Tag: India

Rise in accommodation fees will result in many Dalits not being able to have access to a decent education, professor says

Freedom of faith is the ‘mother of all human rights,’ activist says

In many cases of violence against minorities there is a tacit understanding between the perpetrators and police

Activists and church leaders say men were framed by police to appease hard-line Hindu groups

India credentials as a secular country are being adversely affected by the lawlessness in the country, activists say

Traffickers target people in rural villages luring them to cities with the promise of good jobs but then selling them into modern day slavery

Indian Sikhs now have visa-free access to one of their holiest shrines after Pakistan opened a historic corridor to pilgrims at the weekend. The...

Transplant abuse in China needs to be confronted, says founder of medico group

Hindus make up 80 percent of India's 1.3 billion population, and hundreds of thousands of temples dot the country

Indian security forces have been acquiring land to fortify defenses in the border districts of Jammu and Kashmir