NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A Muslim headmaster at a government primary school in northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh was suspended within 24 hours of a complaint by a ruling party functionary, in what teachers and residents describe as a manufactured case driven by Hindu nationalist pressure rather than evidence. The incident took place [&h...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — In Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state and a central laboratory of Hindu majoritarian politics, a routine infrastructure contract at a major Hindu shrine has escalated into a communal controversy, underscoring how Muslim participation in public life is increasingly contested. The dispute centers on the Thakur B...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — In the forested tribal belt of Chhattisgarh, far from India’s metropolitan centers, a mob attack on Muslim homes has highlighted how communal violence increasingly penetrates rural and geographically marginal regions under India’s current political climate. On Sunday, violence erupted in Gariaband district, near the e...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — Bangladesh’s interim administration has accused Indian media outlets and the ousted Awami League of running a coordinated disinformation campaign aimed at destabilizing the country during a sensitive political transition, warning that false narratives are undermining democratic recovery and international perceptions....
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A Hindu man in northern India is facing threats, intimidation and legal action after publicly confronting a Hindu extremist group to protect an elderly Muslim shopkeeper, an episode that has drawn national attention to the risks faced by individuals who resist anti-Muslim vigilantism. Deepak Kumar, a 46-year-old gym o...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A fact-finding report by the civil rights group Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) has concluded that recent incidents of communal violence and social unrest in the southern Indian state of Telangana are not isolated clashes but part of a broader, politically driven pattern marked by polarization, insti...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Opposition by Hindu nationalist groups to the construction of a government-approved house for a poor Muslim woman in northern India’s Uttar Pradesh state has triggered a local standoff, underscoring how welfare schemes increasingly become flashpoints for anti-Muslim hostility. The dispute unfolded in Sonbhadra distric...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A 91-year-old woman from a historically oppressed caste community was cremated at a road intersection in eastern India’s Bihar state after her family was allegedly denied access to a cremation ground, underscoring how caste-based discrimination continues to shape daily life despite decades of constitutional safeguards...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A Kashmiri shawl seller was allegedly harassed and assaulted in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, days after two traders from Kashmir were attacked in neighboring Uttarakhand, prompting renewed concerns over the safety of Muslim and non-local traders in the region. The latest incident occurred in Kangra d...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A prominent Indian human rights activist has filed a police complaint against Himanta Biswa Sarma, the chief minister of India’s northeastern state of Assam, accusing him of making public statements that promote hatred, harassment and mass disenfranchisement of Bengali-speaking Muslims. The complaint was filed by Hars...
