MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal rejected Pakistan’s remarks on minorities in India, highlighting Pakistan’s own abysmal record and systemic victimisation of minorities.

A horrific incident has come to light from Uttar Pradesh’s Mahoba district, where a retired railway employee and his mentally challenged daughter were held captive and tortured by their caretakers for five years, resulting in the man’s death.

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor today condemned the allegedly racially motivated killing of a Tripura student in Dehradun, calling it a “national disgrace” and a failure of society to respect its own diversity.