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Narendra Modi hails controversial opening as fulfilment of ‘dream that many have cherished for years’More than three decades after a mob of militant Hindu radicals razed a mosque to the ground in the Indian town of Ayodhya, the country’s prime minister…
Read MoreThree members of a family receive notices from police amid concern about separatist campaigners’ safetySikhs in the West Midlands have been issued “threat to life” warnings, amid growing concern about the safety of separatist campaigners who Sikhs clai…
Read MoreModi government’s consecration of Ram Mandir on eve of elections denounced by oppositionAmid the deafening roar of construction and exuberant cries of visiting devotees, the outlines of India’s largest Hindu temple are gradually emerging.For now, Ram M…
Read MoreAnnapoorani: the Goddess of Food criticised for depiction of deity and member of vegetarian caste cooking and eating meatNetflix is embroiled in a backlash in India from rightwing Hindu groups over a film accused of offending religious sentiments for i…
Read MoreAvtar Singh Khanda’s death coincided with alleged Indian plots to kill Sikh activists in North AmericaUK politics live – latest updatesA senior Conservative MP has written to the home secretary expressing his concern over the sudden death of a Sikh act…
Read MoreConcerns raised over what a third term for Narendra Modi would mean for the country amid rising Hindu-Muslim tensionIndia’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, has cut a confident figure in recent weeks. As his Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) swept three major…
Read MoreExclusive: Study published in 2019 used blood and saliva samples from 203 Uyghur and Kazakh people living in Xinjiang capitalConcerns have been raised that academic publishers may not be doing enough to vet the ethical standards of research they publis…
Read MoreAnd churches used to dwindling congregations are delighted to see numbers boosted by worshippers of all agesFather Happy Jacob has a reason to be cheerful. When he started St Thomas’s Indian Orthodox Church in Liverpool in 2002, his congregation number…
Read MoreHRW says other mosques altered, for example through removal of minarets, as part of sinicisation campaignChinese authorities have closed or altered hundreds of mosques in the northern regions of Ningxia and Gansu, homes to the highest Muslim population…
Read MoreDocumentary traces a 21st-century American evangelical’s reckless efforts to convert an isolated tribe, and his fatal encounter with themOne of the most isolated Indigenous people on Earth, the Sentinelese of India’s North Sentinel Island remain a myst…
Read MoreBhimrao Ramji Ambedkar is revered as a founder of modern India and for his work fighting the caste system. A new documentary looks at his lasting popularityThere may only be a few people outside the subcontinent who have heard of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar…
Read MoreTensions between the two countries peaked after Hardeep Singh Nijjar was murdered in Canada earlier this yearIndia’s embassy in Ottawa has announced that it will reopen visa services for Canadians, a move that could reduce tensions in a bitter dispute …
Read MoreMove comes after assassination of former PM Shinzo Abe and growing criticism of fundraising activitiesJapan’s government has asked a court to strip the Unification church of its status, amid growing criticism of the group’s fundraising activities after…
Read MoreSikh dissidents expressing their support for an independent state face increasing risks. It is time to stand up to IndiaWatching news of Justin Trudeau’s explosive statement about intelligence indicating Indian involvement in the assassination of Harde…
Read MoreDemonstrators stage protest outside Indian high commission questioning UK government’s response to killingsSupporters of the Sikh separatist Khalistan movement gathered outside the Indian high commission in central London to call for the UK government …
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