Hindus

INDIA’s rabid streak is at an all-time high. Prejudice is now an organised movement to erase religious freedoms for lower castes and faiths other than Hinduism. Citing its 2026 annual …

Shafaqna India:  They were not militants. They were not criminals. They were workers, traders, shopkeepers – ordinary Hindu citizens of Bangladesh whose only “crime” was their faith. Beaten to death by …

Shafaqna India: India’s Supreme Court denied bail on Monday for former student leader Umar Khalid, who has been detained for more than five years on charges of conspiracy to trigger …

Shafaqna India: The Ministry of External Affairs on Friday delivered one of its strongest public rebukes of the deteriorating situation in Bangladesh, flagging what it described as “unremitting hostility” against minorities, …

Shafaqna India: Assam is on “high alert” in the wake of the fresh wave of unrest in neighbouring Bangladesh, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Monday. Sarma, speaking to reporters …

Shafaqna India: India has urged the Bangladesh government to ensure the safety of Hindus and all minorities, particularly during the Durga Puja festival, following a petrol bomb attack on a …

Shafaqna India: Dr. Faizuddin Ahmed, Assistant Professor in Physics at the University of Science and Technology Meghalaya (USTM), has been named among the World’s Top 2% Scientists for 2024 by Stanford …

Shafaqna India: A WOMAN rag picker was allegedly raped by a man after he forced her to consume liquor in the Agar Naka area of Indian state of Madhya Pradesh the …

Shafaqna India: India granted citizenship on Wednesday to the first batch of 14 people under a controversial law that has been criticised for discriminating against Muslims, midway through general elections …

Shafaqna India: India moved a step closer to formalising itself as a majoritarian country with the announcement of the rules to operationalise the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which was passed …

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday dared the BJP to challenge the opposition bloc which has been named as Indian National Development Inclusive Alliance …

 Members of a Hindu organisation were detained in their houses in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district after they announced to go to Darul Uloom Deoband in Saharanpur district to demand a …

Mosques have begun to be caught up in a wide-ranging project under the BJP to rewrite India’s history according to Hindutva ideology. According to the lawyers, this grand white-domed mosque, one of the largest and …

A new law that allows new residents of India-occupied Jammu and Kashmir to register as voters has angered political parties, which see it as an attempt by India to change …

Every year, when India celebrates Independence Day on August 15, Kashmiris living on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) and Pakistanis, including those of rest of the world …

The Hindu priest on the banks of the holy river Ganges spoke softly, but had a threatening message 75 years after the birth of independent India: his religion must be …

Rani Abbakka, the great Tulu queen regarded as the first female freedom fighter of India, is not only known for her valour who repulsed the Portuguese army, but also her …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been accused of encouraging the persecution of Muslims and other minorities by hardline Hindu nationalists since coming to power in 2014. …

Modi’s BJP has been accused of encouraging the persecution of Muslims and other minorities by hardline Hindu nationalists since coming to power in 2014. Muslims comprise nearly 15 percent of …

The Independent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC) of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Friday “strongly condemned” the Indian government’s recent delimitation of electoral constituencies in occupied Jammu and Kashmir, …

The BJP’s rule since 2014 has shrunk the space for Muslims in India. In seven years, the party in power has changed the social architecture envisaged by Ambedkar’s constitution and …

Chennai May 1, 2022: The anti-encroachment drive carried out by the bulldozer that targeted the Muslims in the communal violence-hit Jahangirpuri area of Delhi had its echoes in this Southern …

The Chhattisgarh Police have launched an investigation into an incendiary video footage viral on social media. In the video, a Hindu crowd was shown taking oath to impose economic apartheid …

A controversy has erupted in Indian-administered Kashmir over a proposal to redraw the region’s electoral map. The draft proposes an increase in assembly seats that could raise the influence of …

Leaders of several far-right Hindu groups have called for genocide of minorities in India, particularly the country’s 200 million Muslim community. A three-day ‘hate speech conclave’ was organised by the …

A series of incendiary video clips have surfaced on social media showing prominent Hindutva figures, including serial offender Yati Narsighanad Saraswati, giving genocidal speeches targeting Muslims. They are said to …

In 1947, after decades of struggle, India became independent with Jawaharlal Nehru as its first prime minister.  Educated at Harrow, an elite English school (Winston Churchill went there for example), …

A few children are trying hard to focus in the only classroom of a makeshift, government-run, madrassa in India’s north-eastern state of Tripura. They find it hard to take their …

Dozens of people, many from Hindu right-wing groups, were arrested on Friday in India for disrupting Muslim prayer gatherings, local media reported, in the latest sign of growing religious tensions …

A week after minorities in Bangladesh faced one of the worst forms of communal violence, the country’s Hindu community is still reeling in fear of rightwing Muslim groups showing up …