Indian court hailed for upholding education quota for poor

Indian court hailed for upholding education quota for poor

Christian leaders and lawyers have lauded India’s top court for upholding a legal provision that ensures the education of children from poor families in expensive private schools. “The supreme court’s order has kept intact the rights of the children from...
Indian Christians slam harsher anti-conversion law

Indian Christians slam harsher anti-conversion law

Church leaders and rights activists have deplored the passing of sweeping changes to the anti-conversion law in a northern Indian state where Christians complain of harassment. The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion (Amendment) Bill, 2024,...
Indian Church extends help to rain-hit Himalayan states

Indian Church extends help to rain-hit Himalayan states

The Indian Church has joined the government in relief work after a southwest monsoon became active over a large geographical area and torrential rains wreaked havoc across the South Asian nation. Down in the south, Kerala’s northern Wayanad district was hit by a...
Tribal Christians put peace before cash in India’s Manipur

Tribal Christians put peace before cash in India’s Manipur

Indigenous Christian leaders have called on the government to restore peace instead of distributing cash to build new houses for victims of the sectarian strife in northeastern Manipur where Christians fight Hindus. The real problem is “restoring pace,” noted a Church...
Wayanad: Church joins others to plan survivors’ rehabilitation

Wayanad: Church joins others to plan survivors’ rehabilitation

Various dioceses, religious congregations, and laity groups have formed a task force with Hindus and Muslims to implement short term and long-term rehabilitation plans for the landslide survivors in Kerala’s Wayanad district. The hilly district on July 30 witnessed...