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"I Should Not Allow Myself to be Scared": Narendra Dabholkar on Facing Threats from Religious Organisations

In this extract from the first volume of the translation, titled 'The Case for Reason: Understanding the Anti-superstition Movement', Dabholkar recounts the pressures he faced from religious organisations, such as the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti and Sanatan Sanstha as well as by members of the BJP and Shiv Sena. (From August 2018)

caravanmagazine.in/religion/na

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Police hassled complainant, hate-speech accused roamed free: Probe sped up 3 days after Karnataka got new govt

The case stems from a complaint filed more than a year ago, accusing one Chandru Moger of delivering a hate speech.

thesouthfirst.com/karnataka/po

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Sanatan Sanstha not terrorist organisation under UAPA but a spiritual body imparting education on dharma: Bombay High Court

The accused, a member of the organisation, had been booked in a 2018 case where it was alleged that the accused had prepared crude bombs in his house.

barandbench.com/news/litigatio

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Eight years on, Govind Pansare murder trial is yet to begin

‘Now that the investigation in the case has been shifted to the ATS, we expect it to be expedited, and that the agency reaches the mastermind and those who are absconding,’ says family.

thehindu.com/news/cities/mumba

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