Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge’s demand that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) register itself and disclose its finances has triggered a sustained exchange between Congress leaders and the RSS-BJP combine over the past week, playing out through letters, public remarks and social media posts.
Christian leaders in Arunachal Pradesh have welcomed an assurance from Chief Minister Pema Khandu that all religious communities will be consulted before the state moves ahead with implementing a long-pending anti-conversion law.
Higher education institutions across Uttar Pradesh have been instructed to establish special units aimed at addressing allegations of unlawful religious conversions on campus.
Odisha Police have registered a criminal case and formed a Special Investigation Team to probe the disappearance of two judicial commission reports from the state’s Chief Minister’s Office, including a crucial inquiry into the 2008 anti-Christian violence in Kandhamal district that left around 100 Christians dead, according to church and human rights organisations.
A Catholic-led housing project in Tamil Nadu has provided new homes for 12 impoverished Dalit families, offering security and dignity to people who had been living in unsafe and inadequate conditions.
A respected Bible teacher has challenged Christian leaders across Asia to place personal discipleship back at the centre of ministry, warning that organisational success should never replace investing in the spiritual growth of individuals.
The mortal remains of six persons, believed to be the Naga men who went missing on May 13 from Leilon Vaiphei village in Kangpokpi district, were recovered on Wednesday afternoon, June 10, from Karam Vaiphei in Kangpokpi district following an extensive search operation, Manipur Police announced.
Fourteen Kuki civilians held in Manipur’s Senapati district were released on Tuesday, June 9, and returned to Taphou Kuki village in Kangpokpi district after 27 days in captivity. The United Naga Council (UNC) and Naga civil society organisations (CSOs) facilitated the release. Six Naga men who went missing during the same cycle of violence remain untraced.
India’s Total Fertility Rate (TFR) has dropped to 1.9 children per woman, falling below the replacement level of 2.1 for the first time in the country’s recorded demographic history, according to the Sample Registration System (SRS) Statistical Report released by the Office of the Registrar General of India in May 2026.
The newly elected government in Kerala has pledged to move forward with welfare measures aimed at supporting economically and socially disadvantaged Christian communities, offering fresh hope to many who have awaited action for several years.
Three days before Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju stood at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on June 4 and declared that minorities in India enjoy “full freedom,” more than 200 people had gathered at the Constitution Club, less than three kilometres away, on June 1, to testify otherwise.
Attack on Loibol Khullen draws condemnation from CM, Deputy CM, legislators and multiple civil society bodies; Kuki organisations blame NSCN-IM and allied group, demand NIA probe
