continue to inform and educate people, and to promote a society ...
24 Mar, 2017, 12.06 PM IST
Courts will be tough against hate crimes, says Chief Justice of India HL DattuHe said every democratically elected government has a primary duty to uphold rule of law in the country and make citizens secure from divis...
26 Oct, 2015, 03.07 AM IST
I joined caucus to defend Sikhs: Ami BeraIndian officials had pressed Bera and some other US lawmakers not to join the Sikh caucus because of the presence of some toxic pro-Khalist...
11 May, 2013, 12.03 PM IST