The Indian government challenged the Supreme Court's legalisation of same-sex marriages because they are not comparable with the Indian family unit idea of “a husband, a wife and children."
In an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, around 93 former Indian civil officials from the Constitutional Conduct Group have urged him to take immediate steps to stop the surge in violence on Christians across the nation.
A group of Hindu nationalists shouted slogans, tore posters and took away books, disrupting the free distribution of copies of the Bible by Gideons International at the New Delhi World Book Fair this week.
The pastor and his wife were having a prayer session in a rented basement in Indirapuram, when a mob started a commotion and accused the couple of converting people to another religion.
More than 3,000 people in Jharkhand have signed a petition seeking justice for the late Jesuit Father Stan Swamy as well as other suspects in a sedition case.
Three suspects have been arrested by the Madhya Pradesh police in connection with a recent arson attack on a six-year-old Protestant church in the Narmadapuram district.
A 1,000-seater, six-year-old Protestant church in Madhya Pradesh’s Narmadapuram district was discovered severely burned on February 12.
The Supreme Court of India has ordered seven state governments to provide information on the steps their law enforcement departments took in response to alleged attacks on Christians and their institutions.
Tribal Christians in Chhattisgarh continue to suffer the aftermath of a series of brutal attacks resulting in more than 2,500 Christians becoming homeless and hundreds of homes being vandalised and looted.
The assertions that Christians are participating in the act of conversion were refuted by John Barla, Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs, who also maintained that the community has made enormous contributions to India's advancement.
Approximately 300 female protestors from 15 organisations gathered at Jantar Mantar on January 21 to express support for the villagers who had been the targets of planned attacks in Chhattisgarh.
The bishops' synod, the priests, and the laity in an archdiocese in Eastern rite Syro-Malabar Church have each maintained their stances in the ongoing attempt to establish a solution on the liturgy issue.
