Amidst tensions over attempts to encroach land belonging to a temple in Balagarh, Hooghly, West Bengal, prohibitory orders under Section 144 have been imposed, even as the mainstream media abides by an informal diktat to black out the news. Aggrieved Hindus say the trouble arose when members of one community sought to extend a nearby graveyard into the temple space, and attacked the temple deities, triggering violence. The administration, in ...
Jammu: Expressing concern over the Centre's alleged apathy towards Kashmiri Pandits, an organisation representing the community on Thursday said they will raise their concerns with other countries. "We are planning to take up our issues with different countries through their embassies in the Union capital," chairman of the Voice of KPs, Roshan Lal Raina, told reporters here today.
Islamabad: Though Hindus have richly contributed in the economic prosperity and development of Pakistan's restive Balochistan province since pre-partition days, they are today faced with the dilemma of survival and living "dangerously".
Hindus have been richly contributing in Balochistan’s economic prosperity and development since pre-partition days
In Balochistan, Hindus are also complainants about the mainstream media that their sufferings hardly and rarely get discussed. That is why they rely on private TV channels to bring to light their sufferings, because people at national and international level have very little information about them.
The fourth, P. Waytha Moorthy, is the chairman of the Hindu rights protection group, the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) and he has been appointed in the prime minister's department.
Mr Yusuf is alleged to be the founder of the infamous Razakar Bahini, an auxiliary force set up to help the Pakistani army by rooting out local resistance. The Razakars were notorious for their operations targeting Hindus as well as civilians suspected of being sympathetic towards Bengali nationalists.
Police allege the 87-year-old is the founder of the infamous Razakar Bahini, who were notorious for their operations that targeted Hindus as well as civilians suspected of being sympathetic towards Bengali nationalists.
In contrast, Hindus and Sikhs of Ranchore Line are excited about political revelry and festivities. At Narayanpura, people could be seen sitting near a political camp that blared out songs, cheered on by applauding young men.
A tour of the locality showed that despite overflowing potholes and heaps of garbage lying in the open, people remained loyal to their party. Mangan Chohan, an elderly resident, said that they would vote ...
JODHPUR: Rajasthan government has urged the union government to accord Indian citizenship toPak-Hindu migrants camping at Jodhpur and Jaisalmer. The state even wrote a letter to the home ministry to relax conditions for the citizenship of the migrants.
The Hindu American Foundation has written various reports highlighting the atrocities and human rights violations of non-muslim minorities (Hindus, Sikhs, Christians) in Pakistan. Recently many human rights reports by NGOs and Governments around the world have also began to vocalize these atrocities on non-muslims. With mounting discrimination and violence in Pakistan, large numbers of Hindus, such as Ram, have migrated to India in recent years. It is estimated that 1 ...
New Delhi: Delhi BJP on Thursday extended financial help of Rs 10 lakh to a group of Pakistani Hindus who came to India to attend Kumbh festival around two months ago and later expressed willingness to stay back here.
Handing over the cash amount to the group comprised of around 480 persons, Delhi BJP unit chief Vijay Goel said the party had decided to extend the financial help as they ...
Addressing a gathering at Tapti hostel Mess in JNU Vinod Bansal, Media Chief of VHP Delhi said that it is shameful and shows a dehumanized and de- nationalized character of the Indian leftists and the Islamists, who always cry for the human right violation but very silent on these Hindus. Wherever Hindu came under Minority, the country, devided and Hindus have to flew. All of us should get united to ...
Varanasi: There has been widespread anger against the attack on Sarbjit in Pakistan's jail. Somehow, the perception that Indian's are not safe in Pakistan is gaining ground. 250 Hindu Sindhis from Pakistan are camping in India and they refuse to go back. Their visa expires on May 8. They allege that people of their community are being subjected to torture and constant insult in Pakistan.
BJP president Rajnath Singh condemned atrocities against Hindus in Pakistan and criticised the UPA-led Government’s foreign policies, especially in the wake of life-threatening attacks on Sarabjit Singh.
Yesterday the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom released the text of a letter that the Commission has recently sent to Secretary of State John Kerry urging the U.S. to raise specific issues during the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review this month. USCIRF wants the U.S. to question violations of religious freedom and human rights in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Russia, Azerbaijan, and Bangladesh.
While generally Peshawar isn’t considered a safe city, the minorities living in Peshawar think otherwise. There are three main minorities living in Peshawar: Hindus, Sikhs and Christians. They have one thing in common: Punjabi. All of them say they are proud Punjabi-speaking Pakhtun and feel safer in Peshawar than any other part of the country.
A delegation of Pakistani Hindus and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Wednesday submitted a memorandum to the UN explaining the violation of their rights in Pakistan and requesting rehabilitation in India.
Thus far, Buddhists and Hindus have been hit the hardest by the new wave of violence; nearly 90 Buddhist and Hindu places of worship have been attacked.
However, Rev. David Anirudh Dass, general secretary of the National Council of Churches in Bangladesh, said Christians still face a particular danger.
Jammu: A delegation of Kashmir Pandits on Wednesday met Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to discuss the delay in the passage of Hindu Shrines Bill.
Members of Prem Nath Bhat Memorial Trust Nodal Agency led by its chairman, A N Pandit, called on the chief minister to discuss matters relating to the welfare of the community.
A delegation of Pakistani Hindus and the VHP Wednesday submitted a memorandum to the UN explaining the violation of their rights in Pakistan, and requesting rehabilitation in India.
"We have requested the UN to provide relief to the Pakistani Hindus as they are being attacked and tortured there. We have submitted a memorandum," Rajiv Gupta, one of the VHP representatives, told IANS.
Ayesha Tanzeem discussed the role of religious minorities in Pakistan's upcoming elections.
Sunday, April 14, 2013 - Larkana—Pakistan Christian Congress have urged Dalit and middle classHindus from Sindh, Punjab, KPK and Balochistan to join Boycott campaign of Election 2013, because it is the time to set them free from yoke of slavery of High caste Hindus who are using their vote bank for vested interests. President PCC Dr. Nazir S Bhatti, has said that there are millions of middle and lower ...
A sturdy matriarch in her mid-50s who has 20 grandchildren, Kolhi -- a member of Pakistan's tiny Hindu minority -- is the ultimate outsider in an electoral landscape dominated by wealthy male candidates fluent in the art of back room deals.
Below are excerpts from a Hindu American Foundation of the USA report: