The Vishwa Hindu Parishad has issued a controversial appeal asking Hindus to boycott Christmas celebrations, targeting not only individuals but also shopkeepers, shopping malls and schools that observe the Christian festival.
A mob attacked Christian tribals and manhandled police in Gram Panchayat Bade Tevda, Kanker district, on 17 December, demanding exhumation of a body buried a day earlier according to Christian rites.
The management of Seventh-day Adventist Higher Secondary School in Ahmedabad’s Maninagar area has approached the Gujarat High Court challenging the state government’s decision to take over the institution’s administration.
A particularly moving moment came when the young participants led the dignitaries to the stage, a gesture that resonated with everyone present.
Fresh incidents of harassment and arrests linked to allegations of religious conversion were reported across northern India on recent Sundays, with police detaining at least a dozen Christians in separate cases, church representatives said.
The Allahabad High Court in Uttar Pradesh has ordered the state government to take firm action against people who convert to Christianity but continue to claim benefits reserved for Scheduled Castes.
The research, conducted over six years by Sciences Po’s Centre for International Studies and The Caravan magazine, represents the first comprehensive mapping of the RSS’s global reach.
The High Court of Madhya Pradesh has cleared privately managed schools, including several run by Christian churches, of allegations that they charged excessive fees.
Tribal Christian leaders in north-eastern state of Manipur have appealed to President Droupadi Murmu to take urgent steps to restore peace and support rehabilitation efforts following prolonged sectarian violence.
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal challenging a recent state court order that temporarily restored land rights to around 600 families in Kerala, most of them Catholics.
The action follows an investigation into large-scale misappropriation of tuition fees and ancillary charges collected from students of Good Shepherd Schools, operated across India by the OM India group, as well as government-funded RTE and scholarship amounts between 2011-12 and 2017-18.
India has confirmed that its long-awaited national census will be carried out in two stages between 2026 and 2027, marking the country’s first fully digital population survey. With an estimated 1.47 billion people, it will be one of the largest census operations in the world.
