In a strong retaliation to the Pahalgam massacre, India's armed forces early Wednesday destroyed nine terror sites including that of Jaish-e-Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Taiba in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) using deep strike missiles in a 25-minute-long 'measured and non-escalatory' mission.
The India-Bangladesh clash will take place at the Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Stadium in Gwalior, which is hosting an international cricket match after a gap of 14 years.
Bajrang Dal office bearer Amit Kumar alleged that the party had been organised in the "Hindu religious city" as part of a conspiracy to bring outsiders to the college campus.
Fifty-one Malaysian-Indians, including a lawmaker, will stand trial in May for allegedly taking part in an illegal rally held by a Hindu rights group in 2007, even as 14 others pleaded guilty at a court.
The Malaysian police on Thursday arrested the leader of a Hindu rights group, which had organised the largest-ever mass demonstration by ethnic Indians in Kuala Lumpur last week, to protest their alleged marginalisation in the country. V Ganapathy Rao, a member of the Hindu Rights Action Force was picked up by the police from his office. Indians form eight per cent of Malaysia's population of 27 million. They allege discrimination by an affirmative action policy.
'Mamata needs to address the anger and resentment among various sections of the Hindu community because low-scale communal violence has always paid richer electoral dividends for the BJP.'
Nagpur Guardian Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule said social media was used to vitiate the atmosphere, and appealed to the opposition not to politicise the matter.
'Pakistan cannot sustain a war with India for more than four days. They are in such dire straits. At best they can sustain war for one week.'
'Gyanendra back on the throne would be bad news for the Nepali people. He may not have learnt from his experience, but we have.'
Recent attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh have ignited political debate in West Bengal, with the ruling TMC and opposition BJP utilizing the issue to advance their respective agendas. While the TMC emphasizes communal harmony and calls for international intervention, the BJP criticizes the TMC's inaction and links the situation to its push for the Citizenship Amendment Act. The issue has also brought other opposition parties into the fray, with all sides highlighting the interconnectedness of the region's socio-political fabric.
The Centre for Democracy, Pluralism and Human Rights (CDPHR) on Friday presented a report on the state of minorities in Bangladesh following the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August 2024.
Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has warned ethnic Indians that they could be held under the Internal Security Act if their actions threatened national interest and asked the police to monitor their movements.
An ethnic Indian activist on Sunday launched a new multi-racial political party to champion the rights of marginalised sections, two months after his release from detention under Malaysia's draconian internal security law.
The Malaysian police on Saturday said it would take legal action against anyone attending a gathering sponsored by outlawed ethnic Indian group Hindu Rights Action Force, which has called a demonstration in Kuala Lumpur to seek withdrawal of a novel from school curriculum.
Communal tension has been brewing in Purola and some other towns of Uttarkashi district after two men, one of them Muslim, allegedly tried to abduct a Hindu girl on May 26.
A Malaysian court has allowed a joint trial for 54 ethnic Indians who took part in an "illegal" assembly organised by a non-governmental Hindu group in November last year to protest against the alleged marginalisation of the community.
The Malaysian Government has banned the non-governmental Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf), branding it as a threat to national security.
Abdullah labelled those who solicit support from outsiders as traitors and the action of the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf), which claimed to fight for the rights of the Indian community in Malaysia, as an attempt to destroy the country and racial unity.
The Malaysian police will seek help from international agencies like Interpol and Europol to monitor the overseas activities of the Hindu Right Action Force, which spearheaded protests by ethnic Indians against alleged marginalisation. Deputy Internal Security Minister Datuk Mohd Johari Baharom told reporters that the agencies involved were the European Law Enforcement Organisation, Asean police and Interpol.
Hindraf, a Malaysian outfit spearheading a stir by ethnic-Indians, will press the Commonwealth to suspend Kuala Lumpur from the body for its discriminatory policies against the community."We will urge the 54-member Commonwealth to suspend Malaysia from its body," said Malaysia-born Waytha Moorthy, founder-chairman of the Hindu Rights Action Force. Moorthy, a lawyer by profession, is currently seeking asylum in United Kingdom after the Malaysian government revoked his passport
The five ethnic indian activists arrested in malaysia will have to serve their full 2 year jail terms as the King rejected their appeals.
PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti drew comparisons between the treatment of Hindus in Bangladesh and minorities in India, sparking criticism from the BJP. Mufti expressed concerns about the alleged oppression of Hindus in Bangladesh and criticized recent surveys of mosques in India. She called for a united front against forces dividing people on religious lines and warned of a potential repeat of 1947-like riots.
A Malaysian court on Friday ordered that the passport of an ethnic Indian leader to be returned to him, in a sedition case where he wrote a letter to United Kingdom Premier Gordon Brown seeking his intervention to protect the rights of Hindus in the Muslim-majority country.
Hindraf's A Sivanesan is among the 11 lawyers contesting for the opposition DAP. He will face Malaysian Indian Congress vice president SVeerasingam in Sundkai seat in Perak state. M Manoharan, who is currently held under the draconian Internal Security Act that allows indefinite detention without trial along with four other Hindraf members for organising the November 25 rally of ethnic Indians here, is also in the fray.
The three charged for sedition were part of an NGO rights group, the organisation Hindu Rights Action Force or Hindraf. Hindraf is in the forefront of a fight for the rights of Indian Malaysians who feel they have been marginalised since Malaysia gained independence from Britain in 1957.
Although he refrained from taking names, the minister said an organisation from India was behind the protests that took place in Kuala Lumpur in November. He also said the protests were backed by opposition parties within Malaysia.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a plea seeking to prevent a 'mahapanchayat' called by Hindu outfits in Uttarakhand and registration of an FIR against hate speeches allegedly targeting members of a particular community.
Criticising Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohammad for his statement that Hindraf is made up ofTamil racists, the outfit that led protests by ethnic Indians against alleged marginalisation has said that the former premier was trying to divert attention from his wrongdoings. Hindu Rights Action Force president P Waythamoorthysaid that the remark made Mahathir sounds "like a broken record," Makkal Osai, a local daily, said.
Malaysia is facing tremendous pressure to release five members of the Hindu Rights Action Force, who were detained under the draconian Internal Security Act last November, for organising a massive rally against the government. Former Works Minister and Malaysian Indian Congress leader S Samy Vellu has joined opposition leader Lim Kit Siang in calling for the release of the five men, who were detained without trial for an indefinite period for being a national security threat.
Malaysia-based Hindu Rights Action Force on Monday said the defeat of the pro-government Malaysian-Indian Congress showed that it was time for the Malaysian government to come out with a plan to address minorities. Talking to newspersons in Chennai, HINDRAF chairperson Wayda Moorthy said after the Malaysian polls, Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi had said he would correct some of his mistakes like the crackdown on ethnic Indians.
Five ethnic Indian leaders, detained indefinitely under a draconian security law in Malaysia for organising a rally to demand racial equality, on Tuesday failed to get any reprieve from the high court, which turned down their application for freedom.
Seeking protection from any police violence, a five-year-old ethnic-Indian girl has urged the Penang Chief Minister to accompany her to Malaysian Parliament when she visits it on Saturday to request Premier Abdullah Badawi to free the detained activists complaining of racial inequality.
Uthayakumar's response came after several supporters urged him to stand against Samy Vellu, the president of the Malaysian Indian Congress, a component of the ruling Nasional Barisan party coalition.
Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) leaders P Uthayakumar, V Ganabathirau, T Vasanthakumar and lawyers R Kenghadharan and M Manoharan were detained on December 13, 2007 on the grounds that they were posing a threat to national security.
Malaysia's Inspector-General of Police Musa Hassan said recent investigations have revealed that the campaign group, Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf), "has been actively canvassing for support and assistance from terrorist groups".
Five ethnic Indian activists, who were taken into custody for demanding better treatment for their community in Malaysia, have decided to go on a hunger strike in protest against their indefinite detention under a draconian security law.
Malaysian Indian Congress president S Samy Vellu assured that the government was taking steps to improve the lot of the Indians in the country.
The application for M Manoharan, a lawyer belonging to the Hindu Rights Action Force, which is spearheading protests by ethnic Indians, was rejected by the Ipoh High Court judge on the grounds that the copy of the detention order had not been certified.
"The charge is in accordance with the law. All 31 individuals involved had written to me deploring Hindraf and claimed that they were not Hindraf members. They promised not to take part in any future illegal assembly," Attorney-General Gani Patail said.
A sessions court in Kuala Lumpur charged Uthayakumar with posting a seditious letter on a web site. Uthayakumar has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
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