Kochi: After the Kerala High Court on May 28 quashed state “Government Orders, sub-classifying the minorities by providing merit-cum-means scholarship at 80 percent to Muslim community and 20 percent to Latin Catholic Christians and Converted Christians,” and saying “it cannot be legally sustained,” Muslims from the southern Indian state haveContinue Reading
Ahmedabad, Feb 25, 2019: Over February 17-18, thousands of Christians participated in peace rallies in Ahmedabad, organised by various churches in support of the martyrs of the Pulwama terror attack. This is probably the first time that the Christian community in Gujarat, which usually keeps a low profile and staysContinue Reading
Relatives call for husband to return to IslamContinue Reading
Karachi: A Pakistani Christian, who fell ill after inhaling poisonous gasses at work, died on Saturday (20 January) after three days on a life-support machine. Shahzad Masih, 24, who leaves a wife and two young children, worked as a sewer cleaner in the Korangi area of the southern city ofContinue Reading
Chandigarh: Despite all Constitutional guarantees of India being a sovereign socialist, secular, democratic republic, the minority sections in India — Dalits, creative artists, writers, rationalists and sensitive, enlightened citizens — are all feeling suffocated, insecure and less-than-equal citizens of India since the communal ideology has come into power at theContinue Reading
Ernakulam: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah, winding up a three-day visit to Kerala on Sunday, gave a clear message to the state unit of the party—win the support of all non-Muslim minorities, especially Christians, and backward caste Hindus, in order to win more seats in the 2019 generalContinue Reading
The nation celebrated Mother Teresa’s canonization on October 19Continue Reading
Hyderabad: In order to protect the rights of minorities, the Minority Commission for the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on Friday released a draft bill to enable setting up of special courts for speedy trial of the cases like offences of atrocities against minorities, Dalits and other marginalized sections.Continue Reading
The directive came in the backdrop of lynching of Muslim near DelhiContinue Reading
New Delhi: Amid the outrage over Dadri lynching incident, the government today promised to protect safety and dignity of minorities and prevent them from becoming a victim of “narrow-minded politics” as it said the “politics of hatred” needed to be defeated through unity and harmony. The assurance was given byContinue Reading
