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কেরালা: যৌন নির্যাতনের মিথ্যা অভিযোগ তুলে ভিডিও পোস্ট সোশ্যাল মিডিয়ায়, আত্মহত্যা হিন্দু যুবকের; গ্রেপ্তার অভিযুক্ত মুসলিম তরুণী শিমজিথা মুস্তফা

হিন্দু যুবকের বিরুদ্ধে যৌন নির্যাতনের মিথ্যা অভিযোগ তুলে সোশ্যাল মিডিয়ায় ভিডিও পোস্ট করেছিলেন শিমজিথা মুস্তফা নামে এক মুসলিম তরুণী। সেই ভিডিও ভাইরাল হতেই অপমানবোধ থেকে আত্মহত্যা করেন এক হিন্দু যুবক। কিন্তু প্রাথমিকভাবে সেই ভিডিওতে যৌন নির্যাতনের কোনও প্রমাণ পাওয়া যায়নি। আর তারপরেই অভিযুক্ত মুসলিম তরুণীর বিরুদ্ধে আত্মহত্যার প্ররোচনা দেওয়ার অভিযোগ এনে থানায় FIR দায়ের করেছে ওই …

Shot on His Knees: The Execution of Mayanglambam Rishikanta Singh by Suspected Kuki Terrorists and the Collapse of Humanity in Manipur

In a dark clearing on a hillside in Manipur’s Churachandpur district, a young man knelt with folded hands and begged for his life. Moments later, he was executed. Twenty-eight-year-old Mayanglambam Rishikanta Singh, a Meitei from Kakching Khunou in the Imphal valley, was shot point-blank with an AK-series assault rifle. The killing was filmed. The video released …

Gunpoint Extortion of Minor Boys and Girls: Rajasthan School Wushu Team Held Hostage by Kuki Terrorists While Travelling to National Games in Manipur

What should have been a celebratory journey for young athletes representing their state at a national sporting event turned into a traumatic ordeal involving armed extortion and hostage-taking, raising grave concerns about security, governance and the protection of children in conflict-affected regions of India. Members of the Rajasthan School Wushu Team were stopped, threatened at …

When Homes Were Demolished and Temples Fell Silent: The Ongoing Suffering and Loss of Dignity among Displaced indigenous Manipuris

Tens of thousands of indigenous Manipuris, predominantly Meitei civilians from districts such as Churachandpur, Moreh, Torbung, Ekou and adjoining areas have been violently uprooted from their homes and livelihoods and forced into prolonged internal displacement within their own state since 3rd May, 2023. What began as sudden, coordinated attacks rapidly transformed into one of India’s …

Land, Legitimacy and Armed Presence: How Kuki Claims and Encroachments Set the Stage for another Gunfight with Nagas in Manipur

A fresh gunfight in Manipur’s volatile hill districts has underscored how disputes over land, governance and armed authority are converging into a dangerous flashpoint. The Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF), an armed group representing Zeliangrong interests, has claimed responsibility for a military operation targeting what it described as Kuki underground camps near Kharam Vaiphei village in Kangpokpi …

Persecution Claims Abroad, Environmental Violations at Home: Kuki Groups Allege Minority Christian Persecution After NGT Halts Illegal Road Through Protected Forests

When environmental law finally caught up with an illegal road carved through protected forests in Manipur, the response from its patrons was not compliance — but diplomacy. Or, more precisely, performative minority diplomacy. A self-described Kuki Civil Society Organisation (CSO), The Kuki Alliance for Nampi Awakening Movement (KANAM) has written directly to the United States Embassy in New Delhi, …

Religious Tensions in Dindigul: Hindu Minorities Seek Court Support to Exercise Religious Rights

Hindu Voice Team: Religious tensions have intensified in several villages around Dindigul district as Hindu minority communities seek legal redress to protect their rights to worship and use government-allotted land for traditional religious activities. In Perumal Kovilpatti village, Hindus make up a small minority of around 150 households among about 1,000 families, while Christians account …

Kerala: Political Rally Sparks Controversy Over Hindu Temple Music in Malappuram

Hindu Voice Team: A political victory celebration in the Malappuram district on Wednesday has sparked controversy after participants raised slogans protesting early-morning devotional music played at a local Hindu temple. United Democratic Front (UDF) workers were holding a procession in Edavanna to celebrate their win in a local ward panchayat election when the march passed …

Government School in Coimbatore Hit by Allegations of Religious and Physical Harassment by Headmistress

Hindu Voice Team: A serious controversy has erupted at the Government Higher Secondary School in Kallapalayam, Sulur, after several girl students accused their headmistress, identified as Deva Kiruba Jayakrishnan, of enforcing discriminatory rules against Hindu cultural symbols and physically assaulting students for minor delays and perceived infractions. In video testimonies recorded by local media, multiple …

Progressive Masks, Radical Reality: How some Awami League Elite persecuted Bangladeshi Hindus and found safe haven in India

Ever since the fall of the Awami League–led coalition government headed by Sheikh Hasina on 05 August 2024, a deliberate effort has taken shape among certain politicians, journalists and intellectual circles to repaint Hasina and her senior lieutenants as “secular reformers” and “progressive modernists.” This attempt at historical revisionism collapses under even the faintest scrutiny. …