SRINAGAR, Kashmir (MNTV) — A Kashmiri shawl seller was allegedly harassed and threatened with eviction in northern India’s Himachal Pradesh after he refused to chant a nationalist slogan, an incident that has renewed concerns over the safety of migrant traders from Jammu and Kashmir working outside the region. According to accounts shared by t...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A young Indian Islamic scholar has drawn widespread attention and praise following a high-profile public debate on the existence of God with poet and Bollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar, a self-declared atheist, in a discussion that has since sparked intense reactions across social media and intellectual circles. The deba...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Newly published draft electoral rolls in India’s eastern state of West Bengal have sharply contradicted claims by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that millions of Rohingya refugees and undocumented Bangladeshi migrants are fraudulently registered as voters, exposing a significant gap between political rhetoric and of...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A senior leader of India’s Hindu supremacist movement has described Hinduism as “supreme” and suggested that Muslims in the country should adopt Hindu-linked practices such as worshipping rivers, trees, and the Sun, remarks that have reignited concerns over religious hierarchy and pressure on minorities to culturally ...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Violence targeting India’s Christian minority broke out in a remote village in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh after tensions over a burial escalated into mob attacks, leaving several people injured and at least two churches set on fire, officials and rights groups said. The unrest occurred on Thursday in [&h...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A migrant worker from eastern India was beaten to death by a group of local residents in the southern Indian state of Kerala after being accused of theft and questioned about whether he was “Bangladeshi,” in an incident that has reignited concerns over mob violence and identity-based profiling. The victim, […]...
SRINAGAR, Kashmir (MNTV) — Police in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir have seized the mobile phone of a senior journalist without presenting a warrant or case details, in an incident that has renewed concerns over press freedom and the safety of reporters working in the region. Jehangir Ali, a journalist affiliated with an independent new...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — India recorded the highest number of doping violations worldwide in 2024, according to newly released data from the World Anti-Doping Agency, marking the third consecutive year the country has topped global charts for anti-doping rule breaches. The WADA report, published late Tuesday, shows that Indian athletes were l...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Two Muslim women’s rights activists have filed police complaints against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar after a viral video showed him pulling down the hijab of a Muslim doctor during a government function, an incident that has sparked nationwide criticism and renewed debate over dignity, consent and religious free...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A video showing a Muslim youth being assaulted and publicly paraded by extremist cow vigilantes in India’s northern Uttarakhand state has triggered renewed concern over vigilante violence and the safety of religious minorities. The incident took place on Tuesday in Rudrapur, in Udham Singh Nagar district, where the v...
