India

The US religious freedom watchdog on Friday again called on the Biden administration to designate India as a “country of particular concern” under the US Religious Freedom Act, citing its alleged targeting of religious minorities overseas. The US Commission on…

An Indian court has granted permission to survey a centuries-old mosque to determine if it contains Hindu relics and symbols, Reuters reported on Thursday. The verdict comes as a boost to Hindu groups which claim it was built on a…

The government in India’s Assam has renamed at least 1281 Madrasas across 31 districts in the state and turned them into general schools under the name ‘Middle English’, Muslim Mirror reported on Thursday. A legislation was passed by the Assam…

India’s Supreme Court has upheld the government’s decision to revoke special status for the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Ruling on Monday, the court also ordered the region to hold local elections by September 30 next year. The decision is…

Volunteers waded through stagnant water to hand out food and supplies, and some manufacturing plants remained shut in India’s southern tech-and-auto hub district of Chennai on Friday, four days after cyclone Michaung lashed the coast. At least 14 people, most…

Pakistan has urged the Indian government to ensure the safety, security, and protection of minorities, particularly Muslims and their places of worship. The Pakistani Foreign Office issued the statement on Wednesday in commemoration of the 31st anniversary of the demolition…

Muslim traders have been allegedly debarred from installing their business units at a temple fair in Mangaluru city of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka. Muslim vendors say they were instructed to obtain stalls in the names of Hindus so that…

At least four people were killed and dozens injured Saturday evening in a stampede at a university in southern India, local officials and media reported. The stampede occurred at an outdoor auditorium in the Cochin University of Science and Technology,…

The authorities of the famous Indian industrial city of Kanpur, a part of the predominantly Shia-populated Uttar Pradesh province, held a public competition and a prize of a fully paid trip to the holy city of Karbala. The Indian “Live…

A group of Muslim scholars, including Shia clerics, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh have condemned the government’s decision to ban the sale of halal products in the state, in a move that has been described as a flagrant…