New Delhi: The Centre has issued an advisory to all states to ensure law and order during Christmas in the wake of fringe elements recently threatening some Christian community members against celebrating the festival, home minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday. A fringe group in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh had onContinue Reading
Hyderabad: In a mass Christmas celebration held here on Monday, the Christian community asked for property tax reduction for their schools, burial ground in over-populated areas in the city and security from vandals who target churches. “Christian institutions have been serving many in the society. We request the government toContinue Reading
Christian schools in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh have been issued a warning by the Hindu Jagran Manch, a right-wing Hindutva group affiliated to Yogi Adityanath’s Hindu Yuva Vahini, not to celebrate Christmas as it may lure the students to Christianity. The HYM suspects Christmas celebration in schools, with a major population ofContinue Reading
New Delhi: With Christmas around the corner, recently, members of the Naga community living in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) came together to celebrate a colourful Advent Christmas Fiesta at Nagaland House here. This beautiful event, curated by the Naga Forum Delhi, was aimed at bringing people togetherContinue Reading
On the eve of Telangana’s grand Christmas celebration, Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao promised to stop vandalism and attacks on churches with an iron fist. Christian community should feel safe in the State, as the government is secular and committed towards building confidence of all sections, he said. A ChristianContinue Reading
“No more Christmas celebration and or lessons on Christmas including carol singing is permitted, effective immediately”. An email on 13 December sent to about 35 German-funded teachers at Istanbul Erkek Lisesi (also known as Istanbul High School) saying that the National Ministry of Education had communicated that no more ofContinue Reading
