Ram Gopal Mishra was seen climbing a Muslim house and hoisting saffron flag on it moments before he was shot dead.

Ram Gopal Mishra was seen climbing a Muslim house and hoisting saffron flag on it moments before he was shot dead.

In Kashmir and Punjab, candidates jailed for being alleged national security threats have won. What does that say?

Claims of voter suppression are rising – from names missing from electoral rolls to physical violence.

Ruchika Sharma combines her passion for history and eyeshadow, taking on myths about the past shaping India’s present.

Wheelchair-bound ex-Delhi University professor is acquitted after 10 years of imprisonment over alleged Maoist links.
![A sketch of GN Saibaba and his wife Vasantha Kumari hanging at their rented home in New Delhi [Md Meharban/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_9216-1709716219.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Rat-miner Wakeel Hasan was a national hero in November, after helping rescue 41 workers. Now, he’s on the streets.
![Wakeel Hasan, 45, a rat-hole miner who saved 41 trapped workers during a tunnel rescue, stands on a rubble-filled plot where his house was demolished by Indian authorities. [Md Meharban/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_9132-1709387043.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Violence that erupted after a mosque and school were demolished has killed six people and deepened divisions.
![A young Muslim boy and girl walk past a hole in the wall of a madrasa demolished in the north Indian city of Haldwani, on February 9, 2024, the day after the demolition [Arbab Ali/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/HaldwaniAJ_01-1707816087.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Israel suspended work permits for thousands of Palestinians after October 7. Indians are queuing up to replace them.

Streets are deserted and tensions high after mobs torch Muslim-owned shops, a mosque and kill its imam in Haryana state.
