KASHMIR 24 | Minorities in India | 12 October 2026 Christians in West Bengal say they are facing an unprecedented wave of raids on prayer meetings, vandalism of churches and threats. Over the weekend an opposition fact-finding team toured affected districts, a…
Delhi Police arrested four men seen in a viral video beating protesters, including pushing a woman to the ground, during the 10 October demonstration, Scroll reported. According to the report, the men claimed membership of the Hindutva group Hindu Rakshak Dal…
Data compiled by the Civic Research Group and reported by Muslim Mirror on 7 October show 372,240 appeals against voter-roll deletions in Muslim-majority Murshidabad, West Bengal, with just 275 decided as of 28 September. The report notes the data does not ex…
UN Human Rights spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan voiced concern over mass detentions of protesters, lawyers and journalists in Delhi, saying curbs on peaceful protest must meet strict tests of necessity and proportionality, Scroll reported. India's mission…
Handwara police began attaching land belonging to Fayaz Ahmad Bhat and Manzoor Ahmad Lone of Langate, who police say live in Azad Kashmir, Kashmir Observer reported. The action, under the UAPA in a 2003 case and on a court's direction, covers property val…
At least nine people were killed in gunfights, ambushes and arson in Manipur's Kamjong, Kangpokpi and Ukhrul districts on 9–10 October, Maktoob and Scroll reported — among them Naga and Kuki tribespeople and a man of Nepali origin. Kuki and Naga civil-soc…
Justice M A Chowdhary of the J&K and Ladakh High Court quashed the Public Safety Act detention of Din Mohd Wani of Doda and ordered his release, Kashmir Life reported. The court found the detention grounds largely copied the police dossier and showed no t…
Representative file photo: Dal Lake, Srinagar — Naweedey / Unsplash The key news of the past 12 hours from Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IIOJK) and on minorities in India — led by a cordon-and-search operation in Anantnag, a High Court ruling …