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RELIGIOUS MINORITIES UNHAPPY WITH INDIA’S FEDERAL BUDGET‍

The annual federal budget of India’s pro-Hindu government has disappointed religious minorities as much of it was mere juggling of words, according to civil society groups and opposition  political parties. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the US$719 million allocated to the Ministry of

INDIA’S NOTED NUN PAINTER DIES

Renowned Christian artist, Salesian Missionaries of Mary Immaculate Sister Claire died on February 11 in Bengaluru. She was 82. The Hindu convert to Catholicism was unwell for the last few days. The sister, who always wanted to be known as Sr Claire SMMI, had created more than 2,000 Christian paintings using water colour, enamel paints, posture colours and colour pens. She also drew more than 1,000 Christian and […]

COURT RULES AGAINST BAPTIST VILLAGE EXPELLING FOR FAITH DIFFERENCE

The Manipur High Court has struck down a village law of Sharkaphung/Leingangching that prevented inhabitants from any activity construed as ‘detrimental’ to Baptist Christianity. Delivering a judgment on a plea by four residents expelled in 2009 for adopting Roman Catholicism, the high court ruled that the village authority’s action was illegal and unconstitutional. The village authority did not have power to order banishment/expulsion of any villager, ruled acting Chief Justice N.Kotiswar Singh. […]

INDIAN GOVT ADMITS RISE IN RELIGION-BASED HATE CRIME

India’s pro-Hindu government has presented detailed data in parliament showing a surge in religion-based violence since it came to power four years ago. The statistics, revealed on Feb. 6, confirm a long-standing allegation by rights groups that the situation is worsening. In 2017, 111 persons were killed and at least 2,384 injured in 822 cases of sectarian violence, the highest figure in the past three years. In […]

MADHYA PRADESH POLICE CHARGE FOUR CATHOLIC PRIESTS WITH RIOTING

Four Catholic priests have been charged with rioting and criminal intimidation in India’s Madhya Pradesh State over a land dispute involving a hard-line Hindu group. The priests of Ujjain Diocese resisted an attempt by a Hindu group to take over a piece of land in front of a Catholic Church-run hospital in Ujjain, a city with a Hindu temple and a site for pilgrims. “No one […]

RAHUL SLAMS BJP FOR OFFERING MONEY TO MEGHALAYA CHURCHES

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on January 30 hit out at the BJP-led NDA government for offering money to churches in Congress-ruled Meghalaya ahead of the assembly elections. “You will find the BJP has a lot of money. These days their leadership believes that everything can be bought,” he said drumming up support for his party candidates in the seven assembly  constituencies in Jaintia Hills district. […]