NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A 22-year-old Muslim youth died after being beaten by a group of men in northeast Delhi while filming a short video during Diwali — one of Hinduism’s most celebrated festivals — deepening fears among India’s Muslims over growing hostility and violence. According to a report by Clarion India, the incident […]...
JAMMU AND KASHMIR (MNTV) — Dozens of Rohingya refugees have been forced to dismantle their shelters and leave a settlement in Indian-administered Jammu after police arrived late Wednesday, just weeks after authorities cut off electricity and water supplies to the area. The displaced families — numbering between 30 and 40 people — had lived for...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A senior leader of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has called for a nationwide boycott of halal-certified goods, claiming profits from their sale fund “terrorism, forced conversions, and love jihad.” The statement, delivered by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, marks a new escalation in India’...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Journalists in India’s capital have accused the Delhi government of excluding Urdu-language reporters from an official Diwali media event, describing it as an unprecedented act of institutional discrimination. The controversy erupted after the Directorate of Information and Publicity (DIP) invited members of the press...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Indian filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has provoked international outrage after posting on X that “in India only one day is Diwali and in Gaza, every day is Diwali,” a comment that equated Israel’s bombardment of Gaza with the fireworks that light up India during the Hindu festival. The post was […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — India’s state-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has decided to stop importing internet bandwidth from Bangladesh, ending a decade-long connectivity arrangement that linked its northeastern states with Bangladesh’s high-capacity network. Bangladesh Submarine Cables PLC (BSCPLC) said BSNL notifie...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — India’s Supreme Court has refused to intervene in the partial demolition of the 400-year-old Mansa Masjid in Ahmedabad, Gujarat — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state — a decision that rights groups say exposes the judiciary’s complicity in the systematic targeting of Muslim heritage. The Mughal-era mosque, locat...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A lawmaker from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has sparked outrage after leading a “purification” ritual using cow urine at a centuries-old fort in western India’s Maharashtra state, in what opposition leaders and civil rights advocates say is a Hindutva-driven provocation against Muslims....
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A senior minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has drawn condemnation after describing Muslims as “namak haram”—a Hindi–Urdu term meaning “betrayer” or “ungrateful”—during a political rally, in remarks widely condemned as hate speech aimed at polarising voters. Giriraj Singh, a cabinet minister and pro...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — In yet another sign of India’s shrinking academic space, British scholar Francesca Orsini, a leading historian of Hindi literature, was denied entry into the country and deported on Monday night despite holding a valid five-year visa. Orsini, professor emerita at SOAS University of London and author of the acclaimed ...
