Kolkata, Jan 4, 2020: The heads of some of Calcutta’s leading schools will participate in a walk against the CAA-NRC and the use of force to stifle dissent. A meeting at St Paul’s Cathedral on Jan. 3, chaired by the bishop of the Calcutta diocese of the Church of NorthContinue Reading
Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Jan3, 2020: A leading Christian activist in India is warning about a “heightened intolerance towards the Christian faith” after anti-Christian incidents in the country in late December. On Dec. 28, several men were arrested after being accused of posing for a photograph with their Bibles outside aContinue Reading
Thiruvanathapuram, Jan. 1, 2020: The Kerala government on Jan. 1 decided to bring in an ordinance that permits the conduct of burial rituals of Jacobite parishoners in their family cemetry at the churches that are now under the control of the Orthodox faction of the Malankara church. The government decidedContinue Reading
Shanghai, December 30, 2019: A Chinese court sentenced the pastor of the Early Rain Covenant Church, Wang Yi, to nine years in prison on charges of inciting subversion of state power and illegally operating a business. Wang was among dozens of churchgoers and leaders of the Early Rain Covenant ChurchContinue Reading
By Donald G. McNeil Jr. Gangotri, Dec. 31, 2019: High in the Himalayas, it’s easy to see why the Ganges River is considered sacred. According to Hindu legend, the Milky Way became this earthly body of water to wash away humanity’s sins. As it drains out of a glacier here,Continue Reading
By Jeffrey Gettleman Hyderabad, Dec. 31, 2019: All day, every day, at a certain point along a highway leading out of Hyderabad, people stop their cars and get out to peer over the guardrail. It was here, under a highway bridge, that four men torched the body of a youngContinue Reading
Kolkata, Dec. 31, 2019: Vandals allegedly linked to the RSS and BJP attacked a church in West Bengal on Dec. 28 A group of eight men hurled bombs with shouts of “Jai Shri Ram”, and when worshippers fled, entered the church and vandalised it. The incident occurred at Bhagwanpur inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: Four persons were arrested in Andhra Pradesh’s Srisailam town for reading the Bible at a park close to the Mallikarjuna Temple. The state police have reportedly acted against them on the charge of violating Andhra Pradesh Propagation of Other Religion in the places ofContinue Reading
New Delhi, Dec. 31, 2019: Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on December 30 called for the creation of a casteless society and said that the nation must give equal opportunities to everyone to reach their full potential and lead fulfilling lives. He was inaugurating the 87th Sivagiri Pilgrimage Meet at theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kanpur, Dec 30, 2019: Most civil society and human rights activists had fixed December 19 for a nationwide protest against the recently enacted Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the federal government’s proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC). Together they form a lethal combination, not just againstContinue Reading
