NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Hindu nationalist groups forcibly shut down Muslim-run food and devotional stalls outside a temple in northern India, intensifying concerns over rising religious discrimination under the country’s Hindu-majoritarian politics. The incident took place on Saturday in Modinagar, Ghaziabad District, in the state of Uttar P...
Iftikhar Gilani The remote Himalayan region of Ladakh, earlier part of erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir and on the borders of China perched at altitudes where summer sun burns and winter snows choke all access, is again making headlines. At least four people were killed this week when police clashed with demonstrators demanding protection ...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Sonia Gandhi, leader of India’s main opposition Congress party and matriarch of the Nehru–Gandhi political family, has slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government for what she called an abdication of India’s historic responsibility toward Palestine, denouncing New Delhi’s silence on the Gaza war as a betrayal of...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Indian authorities have launched a wave of criminal cases against Muslims for displaying banners that read “I Love Muhammad,” registering 21 cases and naming 1,324 people nationwide, according to the Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR). At least 38 arrests have been made as of September 23. The controver...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A Catholic nun and 19 children were harassed for hours at a railway station in eastern India after being accused of religious conversion by members of Bajrang Dal, a Hindu extremist group linked to the wider Hindutva movement. The incident took place late Friday at Tatanagar station in Jharkhand and […]
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A group of men from India’s Dalit community—historically placed at the bottom of the caste hierarchy—were allegedly assaulted after attempting to enter a Hindu temple during a religious procession in the northern state of Rajasthan. The case has renewed attention on how caste still shapes access to worship despite con...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A campaign declaring “I Love Muhammad” is gaining momentum across India after police in the state of Uttar Pradesh filed criminal cases against Muslims for displaying the slogan during a religious procession earlier this month. According to Maktoob Media, the Kanpur police booked multiple participants under charges of...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A Muslim man has died after being lynched by Hindu extremist cow vigilantes in the northwestern state of Rajasthan, highlighting how mob violence tied to Hindutva politics continues to spread across India. According to Indian Media, 32-year-old Aasif Multani of Madhya Pradesh was traveling through Bhilwara district, ...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Allegations of custodial abuse in western India have triggered a legal challenge after Muslim men arrested during Hindu festival processions were allegedly tortured and then paraded through the streets by police. The Minority Coordination Committee (MCC), an advocacy group based in Gujarat, said the incidents occurred...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A 98-year-old Indian literary icon has faced harassment from right-wing groups after announcing she would forgo her birthday celebration in solidarity with Palestinians suffering under Israel’s war on Gaza. According to Maktoob Media, Mundanat Leelavathi, a renowned Malayalam critic and award-winning author from the s...
