Attacks on Bangladesh’s Hindu minority have surged since the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in an uprising in 2024 ...

AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Hindu nationalism, once a fringe ideology in India, is now mainstream. Nobody has done more to advance this cause than Prime Minister Narendra Modi, one of India’s most beloved ...

After the death of a popular Bangladeshi student leader in December 2025 sparked a spate of protests, a picture of a vandalised bust of Indian independence hero Mahatma Gandhi circulated on social ...

Indian Hindus have often watched such brazen attacks unfold helplessly in front of them - too afraid to intervene in case they are attacked - but here was a much-needed act of resistance by someone ...

Hinduism gained ground in the region in the early centuries of the Common Era because it provided elites with a fully-fleshed metaphysical package along with literacy.

PATNA: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat said India was a “Hindu nation” and therefore no constitutional ...

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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is close to fulfilling a decade-old election promise months out from nationwide polls with the announcement that a controversial new Hindu temple will open on ...

I am not a Hindu, I am not a Muslim, I am not a Sikh, and I am not a Christian. First and foremost, I am a human being,” says ...

A brawny gym instructor has become a poster boy for India's longstanding but fraying pluralism after he stepped in to defend ...

When India's comic book series Amar Chitra Katha was launched in 1967, its mission was simple: introduce children to the ...

A 13-day trip around the region includes watching pilgrims immerse themselves in the ultra-holy Ganges River and a visit to ...