The committee tasked with drafting Madhya Pradesh’s Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is set to submit its final report to Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav within the next one or two days, with its mandated 60-day period now complete.
Christian denominations across India came together on Sunday, 28 June, to observe a National Day of Prayer and Fasting against the proposed Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, with the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI), the National Council of Churches in India (NCCI) and the Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI) all calling on their members to take part, alongside the Joint Action Forum on Minorities (JAFM), which coordinated the day at a national level.
The Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI) held a service of thanksgiving, farewell and commissioning at the EFI Northeast Centre at Guwahati today, honouring the service of Rev. T. P. Mordecai and commissioning Rev. Dr. Aowabang Ozüküm as the new Associate Secretary for Northeast India.
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari is set to make a statement on the proposed Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill, 2026, in the state Assembly on Monday, June 29, as the government moves to introduce a clutch of legislations during the ongoing Budget session.
A 22-year-old Christian man was shot dead at his home in Muridke after his family endured two days of escalating threats that began with an unresolved wage dispute at a shoe factory.
An Additional Sessions Court in Lahore has acquitted a blind Christian man, Nadeem Masih, of a blasphemy charge that carried a mandatory death sentence, ending nearly ten months of imprisonment that began with a dispute over his livelihood at a public park.
A circular issued by the Chhattisgarh School Education Department making the recitation of Hindu mantras and prayers compulsory in government schools has triggered protests from tribal organisations, Christian bodies and the Opposition Congress, and drawn a legal challenge in the Chhattisgarh High Court, within weeks of its release.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, said that an Indian passport is a travel document and not a document of citizenship, a clarification that has since drawn sharp reactions from the Opposition and reignited debate over what documents can establish citizenship in India.
Leaders from the Kuki-Zo community in Manipur have publicly apologised for the killing of six Naga civilians, expressing hope that the gesture will help ease tensions and bring an end to an ongoing economic blockade affecting their communities.
India is among just six countries worldwide with a "very high" score for religion related social hostilities in 2023, according to a new Pew Research Center study, with the year's communal violence in Manipur featuring among the incidents the report cites for the country.
NGOs and associations in India will face a far stricter set of conditions for receiving and spending money from abroad, after the Union Ministry of Home Affairs notified amendments to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Rules late on Monday, June 22.
Catholic leaders in Kerala have expressed concern over a government proposal to reduce taxes on low-alcohol drinks, warning that the move could encourage greater alcohol consumption and create new social challenges.
