Author: Hindu Voice Team

‘Most-Wanted’ AQIS Operative Muhammad Ikramul Missing After Bail in Bangladesh

Hindu Voice Team: A fresh security controversy has emerged in Bangladesh over the whereabouts of Maulana Ikramul Haque, alias Abu Talha, whom Bangladeshi authorities have identified as a senior figure of Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS). Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son, Sajeeb Wazed, has alleged that Ikramul is moving freely in Bangladesh despite …

Assam: Clash Erupts at Cachar College Over Hijab Issue, ABVP and NSUI Students Face Off

Hindu Voice Team: Tension prevailed at the historic Cachar College in Silchar on 25th of August, Tuesday after a clash broke out between two groups of students associated with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), reportedly amid a dispute over the wearing of hijab on the college …

Reservation Is Not a Constitutional Right: Why the RHA Demands Could Be the Way Forward for Genuine Equality, Opportunity and Social Mobility

Hindu Voice Team: India’s reservation debate has been distorted by a series remarkably persistent constitutional misconceptions stating that : 1) Reservation is itself a fundamental right, 2) The Constitution guarantees every existing quota indefinitely and 3) Any attempt to reform or remove it is unconstitutional.’ The Supreme Court has said otherwise. In Ajit Singh v. …

Kolkata-Based Mufti Shamail Nadwi Lectures at Bangladesh Seminars Alongside Hardliners Linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba and AQIS, Both Seminars Push “Shariah,” Curtailment of Women’s Rights and Rejection of Pluralistic Values

Two conferences organised by SEAN Publications in Chattogram and Dhaka brought together an unsettling mix of international preachers and Bangladeshi Islamist hardliners on 21st and 22nd August. SEAN Publication itself describes its seminar programme as part of an effort to build a “well-structured society” and a “welfare-oriented Islamic nation.” Its official programme lists Seminar 5 …

The Ajeet Bharti FIR: When Offensive Speech Becomes a Pretext for Settling Political And Ideological Scores, Damaging The Very Social Unity It Claims to Protect

The FIR against commentator Ajeet Bharti deserves scrutiny because criminal law must never become a weapon for settling political and ideological battles. Registered at Delhi’s North Avenue Police Station on August 23, the case invokes provisions of the SC/ST Act, the Information Technology Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita over remarks allegedly made during Bharti’s …

Nayan Sadhu Murder Case: Cox’s Bazar Puja Udjapan Parishad Condemns Threats to Journalist

COX’S BAZAR — August 15, 2026: The Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad, Cox’s Bazar District Branch, has expressed profound concern and outrage over threats allegedly issued against local leader and journalist Antar De Bishal, following his investigative reporting on the murder of ascetic Nayan Sadhu in Khurushkul. The Parishad welcomed the arrest of a suspect nearly …

MEGHALAYA: HOW IDENTITY POLITICS, RESERVATION AND CHURCH INFLUENCE TURNED A MODEL OF INDIGENOUS PROTECTION INTO A WARNING TALE

65,000 HINDUS DISPLACED AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF NON-TRIBAL CITIZENS FACING SYSTEMIC ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION 1. Violence, Identity Politics and the Normalisation of Exclusion  The latest violence directed against ethnic Assamese and Bengali residents and workers in Shillong on 19 August, following a rally organised by the Khasi Students’ Union (KSU), marks another grave …

West Bengal: After 16-Year Wait, Hooghly Man Converts from Islam to Sanatan Hindu Dharma, Seeks Cremation After Death

A 46-year-old information technology employee at Lady Dufferin Hospital has formally converted from Islam to Sanatan Hindu Dharma after what he describes as a 16-year-long effort to obtain legal and religious recognition of his decision. The man, formerly known as Samiruddin Molla, is now known as Samir Ray following an affidavit before a court. A resident of Chinsurah …

Targeting the Vulnerable: How Christian Missionaries Are Changing Religious Landscape in Rural West Bengal

Hindu Voice Team: Allegations of organised Christian Conversions in parts of rural West Bengal have returned to the centre of public debate, with local residents and Hindu organisations accusing missionary groups and evangelists of targeting economically vulnerable Hindu and tribal communities through prayer meetings, claims of faith healing and alleged material inducements. The allegations have …

From Cooch Behar to Kolkata: West Bengal Police Hunt Suspected Pakistan-Linked Espionage Network

Hindu Voice Team: A series of arrests across West Bengal has raised concerns over a suspected espionage network allegedly linked to Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), with the state police’s Special Task Force (STF) intensifying its investigation into possible cross-border connections. In the most recent development, investigators arrested Zafar Shams, also known as Sunny, from Rishra …