Login      Register  
Subscription

For 3 months, no girls were born in 132 Indian villages‍

A northern Indian district has launched an investigation into a region in which the birth rate of baby girls is in dramatic decline. Government data has revealed that among 216 babies born across 132 villages in the last three months, not even one of them was a girl. The district administration of t

Visakhapatnam Police circular on churches irks BJP leaders

A circular from the office of the Visakhapatnam police commissioner asking police stations to take steps to prevent attacks on Christians and churches has led political uproar and protests. The Bharatiya Janata Party leaders objected to the circular’s choice of words. They say the police should not have mentioned any community or place of worship […]

Missionary bishops pray for unity, plead for peace

Missionary bishops and other missionaries from the Syro-Malabar Church working in Northeast India have decided to pray for Peace and Unity in their Mother Church and urge especially other missionaries of the same background to do the same. They have also decided to make an earnest appeal to every section of the Syro-Malabar Church, Hierarchy, […]

Bengaluru observes 800th anniversary of Francis-Sultan encounter

Heads of various religions in Bengaluru have commemorated the 800th anniversary of an encounter between Saint Francis of Assisi and Sultan al-Malik al-Kâmil of Egypt. Although all religions aim at the same holy and spiritual aspects to lead a good life, unfortunately people do not follow even 10 percent of their tenets and teachings,” regretted […]

Supreme Court grants bail to two of “Innocent Seven”

The Supreme Court of India on July 23 granted bail to yet another of seven people, who have been languishing in jail for more than ten years in connection with the murder of a Hindu religious leader in Odisha, eastern India. India’s Supreme Court has ordered the granting of bail to the second of seven […]

Christian organisation raises concern over ‘missionary cell’ in the northeast

A Christian organisation in the northeast, has questioned the motive behind the creation of a ‘Christian missionary cell’ at a time when the Centre is pushing an education policy to “homogenise Indian society.” The BJP in Mizoram had, a few days ago, formed the cell to collect data on the community and connect with Mizos […]