By AFPDedicated to an Indian goddess as a child, Huvakka Bhimappa's years of sexual servitude began when her uncle took her virginity, raping her in exchange for a saree and some jewellery.Bhimappa was not yet 10 years old when she became a "devadasi...

By AFPHigh in the Himalayas, where the mighty Ganges is still a frigid glacial stream, labourers fill jerry cans with its holy waters to be distributed to Hindus all over India.Buyers sparingly use the precious liquid to bless important occasions, fr...

After two nights in police custody, Indian teenager Somaiya Fatima was released in time to watch live footage of an excavator claw smashing into the walls of her childhood home.The residence is among scores of dwellings and businesses flattened by wr...

Anger continues to rage in the Arab region against the offensive remarks insulting the Prophet Muhammad by leaders of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Nupur Sharma and Naveen Kumar Jindal on Prophet Muhammed. In responder, Saudi Ar...

India’s ruling right-wing Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has suspended leaders Nupur Sharma and Naveen Kumar Jindal for their offensive comments on Islam and the Prophet Muhammad after Arab and Muslim campaigns boycotting Indian products.The part...

Tensions between India’s ruling right-wing Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)and Muslim communities have been fueled by the BJP spokesperson’s remarks about the Prophet Muhammad and Islam while debating about Gyanvapi Mosque issue,adisputeover an old...