Rights body flags escalating violence on Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan

IANS | May 21, 2026 8:18 PM

Islamabad, May 21 (IANS) A leading international human rights organisation on Thursday wrote to the Chief Minister of Pakistan’s Punjab province, expressing grave concerns over the structural and persistent discrimination, harassment and violence against the Ahmadiyya community in the province.

Bijnor Hindu boy forcibly converted to Islam in Kashmir, says family; files case

IANS | May 19, 2026 2:48 PM

Lucknow, May 19 (IANS) A shocking case of purported forced conversion of a minor boy from Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor district, in Jammu and Kashmir, has kicked up a major controversy, prompting protests from the family members who are now pleading before the administration to arrange his return from the valley.

Gates of Rudranath Temple open amid chants of ‘Har Har Mahadev’

IANS | May 18, 2026 3:07 PM

Chamoli, May 18 (IANS) The gates of the world-renowned Rudranath Temple in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, revered as the Fourth Kedar, were opened on Monday for devotees amid elaborate Vedic rituals, chanting of mantras, and traditional religious ceremonies.

Return to a homeland frozen in memory

Lalit Kumar Jha | May 18, 2026 6:20 AM

Washington, May 18 (IANS) For 36 years, Kashmir existed for Sheerin Raina in fragments -- stories told at the dinner table in New Jersey, fading photographs, temple names spoken with reverence, and memories inherited from parents who had left in the middle of the night and never truly returned.