NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Police in western India have filed a case against six suspected Hindu cow vigilantes accused of assaulting a Dalit man and forcing cow dung into his mouth after accusing him of planning to sell a bull to a Muslim butcher. The attack allegedly occurred May 23 in Jalna district in […]
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — An Indian Muslim author who discovered only in adulthood that she had been adopted has received international recognition for a book drawing on her experience to advocate equal treatment and acceptance of adopted children. Sumbul Siddiqui, a 28-year-old writer from Lucknow in northern India’s Uttar Pradesh state...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Muslim men were assaulted, chased and forced to chant a Hindu religious slogan after tensions surrounding an Eid Milad-un-Nabi procession erupted into violence in Mumbai, according to videos that surfaced from the incident. The violence broke out Wednesday night in the Parel-Chinchpokli area of India’s financial...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — Bangladesh border guards have detained an Indian national after exchanging gunfire with a group suspected of attempting to smuggle weapons and drugs across the border from India, authorities said. The confrontation occurred around 10 p.m. Thursday near the Kumarshail border area in Moulvibazar district in northeaster...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Authorities in India’s opposition-ruled Karnataka state have suspended two government school teachers for participating in marches organized by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, or RSS, saying their involvement prima facie violated rules requiring government employees to maintain political neutrality. The Educati...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A Dalit law student at a university named after India’s foremost anti-caste icon B.R. Ambedkar has accused administrators of caste discrimination after he was barred from campus for six months and fined over unrest following the death of a student. Pawan Chaudhary, a final-year LLB Honors student at Babasaheb Bh...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Police in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state have arrested three Christians, including two women, following allegations by a Hindu nationalist leader that they attempted to convert poor people during a Christian healing prayer service. Subedar, Rekha Devi and Sadhna were arrested on Aug. 25 under provisions of the s...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A Hindu priest in India’s northern Uttarakhand state has threatened to bomb the homes of Muslims and have members of the minority community beaten, triggering demands for authorities to investigate and prosecute him. The threats were made in a video circulating widely on social media and reportedly linked to Kedarnath...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A young Muslim laborer has been brutally assaulted by a group of men in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state, with video footage showing him pleading for his life as his attackers repeatedly beat and humiliate him. The victim, identified as Bilal, works as a laborer at a brick kiln in […]
WASHINGTON (MNTV) — The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has urged the U.S. government to hold India accountable for what it describes as systematic and continuing violations of religious freedom, including violence and discrimination targeting religious minorities. The commission expressed concern over the U.S. visit of Moha...
