NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — United Nations human rights experts have called on the Government of India to launch urgent, independent investigations into what they described as alarming allegations of hundreds of extrajudicial killings, torture-related deaths and thousands of injuries linked to law enforcement operations. The appeal was issued by...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — More than 70 Muslim residents of a village in eastern India’s West Bengal state say their names were targeted for deletion from electoral rolls through bulk applications that falsely described them as dead or “not Indian citizens,” triggering fears of disenfranchisement in a politically sensitive border district. The ...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Armed men linked to the dominant Hindu upper caste Thakur attacked a Dalit wedding procession in northern India’s Uttar Pradesh state, assaulting guests, firing shots and allegedly using caste slurs in what victims described as a targeted act of caste violence. The attack occurred on Feb. 24 in Sunana village [&hellip...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — An elderly Muslim man was assaulted and forced to chant Hindutva slogans after offering prayer on vacant land near a temple in Uttarakhand, underscoring continuing tensions over visible Muslim religious practice in parts of India. The attack took place in the Jagatpura area of Rudrapur city in Uttarakhand, a northern ...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Hundreds of students gathered at a private Indian university in the southern city of Bengaluru after members of a Hindu nationalist student group allegedly assaulted a Muslim student and vandalized campus property to disrupt a discussion marking the anniversary of the Kunan Poshpora mass rape in Kashmir. According to ...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Authorities in the western Indian state of Rajasthan have barred individuals and community groups from directly providing Iftar and Sahoor meals to Muslim prisoners during Ramadan, requiring that all food donations be routed through prison-run stores instead. The directive, issued earlier this month by the state’s pri...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Genocide Watch, a Washington-based nonprofit that monitors warning signs of mass atrocities, says India is exhibiting indicators consistent with what it calls the “preparation” stage of genocide, citing escalating anti-Muslim rhetoric, armed training camps linked to Hindu nationalist groups and recurring violence duri...
TEL AVIV, Israel (MNTV) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed Israel’s parliament, reaffirming New Delhi’s support for Israel, while also backing a Gaza peace initiative he described as a pathway to a “just and durable peace.” Modi said India “stands with Israel firmly with full conviction,” condemning just Palestinian resistan...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A former lawmaker from India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) withdrew winter relief from Muslim women during a public distribution event in the state of Rajasthan after identifying their faith, triggering protests and widespread anger over what residents described as a blatant act of religious discrimination. Th...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A newly married couple from India’s Dalit community was allegedly prevented from entering a Hindu temple in the southern state of Karnataka, in an incident that has renewed attention on caste-based discrimination despite longstanding legal prohibitions. The couple, identified as Pankaja and Puneeth, had gone to the Ar...
