NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — At least 50 Muslims were killed in extrajudicial incidents across India in 2025, including 27 deaths attributed to Hindu extremist violence and dozens linked to police and other state security forces, according to new documentation compiled by a regional human rights group. The findings are detailed in data released b...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Indian authorities detained a London-based British doctor of Indian origin at Mumbai airport this weekend over social media posts critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, prompting opposition leaders to warn of growing repression of political dissent. Dr. Sangram Patil, a British...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Police in Mumbai, India’s financial capital, have issued a legal notice to a municipal election candidate after a Palestinian flag appeared on a bag carried by one of her campaign workers, prompting concerns among civil liberties advocates about restrictions on political expression. Mumbai Police served the notice on ...
SRINAGAR, Kashmir (MNTV) — Police in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir have launched a sweeping information-gathering exercise targeting mosques across the Kashmir Valley, seeking detailed data not only on religious institutions but also on imams, muezzins, mosque management committees and associated charity wings. According to the Indian ...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Indian Muslim scholar and advocate for education and social justice, Muhammad Manzoor Alam passed away early Tuesday in Delhi. He was 80. Alam’s death has prompted tributes across academic, social, and religious circles in India and abroad. He was widely regarded as a leading figure in Islamic social sciences and [&he...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Another mosque in India’s capital is facing demolition fears, deepening anxiety among Muslims that places of worship are being systematically targeted under the cover of legal scrutiny, even when no violation has been established. The latest case involves Bawli Masjid, located in south Delhi’s Defence Colony area, af...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Hindu far-right groups in northern India have launched protests against a Muslim-owned private school in Uttar Pradesh after a video showing children receiving Islamic religious lessons in Urdu circulated on social media, triggering demands for punitive state action against an institution operating fully within the la...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Several Muslim families in India’s northeastern state of Tripura were forced to flee their neighborhoods over the weekend after Hindu extremists set fire to homes, businesses and a mosque, heightening fears of communal violence and institutional failure. According to Maktoob Media, the attacks took place in the Fatikr...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Families in eastern India have accused Indian security forces of forcibly pushing 14 Bengali Muslim citizens into Bangladesh after labeling them as undocumented migrants, an allegation that has triggered diplomatic engagement between border authorities and renewed scrutiny of India’s treatment of Bengali-speaking Musl...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — India’s prestigious Delhi University has removed long-standing “Walls of Democracy” from its campus, triggering protests and concerns among students who say the move reflects a growing restriction on political expression in Indian universities. The walls, officially designated by the university for posters, announceme...
