A total of 3,406 candidates contested 165 seats under the first-past-the-post system, while 3,135 candidates vied for the remaining 110 seats allocated through proportional representation. Nearly a third of all 3,400-odd candidates were under 40.
The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court ruled that a painting of the Holy Cross or a statue of Jesus Christ inside a home is not proof that a family has converted to Christianity.
Tribal mob vandalises Catholic chapel in Odisha village, families live in fear
Civil society organisations, church groups, and legal advocates, oppose Maharashtra’s proposed anti-conversion legislation.
Balendra Shah, a 35-year-old structural engineer and former rapper, is poised to become Nepal’s youngest-ever prime minister.
Authorities in Kashmir have extended security restrictions after large-scale protests followed reports of the assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Catholic bishops and Christian rights groups in have strongly condemned an alleged incident of racial abuse against three migrant women in New Delhi, describing it as a stain on the nation’s cultural heritage.
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court dismissed a Writ petition by Chellamanickam, who had sought a ‘No Caste, No Religion’ certificate from the Tahsildar of Thiruppathur Taluk in Sivagangai District.
The Allahabad High Court has ruled that Uttar Pradesh’s anti-conversion law cannot be used to prevent interfaith marriages or to criminalise live-in relationships between consenting adults of different religions.
Christian organizations in Chhattisgarh have welcomed the Supreme Court’s interim order halting forcible exhumation of tribal Christians’ bodies, describing it as “a victory for religious freedom and human dignity” while calling for strict implementation and accountability for past violations.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has informed the Supreme Court that it found no evidence of forced religious conversion in the 2022 suicide case of a Class XII student at a Christian missionary school in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu.
The head of the Catholic Church in Chhattisgarh has expressed concern after the country’s highest court declined to hear a challenge to local restrictions affecting Christian pastors and missionaries.
