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India bans four Christian groups from accepting foreign funds‍

India’s Home Ministry has cancelled four Christian organizations’ licenses to receive foreign donations without specifying any reason for the move. The Christian groups are among six organizations whose licenses have been cancelled this year, a ministry source told UCA News. The four organizatio

Hindu-led inquiry blames Indian Christians for lynching of priests

A fact-finding team led by a Hindu nationalist group in the western Indian State of Maharashtra has blamed Christians and left-wingers for violence that led to the killing of two Hindu priests. The report by Vivek Vichar Manch, an NGO affiliated to Hindu nationalist group Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), said the lynching was “anything but […]

Kerala records lowest male-female literacy gap in India

With 96.2 percent literacy rate, Kerala became India’s most literate state, according to the latest figures released by the National Statistical Office. Delhi came in second with 89 percent literacy rate. Uttarakhand with 87.6 percent and Assam with 85.9 percent are placed in third and fourth positions in the list. Earlier, south Indian states had […]

Priest-lawyers regret Indian court punishing activist

The decision of India’s top court to punish an activist lawyer for his criticism of the court raises concerns about free speech in the country, say activists including some Catholic priest-lawyers. The Supreme Court on Aug. 31 imposed a token fine of one rupee on Prashant Bhushan after he was convicted of contempt of court […]

Telangana people’s assembly presents eight-point demands

Revival of grant-in-aid to Christian minority schools, land for cemeteries and stringent action against those attacking Christians are in an eight-point charter of demands that the Telangana State People’s Assembly on September 7 submitted to opposition parties in the southern Indian state. The assembly that met on September 4-7 in the state capital of Hyderabad […]

Fear keeps Pak judges from acquitting innocent Christians

Judges in smaller courts in Pakistan are too afraid to let Christians go free in blasphemy cases because of the threat from extremists, a human rights activist says. The country prosecutes anyone who is seen to be insulting Islam – with the death sentence often handed out. In light of another Christian falling foul of […]