Advertisement Violence by Hindutva groups was averted in the communally volatile district of Nuh in Haryana on Monday, with the Bharatiya Janata Party-led state government — the Hindu nationalist BJP is also in power nationally — taking strong measures to prevent clashes. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and other Hindutva outfits had called for a … Read more
Advertisement The suffering of Muslims in India has reached unprecedented levels since the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in 2014. In addition to the demonization of the community, they are targets of mob violence and hundreds of Muslims have been killed, injured and rendered homeless. Their homes, businesses, and places of … Read more
Advertisement Even as the violence between Meitei and Kuki ethnic groups shows no signs of abating after ravaging the northeast Indian state of Manipur for over three months, Hindu-Muslim communal violence broke out in the predominantly Muslim district of Nuh in Haryana, which borders the Indian capital of New Delhi. The violence in Nuh began … Read more
Advertisement Since May 3, the northeast Indian state of Manipur has been convulsed in violence, with the majority Meitei ethnic group, which lives in the Imphal valley, clashing with the Kuki-Zomi indigenous people, who mainly reside in the hills. The immediate spark for the violence was the Manipur High Court directive to the Biren Singh-led … Read more