NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A video showing the violent assault of an elderly Muslim man in a remote village in western India has triggered widespread outrage, once again drawing attention to the persistence of anti-Muslim violence in rural parts of the country. The incident occurred on Jan. 31 in Utarba village, located in Barmer […]
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Indian authorities have ordered two British tourists to leave the country after they displayed posters and stickers supporting Palestine and criticizing Israel in public spaces in the western state of Rajasthan, an action officials said violated the terms of their tourist visas. The two individuals were identified by ...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — India’s Hindu supremacist Bharatiya Janata Party–led government has increasingly targeted religious minorities, suppressed dissent and weakened democratic institutions, according to Human Rights Watch in its World Report 2026 released on Tuesday. The 529-page report says Indian authorities in 2025 vilified religious m...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Muslim families in a village in India’s central state of Madhya Pradesh are facing an organized social and economic boycott following anti-Muslim mobilization linked to a Hindu religious gathering, raising fresh concerns over the spread of Hindutva-driven persecution at the local level. The boycott is unfolding in Gho...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — An Indian social media influencer has been subjected to sustained online harassment, rape threats and death threats after expressing support for Palestine, exposing how Hindu extremist networks in India deploy sexualized abuse, Pakistan-baiting and moral policing to silence pro-Palestinian voices. Yashaswinee Raje Sin...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A case of extreme caste-based humiliation and violence against a Dalit youth — a member of a community historically placed at the bottom of Hindu caste hierarchy — in central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh has triggered outrage after videos showing the abuse circulated widely on social media, underscoring the [&hellip...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A forthcoming Hindi film based on communal violence in northern India has intensified scrutiny of Bollywood’s role in reinforcing anti-Muslim narratives, as critics say the production recasts real riots through a distinctly majoritarian ideological lens. Kalki Sambhal is based on riots that shook the town of Sambhal i...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — India’s Allahabad High Court has ruled that no government permission is required to hold prayer meetings inside private premises, reinforcing constitutional guarantees of religious freedom at a time when minority worship practices face heightened scrutiny in northern India. In an order dated Jan. 27, the court said in...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (United Farmers’ Front) on Tuesday accused the Indian government of undermining domestic agriculture by agreeing to zero-percent import tariffs on American goods, particularly agricultural products, and announced a nationwide general strike later this month. The farmers’ coalition said the dec...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A 14-year-old Dalit boy — from a historically oppressed caste long treated as “untouchable” within India’s Hindu social hierarchy — was assaulted at a private school in northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, in what reflects a routine exercise of caste power rather than an aberration. The attack took place […]...
