Protests organized by the Bangladesh Hindu Rights Retrieval Committee in Trichy and Karur highlight the rising concerns over violence against Hindus in Bangladesh, leading to large demonstrations and police detentions.

A Bangladesh court on Tuesday deferred to January 2 the hearing on the bail petition of Hindu leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachary on a government plea as no lawyer appeared on his behalf. “The court of Metropolitan Sessions rescheduled the date as no lawyer appeared as defence counsel,

The latest trigger was the arrest of a Hindu monk last week, which set off protests in India by activists from Hindu organisations and politicians including members of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Protests erupted across several districts of Uttar Pradesh like Budaun, Bareilly, Deoria and Pilibhit on Wednesday as Hindu organisations demonstrated against alleged violence targeting the minority H

Tensions are high between India and Bangladesh after the fall of Sheikh Hasina's government and her fleeing to India. Bangladeshis protested an attack on a consulate in India a day earlier, amid a Hindu leader's trial.

The echoes of the ongoing Hindu protests in Bangladesh after the arrest of an ISKCON priest have now reached the UK parliament where MPs have raised concerns over recent attacks on the minority community in the Muslim-dominated state.