Shifting South Asian civic space: Opportunities for creative citizen engagements Crackdown on civic space is increasing globally amid gradual erosion of democratic principles and practices. Opinion 23 Jan, 2025
A Hindu temple built atop a razed mosque in India is helping Modi boost his political standing Three decades after Hindu mobs tore down a historical mosque, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the consecration of a grand Hindu temple at the same site on Monday in a political move to boost his party ahead of a crucial national vote. World 21 Jan, 2024
Religious polarization in India seeping into US diaspora Religious polarization in India seeping into US diaspora World 16 Oct, 2022
In India, hate-filled songs are a weapon to target Muslims In India, hate-filled songs are a weapon to target Muslims World 22 Apr, 2022
Interfaith love a risk amid India's Hindu nationalist surge Interfaith love a risk amid India's Hindu nationalist surge World 29 Nov, 2021
Tripura CM says India's Home Minister Amit Shah plans to form govt in Nepal, Nepalis react On February 14, the Chief Minister of Indian state of Tripura during a public event stated that India's Home Minister and former Chief of the Bharatiya Janata Party Amit Shah has plans to form a BJP government in Nepal and Sri Lanka. Kathmandu 15 Feb, 2021
India's PM to attend temple groundbreaking at disputed site NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend a groundbreaking ceremony next month for a Hindu temple on a disputed site in northern India where a 16th-century mosque was torn down by Hindu hard-liners in 1992, according to the trust... Women 26 Jul, 2020
India's 2 biggest political parties vie for Gandhi's legacy GURGAON, INDIA: The ideal candidate, India's oldest political party says on the registration form for an upcoming state election, is a teetotaler who prefers "khadi," home-spun cotton fabrics, in the style of independence leader Mahatma... Women 02 Oct, 2019
India's Modi faces backlash for backing terror accused candidate BHOPAL: For nearly a decade, Pragya Thakur was known mostly as the saffron-clad Hindu ascetic shuttling in and out of Indian courts, flanked by police, facing charges under an anti-terrorism law for plotting a bomb attack on Muslims. Last month,... Women 17 May, 2019
Asifa Bano: A victim in life, death and post-death KATHMANDU: Investigation over the gang-rape and cold-blooded murder of an eight-year-old girl has highlighted religious tensions in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. Asifa Bano, an eight year old was grazing horses on January 10 in Kathua, a... Women 13 Apr, 2018
Hardline Hindu youth call the shots on streets of northern India UNNAO: One recent afternoon, dozens of young Hindu men, swords drawn and saffron scarves draped around their necks, rode motorcycles through a Muslim neighborhood near the capital of India's most populous state and chanted "Hail Lord... Women 18 Apr, 2017
Indian Muslims angry over Yoga Day Om chant proposal, slam government directive New Delhi, May 18 Muslim groups today slammed a directive from India’s Hindu nationalist government for participants in International Yoga Day to chant Om, citing religious bias. The mass outdoor yoga session, to be held in June for its second... Women 19 May, 2016
