Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on June 28 announced that his government would repeal the anti-conversion law the north-eastern Indian state passed 40 years ago. “The anti-conversion law could undermine secularism and is probably targeted towards...
The amendment allows the state government to alter a five-year-old federal law that aims to protect the rights of farmers and indigenous people when acquiring their land for state development purposes. Protests and sit-in-demonstrations have been held in several...
Church leaders have welcomed a big reduction in India’s maternal mortality rate, with nearly 12,000 fewer women dying during childbirth in 2016. They said the improvement was the result of a joint effort by government and private health workers. India’s maternal...
A Catholic college’s decision to ban Muslim girl students from wearing hijab sparked protest outside the college campus on June 25. St Agnes College, Mangalore, has ordered the Muslim students not to wear hijab in the classroom saying the headdress does not conform to...
The faithful should work together to solve the issues being faced by the archdiocese, Syro-Malabar Church Archbishop Cardinal Mar George Alencherry has said. “We should reach unity through faith and try to become matured,” he said while delivering introductory message...
