Leading investigative journalist wins India’s “Booker Prize”

Leading investigative journalist wins India’s “Booker Prize”

Josy Joseph, a leading investigative journalist, was among the winners of this year’s Crossword Book Awards, an Indian version of international literary wards. The Crossword Book Awards are considered as the Indian version of the Man Booker Prize and Commonwealth...

Jammu-Kashmir Christians attacked over forced conversion

Hindus have burned down a church and shops belonging to Christians in India’s Jammu and Kashmir State after a Hindu family alleged that their dau-ghter was killed by her husband after she had been forced to convert to Christianity. The violence is unusual in the...

Pope Francis is top world leader, who in India the Christian leader?

In the latest survey of world leaders done by Gallop international, which is usually about politicians in the secular world, the wonder of wonder is this: The highest placed person on the list isn’t a political leader, but a religious person: Pope Francis who has a...

Knanaya diocese declines Vatican directive to end endogamy

In a possible confrontation with the Catholic Church, the Knanaya Church has refused to put an end to the practice of endogamy, where members of the same ethnic background marry one another. Those who don’t follow the custom are excommunicated. Dismissing the demand...
Pakistan reopens churches after outcry

Pakistan reopens churches after outcry

Pakistan’s north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has allowed six Christian churches to reopen, some two weeks after their forced closure over alleged security threats, minority representatives said. The home-based churches are in Abbottabad, the city where Al...