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Minority rights activists demanded exemplary punishment to those involved in the vandalism of Hindu temples and houses across the country.They made the demand from a sit-in staged in front of the Jatiya Press Club Friday, protesting the recent vandalism of historic Swamibagh Temple in the capital. The programme was jointly organised by National Hindu Mohajote, [...]

On a visit to UK (2015) we once again witnessed recycled half-truths and vilifications replete with false allegations against Prime Minister Narendra Modi doing their rounds in the Indian and Western media regarding the 2002 Gujarat Riots. One of the biggest accusations by the media has been that as chief minister of Gujarat Modi never [...]

The election of Narendra Modi as the choice for millions in the world’s largest democracy is a bit galling to those whose concept of ‘democratic’ resembles Lenin’s armed force against the elected government of Alexander Kerensky in revolutionary Russia. Yet even before Modi’s election in what proved to be a pivotal moment in Indian democracy [...]

For most Indians the word Wahhabi means Saudi Arabian fundamentalism. When told that Wahhabism has deep roots in the Indian sub-continent, the first response is usually denial often followed by claims that Indian Wahhabism was a British invention. Those who think that way would do well to visit a small cemetery hidden away in a [...]

MUZAFFARNAGAR: BSP MP Kadir Rana, two party MLAs and former UP minister Saeed-uz-Zama of Congress are among 10 persons charged by the SIT probing the Muzaffarnagar riots for provoking communal tension with inflammatory speeches during a Muslim community panchayat. The charge sheet was filed in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Narender Kumar by the [...]

Yusuf ordered the killings, freedom fighter testifies at tribunal Staff Correspondent A freedom fighter yesterday testified that Razakars had killed 500-600 Hindus at the directive of Jamaat-e-Islami leader AKM Yusuf on a single day at Rampal in Bagerhat in 1971. Sudhangshu Mandol from Rampal also told the International Crimes Tribunal-2 that Razakars had killed at [...]

Hindu Deities (Murthi) broken/set on fire by unknown perpetrators at Shahjadpur and Rangulnia Upazila of Serajgonj and Chittagong districts on 26th November, 2013 ( The Daily Protom Alo dated 28.11.2013) A sense of insecurity amongst the Hindu communities at Rangunia and Shahjadpur prevailing,because their places of worships and deities were broken, desecrated and set on [...]

  To The Global Intellectual Community and The Chairmen Honorable Human Rights Commissions   Subject: Urgent Plea To Take Notice On Pinki Gang-Rape Case for 55 Days Long In Bangladesh   Respected Sir/Ma’am With due respect and humble submission I beg to state that this is the third time I am writing on behalf of [...]

Asansol NewsJune 6, 2013; Dhaka, Bangladesh: :One of the books that helped me get the real face of the religion I was thrown in by birth was written by Salam Azad in which he mentioned a Hindu girl Purnima who was gang-raped by 36 Muslim thugs in Bangladesh. The widow mother of the three daughters [...]

Unidentified criminals set a 200-year-old Hindu temple ablaze at Rajoir upazila in Madaripur in the wee hours yesterday. Police and locals said miscreants torched the Kali Mandir at Mahendradi village sometime after midnight. Dadon Kanta, chairman of Haridashdi-Mahendradi upazila, suspects that Jamaat or BNP men are behind the attack. Police, meanwhile, arrested Haridashdi-Mahendradi union unit [...]