NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A 20-year-old Dalit college student in northern India allegedly died by suicide after being assaulted and humiliated over his caste identity, police and family members said, in a case that has renewed scrutiny of caste-based discrimination and violence in the country. The student, identified as Atin Kumar, was found d...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Hindu cattle traders and livestock farmers in India’s eastern state of West Bengal have begun publicly criticizing the newly elected BJP government after a sweeping crackdown on Eid al-Adha cattle trade disrupted local markets and left many sellers facing mounting financial losses. The controversy erupted after the st...
HAGUE (MNTV) — The Permanent Court of Arbitration has upheld its earlier ruling supporting the continued validity of the Indus Waters Treaty, stating that India cannot unilaterally suspend or withdraw from the treaty without Pakistan’s consent. The tribunal reaffirmed that the treaty remains legally binding on both India and Pakistan, rejectin...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Members of a Hindu extremist group stormed a shoe showroom in northern India and publicly targeted Muslim employees with anti-Muslim abuse, escalating concerns over growing religious vigilantism and normalization of anti-Muslim harassment in the country. The incident took place at a popular footwear showroom on Rajpur...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — One of India’s largest Muslim organizations has said “communal forces” backed by the Hindu supremacist government are systematically targeting Muslims and eroding constitutional protections under the country’s increasingly polarized political climate. Speaking at a two-day national convention in the Indian capital, Ar...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A civil rights organization in India has accused police in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh of carrying out discriminatory crackdowns against Muslims, including unlawful detentions, custodial violence and selective prosecution, following communal unrest earlier this month. A fact-finding report released on Sunday ...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A Muslim woman serving in India’s auxiliary police force has accused a senior official in Uttar Pradesh state of harassment, discrimination and demanding bribes in exchange for duty assignments, raising renewed concerns over workplace bias and treatment of Muslim employees in public institutions. The woman, identified...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Authorities in India’s Uttar Pradesh state have halted construction of a mosque after Hindu far-right groups raised objections, triggering tensions in a village where residents say the structure had been built peacefully for more than two years with support from both Muslim and Hindu villagers. The dispute emerged in ...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — A Bangladeshi man was killed after India’s Border Security Force (BSF) opened fire near the Bangladesh frontier, in the latest deadly shooting along one of South Asia’s most heavily militarized borders. The killing took place near the Bonchowki border area in northern Bangladesh’s Lalmonirhat district, according to B...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Six historic mosques in the northern Indian city of Varanasi are facing possible demolition under a large-scale government bulldozer campaign that has already destroyed hundreds of homes and buildings in a densely populated Muslim-majority neighborhood. The threatened mosques are located in Dalmandi, one of Varanasi’s...
