NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Maharashtra is developing an artificial intelligence system that would allow police to identify and detain people it labels as “illegal” Bangladeshi and Rohingya migrants — a move civil rights advocates say amounts to technology-driven targeting of Muslim commu...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A senior judge in India has publicly declared allegiance to a Hindu majoritarian belief system, reigniting concern over judicial independence in the world’s largest democracy at a time when courts are increasingly viewed as vulnerable to ideological capture. Justice G R Swaminathan of the Madras High Court said at a [...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A shrine dedicated to 18th-century Sufi poet Baba Bulleh Shah was vandalized in the northern Indian hill town of Mussoorie, in an attack that local residents and Muslim groups say reflects a broader pattern of targeting Islamic religious sites under the guise of “illegal encroachment.” The shrine was damaged by [&hell...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A conclave held in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad last week has triggered alarm among rights advocates after speakers moved from coded nationalist rhetoric to explicit calls for violence against Muslims, including Rohingya refugees. The gathering, held on Jan. 24 under the banner “Dharma Rakshana Sabha,” was or...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A special court in India has acquitted three Muslim men arrested under a sweeping anti-terror law in connection with the 2002 Akshardham Temple attack, reviving longstanding concerns over the use of counter-terror legislation against Muslim suspects despite weak or nonexistent evidence. The Special Prevention of Terro...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — The India-Palestine Solidarity Network (IPSN) has sharply criticized a proposed U.S.-led “Board of Peace” for Gaza and Palestine announced by Donald J. Trump, warning that the initiative risks legitimizing war crimes, excluding Palestinians from decision-making and worsening an already catastrophic humanitarian situat...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Sunny Deol’s Hindi war drama Border 2 was released across India on Friday but has been banned in several Gulf countries due to its perceived anti-Pakistan narrative. The film opened on more than 4,000 screens nationwide, marking one of the widest Hindi releases in recent years, with producers targeting the […]...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A Muslim cleric from eastern India was harassed and threatened in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand after members of Hindu militant outfits objected to him teaching basic Quran lessons to Muslim children, an incident that has reignited concerns over growing scrutiny of Muslim religious practices in public and semi-pr...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Indian farmers’ organizations have accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government of advancing a seed law shaped by pressure from the United States and Western corporate interests, warning that the proposed legislation could surrender control of India’s food system to multinational agribusinesses at the expense of ...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A video showing Kashmiri Muslim traders being harassed and coerced to chant Hindu religious slogans in northern India has renewed concerns over the safety of Kashmiris living and working far from their home region, as religious nationalism increasingly shapes everyday life for minorities across the country. The incide...
