Gandhinagar, May 21, 2019: Not a single student from as many as 63 schools managed to clear the Secondary School Certificate examinations conducted by the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board, the results of which were declared here on Tuesday. The overall pass percentage was 66.97 per cent, slightlyContinue Reading
Ayodhya, May 21, 2019: In the holy month of Ramzan, a temple here hosted Iftar on May 20. Setting an example of communal harmony, people cutting across religious lines, sat together to relish the Iftar meal in the premises of Shri Sita Ram temple. Speaking to ANI, the priest ofContinue Reading
Kottar, May 21, 2019: Concern’s growing for Christians in India over the potential of a change to the country’s constitution. There are fears that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) want to change the law to make India a Hindu theocratic state. Bishop Nazarene Soosai of Kottar, southern India, saysContinue Reading
By Mujib Mashal and Suhasini Raj Gaindawas,May 15, 2019: Swati Yadav had lost count of the number of village campaign stops she had made since her morning began — was it 27, or 28? She was doggedly stumping for a parliamentary seat through 100-degree temperatures in the northern Indian stateContinue Reading
By Joanna Slater Gurugram, May 19, 2019: For Abdullah Ashraf, the changes in his country can be measured by the things he no longer does. He never used to worry about wearing clothing that could identify him as Muslim. Now, when he goes on a road trip, he sticks toContinue Reading
Aizawl, May 16, 2019: Twenty-three girls from Nepal, who were victims of human trafficking, were rescued in Mizoram and handed over to Nepalese authorities, police said here on May 14. The teenage girls were handed over to Nepal government officials on Friday through the border transit of Kakarbhitta, along WestContinue Reading
Dhaka, May 15, 209: Police in Bangladesh have arrested a prominent poet after he was accused of hurting the religious feelings of the country’s minority Christian community, police said. Henry Sawpon, a Christian, was detained in Barisal, some 245 km south of the capital city of Dhaka, after a priestContinue Reading
Gandhinagar, May 14. 2019: A day after stones were hurled at a wedding procession of a Dalit groom allegedly by upper castes at Khambhisar village in Modasa tehsil of Aravalli district leading to violence and police lathicharge, the marriage procession was carried out peacefully on Monday amid heavy police security.Continue Reading
New Delhi, May 14, 2019: The row over the decision of St Stephen’s College Principal John Varghese to include a member of the Supreme Council in the interview panel for selection of students for admission escalated on May 14 with the college issuing a “formal warning” to a member ofContinue Reading
By Cyprian Ekka Ranchi, May 13, 2019: A Christian body in Jharkhand on May 13 expressed grave concern over what it says is the misuse of media to systematically spread false and sensational allegations against their community in the eastern Indian state. “The media are systematically implicating Christian institutions inContinue Reading
