SRINAGAR, Kashmir (MNTV) — A fresh wave of police summonses issued to journalists in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir has triggered renewed concern over what reporters describe as systematic intimidation and surveillance aimed at suppressing independent coverage in the region. This week, The Indian Express reported that its Srinagar-based...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A civil rights investigation has documented what it describes as a pattern of targeted violence against Muslim communities in Uttarakhand, a northern Indian state governed by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, citing police inaction, selective enforcement of laws and administrative measures that disproporti...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — The government of the western Indian state of Rajasthan has officially changed the name of Mohammadpura village to Mohanpura, marking the latest instance of renaming settlements with Muslim-associated names in a state governed by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party. According to a formal notification issued b...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A judge in India’s most populous state was transferred days after ordering criminal proceedings against police officials accused of shooting a Muslim man during communal unrest, a move that has raised fresh questions about judicial independence and police accountability in cases involving religious minorities. Vibhans...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Muslim organizations in India’s western state of Maharashtra have moved toward legal action after the government appointed a non-Muslim bureaucrat to head the state’s Hajj administration, sparking a debate over religious autonomy and state oversight of faith-based institutions. The All India Muslim Personal Law Board,...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A Muslim youth was severely beaten by a mob in eastern India’s Bihar, renewing concerns over vigilante violence and the vulnerability of minorities amid recurring incidents driven by suspicion and religious identity. The attack took place in Fulhara village in Samastipur district, where the victim, Mohammad Dawood, wa...
By Iftikhar Gilani Over the past century, despite political pressure, economic scarcity, and social marginalization, Muslims in India have built sustained institutions of learning and public life. Institutions such as Aligarh Muslim University, Jamia Millia Islamia, Osmania University in Hyderabad, Darul Uloom Deoband, Mazahir Uloom Saharanpur...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Muslim voters in western India’s Gujarat state say they are being erased from electoral rolls after being falsely recorded as dead or displaced during an ongoing voter list revision, fuelling concerns about voter suppression in minority-dominated areas ahead of future elections. The complaints have emerged from the Ja...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A video circulating widely on social media has reignited alarm over open calls for violence against Muslims in India, after members of a Hindu nationalist group were filmed chanting threats to shoot Muslims during a training program in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The footage, recorded in Manawar, [&hel...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A court in India has admitted a petition claiming that a Hindu temple exists within the historic shrine Ajmer Dargah, escalating concerns over the growing use of courts to challenge Muslim religious sites under Hindu nationalist pressure. The Ajmer civil court in Ajmer on Monday accepted the plea for hearing […...
