NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A dispute over academic accreditation has triggered protests at a private university in western India’s Rajasthan state, after more than 30 final-year nursing students — most of them from Kashmir — were suspended amid an ongoing standoff over degree recognition. The suspensions took place at Mewar University in Chitto...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — In a small village in southern India, a Muslim couple has drawn national attention after raising two orphaned Hindu brothers as their own and recently organizing the elder son’s wedding according to Hindu religious traditions. Mehboob Hasan Naikwadi, a retired state transport driver, and his wife Noor Jahan Naikwadi l...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A 32-year-old Muslim man was assaulted aboard a long-distance train in southern India, in what he alleges was a targeted attack based on his religious identity. The survivor, Imran Babu Sayyed from Maharashtra state, said he was beaten by a group of five men on Feb. 9 while traveling on […]
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — The Delhi High Court has sharply criticized a nongovernmental organization for repeatedly filing public interest litigations (PILs) alleging encroachments by mosques, dargahs and waqf properties, warning against what it described as misuse of judicial process in sensitive religious matters. A Division Bench led by Chi...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A government-run rural childcare and nutrition center in eastern India has remained effectively shut for nearly three months after upper-caste families boycotted the facility in protest over the appointment of a Dalit woman as cook, underscoring persistent caste discrimination in parts of the country. The center, loca...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Meta has blocked or suspended Instagram accounts of several Indian news outlets known for their criticism of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, raising fresh concerns over digital platform moderation and press freedom in the world’s largest democracy. Among the affected outlets is Deshabhimani, a Malayalam-language ne...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — India’s Hindu nationalist government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ordered compulsory performance of the full six-stanza version of the controversial Hindu supremacist song Vande Mataram at official state ceremonies, restoring religious verses that were historically restricted to preserve constitutional secul...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A private school in central India is facing allegations of religious segregation and discriminatory treatment of Muslim students, in a case that parents and local representatives say reflects deepening Islamophobia in parts of the country. The controversy centers on the International School of Bombay in Indore, a majo...
TEL AVIV, Israel (MNTV) — The political documentary play “The Last Play in Gaza,” directed by anti-Zionist Israeli playwright Einat Weizman, was denied a visa to perform at the ITFOK festival in Kerala, India, exposing the growing complicity of India in silencing criticism of Israel’s occupation policies. Weizman said the play, which addresses...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Instagram briefly blocked the Indian independent news outlet The Wire from access within India on Monday evening, cutting off one of the country’s most widely followed critical media voices after it published satirical content targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi. For nearly two hours, users inside India attempting ...
