LONDON, United Kingdom (MNTV) — Indian nationals have recorded the sharpest rise in convictions for sexual offences among foreigners in the United Kingdom, according to new data covering the period between 2021 and 2024. Figures show convictions of Indian citizens for such crimes grew from 28 in 2021 to 100 in 2024, marking a 257 […]
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — South Asia’s drug economy is undergoing a dramatic shift. Afghanistan, once the world’s largest producer of opium, has seen cultivation collapse under the Taliban’s ban. But as Afghan fields lie barren, illegal narcotics production is surging across eastern India, creating a new hub for opium and cannabis. According ...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — When India marked National Space Day on 23rd August, former union minister and BJP leader Anurag Thakur asked a classroom of students a simple question: “Who was the first space traveler?” The children’s answers were inaudible. Smiling, Thakur gave his own: “I think it was Lord Hanuman.” He later posted […]...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — India’s Supreme Court on Monday has stayed trial court proceedings against Ali Khan Mahmudabad, a political science professor at Ashoka University, in a case that rights advocates say underscores the government’s use of sedition provisions to intimidate Muslim intellectuals and stifle dissent. Mahmudabad, 42, a histor...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A Muslim man was brutally assaulted in northern India on August 15, the country’s Independence Day, after refusing to chant Hindu religious slogans. The incident, captured on video in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, has since gone viral and drawn fresh outrage over rising hate crimes against Muslims. The footage ...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — India’s Supreme Court has issued notice to the federal government and nine state administrations over allegations of a coordinated campaign detaining Bengali-speaking Muslim migrant workers under suspicion of being Bangladeshi nationals. Rights advocates say the detentions reflect a broader pattern of targeting the co...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A 15-year-old Muslim boy from eastern India has been reunited with his family after allegedly being detained without a warrant, held incommunicado, and forcibly deported to Bangladesh by state police and border forces. Amir Sheikh, from Malda district in West Bengal, vanished in late June after being seized from his [...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A 20-year-old Muslim college student has been lynched by a Hindu extremist mob in western India, in what rights advocates are calling a brutal example of rising anti-Muslim violence. Suleman Khan was reportedly attacked on Tuesday in Jalgaon district, Maharashtra, after being seen speaking with a Hindu girl near his ...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Israeli Ambassador Reuven Azar has ignited a political and diplomatic firestorm in India after publicly branding opposition MP Priyanka Gandhi “shameful” for condemning what she called Israel’s genocide in Gaza. The remark, delivered in a post on X, was swiftly condemned by Indian opposition leaders, rights activists,...
NEW DELHI, India — Just days ahead of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands administration invited aviation operators to launch commercial helicopter services to 11 remote islands. Framed as a push for connectivity and luxury tourism, the plan has triggered alarm among Indigenous rights advoc...
