The Hindu: A group of about three dozen activists affiliated with Akhil Bharatiya Dalit Muslim Mahasangha (ABDMM), a non-profit welfare body which claims to bring India’s Dalits and Muslims together, staged a demonstration at Jantar Mantar Friday afternoon along with a pack of well-bred dogs. Chanting anti-government slogans, the president […]
Source: BBC Wedding celebrations are supposed to be happy events but in northern India, a shocking number end tragically, thanks to a surprisingly tenacious tradition of celebratory gunfire. Take the […]
Source: The New York Times Each time I visit Mumbai, I make a pilgrimage to an old five-story building with crumbling balconies on Nepean Sea Road. It’s where I lived […]
Source: BBC Four Kashmiri students were allegedly beaten up at a private university in northern India over rumours that they were cooking beef in their hostel room. The police intervened […]
Source: BBC Every year, Professor Dora Koop leaves her home in Montreal to teach a 10-day business school programme in India. Among her favourite pastimes there is observing something uniquely […]
By Anand Chandrasekhar with input from Surbhi Kaul, Verbier MAR 15, 2016 – 11:00 It is estimated that between 300,000 to 500,000 military and paramilitary soldiers are deployed in Kashmir, mainly along the border with Pakistan (Keystone) Lured by virgin snow, adventurous skiers are ignoring travel advisories to stay away […]
thehindu.com: After New Delhi denied visas to members of the USCIRF for the seventh year, State Department spokesman John Kirby backs the commission. The United States on Monday expressed disappointment over India denying visas to members of the United States Commission of International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). A USCIRF team was […]
The flashy Baba Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh — whose devotees call him a “messenger of god” and “saint” but not a businessman — lent his name to a line of organic products, expanding beyond the music videos and movies he makes and stars in. (Courtesy of Ajay Dhamija) https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/guru-inc-indias-holy-men-enter-the-world-of-big-business/2016/02/26/6ee7a542-d596-11e5-a65b-587e721fb231_story.html “Our […]
Source: The Guardian India has denied visas for a delegation from the US government agency charged with monitoring international religious freedom. The delegation from the US Commission on International Religious […]
Source: BBC Years ago, during a visit to my village in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, I heard a female relative boast that as a high-caste Brahmin, she […]
The masjid comes as a relief to the lone Muslim family in the village, and others in the area, who otherwise had to travel to Jagraon or Raikot to offer namaz – See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/hindus-sikhs-rebuild-mosque-shut-since-1947/#sthash.06slCjP0.dpuf In a remarkable show of fraternity and communal harmony, Hindus and Sikhs from Malla […]
Source: Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s state media have criticized celebrities for attending an event in northeastern India with members of the Tibetan government-in-exile, adding to Chinese authorities’ warnings […]
Yogesh Joshi, Hindustan Times, Pune, Updated: Feb 25, 2016 13:47 IST Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt reached Mumbai post his release from Yerawada prison on Thursday morning after serving 42 months for possessing an AK-56 supplied by gangsters behind a series of bomb blasts in Mumbai in 1993. Dutt […]
Source: Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Amnesty International has joined a growing chorus accusing India of supporting a climate of intolerance by cracking down on dissent through arbitrary arrests, […]
About 60 Deobandi and Sunni Muslim scholars to Meet in Hyderabad, India, To ‘Save’ Youth From ISIS Influence Feb 23, 2016 For the first time in India, about 60 Muslim scholars, mostly from the Deobandi and Sunni faith from across the country, will be assembling in Hyderabad on Tuesday to […]
Anuja Jaiswal, Times of India Notwithstanding the call for withdrawal of Jat reservation agitation in Haryana, traffic, both rail and bus, remained affected from UP for the second consecutive day, as nearly 300 trains, passing through Western UP, and hundreds of buses were cancelled, stranding thousands of passengers. Services to […]
Source: BBC Indian authorities have imposed curfews and shoot-to-kill orders in a northern state after two days of violent protests over caste rights. Three people have died and about 80 […]
Source: BBC An Indian company has launched what is being billed as the world’s cheapest smartphone. Ringing Bells said their Freedom 251 phone would cost just 251 rupees ($3.67; £2.56), […]
Source: Reuters At a campaign rally in a north Indian city, a visibly drunk election worker from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s nationalist party climbs unsteadily onto the stage after being […]
Thousands of pamphlets and leaflets were distributed in many languages by the Ahmadiyya members from the three main wings of the community, MajlisAusarullah (Ahmadi elders), LajnaImaillah (Ahmadi ladies), and Khuddamul […]