New Delhi: Religious Liberty Commission of Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI) has called on the Christian community in the country to pray for Christians in a village of a central Indian state. On September 22 and 23 several villages of Kondagaon in Chhattisgarh state, Christian families were attacked, and theirContinue Reading

Pilar: The Society of Pilar on September 26 celebrated 133 years of its foundation. On the occasion, Pilar Communication Centre, launched “Pilar Divya Sanchar,” the official YouTube channel of the Society of Pilar. The channel aims to foster peace, harmony and solidarity among people of various faiths and provide aContinue Reading

Ukhrul: Tangkhul Churches on September 24 fasted and prayed for Naga unity and for peaceful settlement of the Naga political issue. Briefing the media, Remember Rimai, convener of Tangkhul Community Inter-Denomination Churches leaders and a pastor of Union Baptist Church in Ukhrul town, highlighted the main objectives of holding theContinue Reading

Simdega: Seven tribal Christians were allegedly beaten, partially tonsured and forced to chant “Jai Shri Ram” (Hail Lord Ram) in a Jharkhand village for allegedly slaughtering a cow. The September 16 incident, reported to the police the next day, came to public only on September 25 when former zilla parishadContinue Reading

Palghar: Mumbai’s neighboring district, Palghar, is grappling with the Covi-19 pandemic with a mid-September tally of more than 29,000 cases. In a bid to provide for sustainable access to food and livelihood, the Mary Help of Christians Parish in Naigoan, run by the Salesians, joined local area leaders, government institutions,Continue Reading

Kandhamal: Officials in Odisha’s Kandhamal district have removed electric cables and ropes that villagers used to cross a river in Odisha’s Kandhamal district. The officials acted after videos and photos of people precariously perched on aluminum ropes while crossing the stream went viral on social media. More than 150 peopleContinue Reading

Chennai: Celebrated singer Sripathi Paditha Arathyula Balasubramaniam died in a Chennai hospital after almost two months of treatment. He was 74. The death occurred at 1:04 pm on September 25, 2020 in the MGM Healthcare. Balasubrahmanyam was hospitalized in August after testing positive for Covid-19, and while he reportedly did wellContinue Reading

New Delhi: More than two dozen farmers’ organizations from across India, supported by 18 political parties, on September 25 took to the streets protesting the farm bills passed by Parliament. Punjab and Haryana are the epicenters of the protests, though the demand for legal guarantee of minimum support prices (MSP)Continue Reading