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New AICU President Chinnappan Sets Out Agenda on Unity, Women’s Leadership and Constitutional Rights

A Chinnappan has taken charge as National President of the All India Catholic Union (AICU), having been elected to the post at the body’s Annual General Meeting held in New Delhi in August 2026. He has now put forward a broad set of priorities for his term at the head of the 107 year old organisation, according to a press statement issued by the AICU to media houses, a copy of which is available with Christian Today India.

Indian Christian Bodies Express Grief, Solidarity with Nepal After Deadly Glacier Flood

Shireen Bhatia

Christian organisations across India have expressed grief and solidarity with the people of Nepal following the catastrophic floods that struck the Trishuli river basin on August 26, 2026, killing hundreds and leaving thousands missing on both sides of the Nepal-China border.
Death toll crosses 768 in Nepal floods, nearly 2,500 still missing as churches push relief into cut-off valleys

Shireen Bhatia

Four days after flash floods tore through the Nepal-Tibet border region, the death toll in Nepal has climbed to 768. Another 2,498 people are still listed as missing, according to a Nepal Police bulletin issued at 11 am on Sunday, 30 August. Across the border in Tibet’s Shigatse region, Chinese authorities have confirmed 16 dead and 546 missing.
AICU Elects A. Chinnappan National President, Alexander Anthony Vice President

Shireen Bhatia

The All India Catholic Union, the oldest Catholic laity body in South and Southeast Asia, elected A. Chinnappan of Delhi as its national president and Alexander Anthony of Kolkata as its national vice president for the 2026-2028 term on August 23, the second and concluding day of its 72nd Annual General Body Meeting held at Don Bosco Provincial House, Okhla, New Delhi.
Missionary surgeon who healed thousands in Jorhat, Dr Kenneth V. Dodgson, passes away at 100

Shireen Bhatia

Dr Kenneth V. Dodgson, the American medical missionary who spent nearly a quarter of a century at the Jorhat Christian Medical Centre (JCMC) in Assam, passed away on 12 July at the age of 100, four months after his birth centenary celebrations.
Rev. Khoda Tana, Nyishi Baptist pioneer and early Arunachal statesman, dies at 82

Shireen Bhatia

Rev. Khoda Tana, a founding-generation figure of the Christian faith among the Nyishi, the largest tribal community in Arunachal Pradesh, died on July 11 of natural causes. He was 82.
Two Churches Washed Away as Flash Floods Cripple Border Town in Arunachal Pradesh

Shireen Bhatia

A heavy flood struck Parsi Parlo Town in Kurung Kumey district of Arunachal Pradesh around 1 a.m. on Monday, 13 July, devastating the Parsi Parlo Town Baptist Church and the Parsi Parlo Prayer House of the Nyishi Baptist Church Council (NBCC), and sweeping away a Catholic church an hour later, as flash floods crippled the remote border town and cut off road connectivity to the district headquarters.
Churches Across India Observe National Day of Prayer Against FCRA Amendment Bill, CBCI, NCCI and EFI Join Call

Shireen Bhatia

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.
EFI Honours Rev. T. P. Mordecai, Commissions Rev. Dr. Aowabang Ozüküm as Associate Secretary for Northeast India

Shireen Bhatia

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.
St Stephen’s to Get Its First Woman Principal Amid Delhi University Standoff

Shireen Bhatia

St Stephen’s College will proceed with the appointment of Professor Susan Elias as its 14th principal on June 1, relying on its status as a Christian minority institution even as the University of Delhi has asked it to halt the process.
Baptist Church, Government Join Hands to Fight Drug Menace in Meghalaya’s Garo Hills

Shireen Bhatia

The Baptist Church in West Garo Hills has offered its premises in Tura for a government rehabilitation centre, as Meghalaya’s anti-drug mission steps up efforts to tackle the state’s growing substance abuse crisis in partnership with faith-based institutions.
Chhattisgarh Christians March in Defiance as Anti-Conversion Law Takes Effect

Shireen Bhatia

Christians from across Bastar division packed City Ground in Jagdalpur on April 13, marched through the town in a show of defiance, and submitted a memorandum addressed to the Governor and the President of India

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New AICU President Chinnappan Sets Out Agenda on Unity, Women’s Leadership and Constitutional Rights

Indian Christian Bodies Express Grief, Solidarity with Nepal After Deadly Glacier Flood

Death toll crosses 768 in Nepal floods, nearly 2,500 still missing as churches push relief into cut-off valleys

AICU Elects A. Chinnappan National President, Alexander Anthony Vice President

Missionary surgeon who healed thousands in Jorhat, Dr Kenneth V. Dodgson, passes away at 100

Rev. Khoda Tana, Nyishi Baptist pioneer and early Arunachal statesman, dies at 82

Two Churches Washed Away as Flash Floods Cripple Border Town in Arunachal Pradesh

Churches Across India Observe National Day of Prayer Against FCRA Amendment Bill, CBCI, NCCI and EFI Join Call

EFI Honours Rev. T. P. Mordecai, Commissions Rev. Dr. Aowabang Ozüküm as Associate Secretary for Northeast India

St Stephen’s to Get Its First Woman Principal Amid Delhi University Standoff

Baptist Church, Government Join Hands to Fight Drug Menace in Meghalaya’s Garo Hills

Chhattisgarh Christians March in Defiance as Anti-Conversion Law Takes Effect

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