<rss version="2.0" xml:base="https://www.christiantoday.co.in" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> <channel> <title>ChristianToday India | RSS</title> <link>/</link> <copyright>Copyright © 2026 christiantoday.co.in All rights reserved.</copyright> <description>Christian new on Christian Today</description> <language>en-gb</language> <atom:link href="https://www.christiantoday.co.in/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <item> <title><![CDATA[UK National Gets Bail in Maharashtra’s First Cases Under New Anti-Conversion Law]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/uk-national-gets-bail-in-maharashtras-first-cases-under-new-anti-conversion-law.html]]></link> <pubDate>2026-08-13 23:46:59</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[Devanur’s case is one of two registered so far under the Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Act, 2026, the first such cases anywhere in the state since the law took effect on August 1, days after being notified by the state government on July 31. Both cases were registered by Pune Police.]]></description> <author> Shireen Bhatia </author> <guid><![CDATA[https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/uk-national-gets-bail-in-maharashtras-first-cases-under-new-anti-conversion-law.html]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Home Minister Shah meets Christian delegations, calls FCRA Bill ‘religion-neutral’]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/home-minister-shah-meets-christian-delegations-calls-fcra-bill-religion-neutral.html]]></link> <pubDate>2026-08-08 13:09:24</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[Union Home Minister Amit Shah met two delegations of Christian leaders at the Parliament House complex on Thursday, August 6, in a bid to ease concerns over the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, ahead of its expected return to the Lok Sabha next week.]]></description> <author> Shireen Bhatia </author> <guid><![CDATA[https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/home-minister-shah-meets-christian-delegations-calls-fcra-bill-religion-neutral.html]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Maharashtra’s Anti-Conversion Law Comes Into Force, Christian Leaders and Opposition Voice Concern]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/maharashtras-anti-conversion-law-comes-into-force-christian-leaders-and-opposition-voice-concern.html]]></link> <pubDate>2026-08-04 21:32:36</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[The Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Act, 2026, has come into force after receiving the assent of President Droupadi Murmu, making Maharashtra the 13th Indian state to enact a law regulating religious conversions.]]></description> <author> Shireen Bhatia </author> <guid><![CDATA[https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/maharashtras-anti-conversion-law-comes-into-force-christian-leaders-and-opposition-voice-concern.html]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Assam Flood Toll Climbs to 87 as J&K Cloudburst Deaths Reach 31 and Fresh Red Alerts Hit the Northeast]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/assam-flood-toll-climbs-to-87-as-jk-cloudburst-deaths-reach-31-and-fresh-red-alerts-hit-the-northeast.html]]></link> <pubDate>2026-08-04 21:12:35</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[Assam’s flood death toll has risen to 87, up from the 68 this publication reported on July 27, after the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) recorded two more deaths in Sivasagar district over the past day. The population still affected has fallen sharply too, from 4,45,495 across six districts on July 27 to nearly 1.3 lakh across six districts now, as floodwaters recede through most of Upper Assam.]]></description> <author> Shireen Bhatia </author> <guid><![CDATA[https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/assam-flood-toll-climbs-to-87-as-jk-cloudburst-deaths-reach-31-and-fresh-red-alerts-hit-the-northeast.html]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Naga Village Guard Killed in Bitiang Gunfight, Protests Rock Manipur’s Noney District]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/naga-village-guard-killed-in-bitiang-gunfight-protests-rock-manipurs-noney-district.html]]></link> <pubDate>2026-07-31 20:16:20</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[A gunfight between security forces and armed volunteers at Bitiang village in Manipur’s Noney district left one Naga Village Guard (NVG) member dead and several people injured on Wednesday, July 29, triggering widespread protests and a shutdown call across Naga-inhabited areas.]]></description> <author> Shireen Bhatia </author> <guid><![CDATA[https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/naga-village-guard-killed-in-bitiang-gunfight-protests-rock-manipurs-noney-district.html]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Odisha Honours Anti-Conversion Hindu Leader as Report Cites Call for "Church-Free" State]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/odisha-honours-anti-conversion-hindu-leader-as-report-cites-call-for-church-free-state.html]]></link> <pubDate>2026-07-31 19:08:50</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[Odisha's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government paid tribute to a hardline Hindu leader long associated with campaigns against the Christian community on July 28, renaming a state medical college in his name and unveiling his biography at an event where, according to a local news report, speakers called for the state to be made "church-free" and demanded curbs on the activities of vidharmis, a Sanskrit-derived term literally meaning one of another faith or one opposed to dharma, traditionally t]]></description> <author> Shireen Bhatia </author> <guid><![CDATA[https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/odisha-honours-anti-conversion-hindu-leader-as-report-cites-call-for-church-free-state.html]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[AICU welcomes Justice Bhuyan’s remarks on constitutional liberty and minority rights]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/aicu-welcomes-justice-bhuyans-remarks-on-constitutional-liberty-and-minority-rights.html]]></link> <pubDate>2026-07-31 09:06:02</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[The All India Catholic Union (AICU) has welcomed remarks by Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan on constitutional liberty and the rights of minorities, delivered while he was giving the 4th Justice G.P. Singh Memorial Lecture at the National Law Institute University (NLIU), Bhopal, on 25 July.]]></description> <author> Shireen Bhatia </author> <guid><![CDATA[https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/aicu-welcomes-justice-bhuyans-remarks-on-constitutional-liberty-and-minority-rights.html]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Mizoram churches to march against FCRA Bill on August 11 amid mounting political opposition]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/mizoram-churches-to-march-against-fcra-bill-on-august-11-amid-mounting-political-opposition.html]]></link> <pubDate>2026-07-30 19:30:07</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[The Council of Churches in Mizoram (CCM) said on Thursday that its member churches would take to the streets of Aizawl on August 11, in what will be the first joint public show of dissent by the state’s Christian denominations against the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026.]]></description> <author> Shireen Bhatia </author> <guid><![CDATA[https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/mizoram-churches-to-march-against-fcra-bill-on-august-11-amid-mounting-political-opposition.html]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[SC Judge Ujjal Bhuyan Says Space for Dissent Shrinking in India, Cites Biryani Arrests and Gaza Protest Denial]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/sc-judge-ujjal-bhuyan-says-space-for-dissent-shrinking-in-india-cites-biryani-arrests-and-gaza-protest-denial.html]]></link> <pubDate>2026-07-28 18:54:36</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan said on Saturday, July 25, that the room for democratic dissent is narrowing in India, telling an audience at the National Law Institute University (NLIU), Bhopal, that students, activists and ordinary citizens are being turned into accused persons simply for taking to the streets or speaking their mind.]]></description> <author> Shireen Bhatia </author> <guid><![CDATA[https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/sc-judge-ujjal-bhuyan-says-space-for-dissent-shrinking-in-india-cites-biryani-arrests-and-gaza-protest-denial.html]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Assam Flood Toll at 68 as Monsoon Disasters Continue to Batter North and Northeast India]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/assam-flood-toll-at-68-as-monsoon-disasters-continue-to-batter-north-and-northeast-india.html]]></link> <pubDate>2026-07-28 13:01:09</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[Assam’s flood death toll was reported at 68 on Monday, July 27, with the ASDMA reporting no new fatalities in the preceding 24 hours. The authority’s bulletin counted 4,45,495 people still affected across six districts, Sivasagar, Golaghat, Charaideo, Jorhat, Nagaon and Kamrup (Metropolitan), down from Sunday’s 5.24 lakh across five districts, after two deaths in Charaideo had taken the toll to 68.]]></description> <author> Shireen Bhatia </author> <guid><![CDATA[https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/assam-flood-toll-at-68-as-monsoon-disasters-continue-to-batter-north-and-northeast-india.html]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Pradhan quits, CJP ends 36-day protest, but crackdown claims, a contested pellet-gun record and a Supreme Court plea keep it alive]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/pradhan-quits-cjp-ends-36-day-protest-but-crackdown-claims-a-contested-pellet-gun-record-and-a-supreme-court-plea-keep-it-alive.html]]></link> <pubDate>2026-07-28 12:30:02</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[The Cockroach Janta Party’s stand-off with the Modi government appeared to end on July 25, when Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned and CJP called off its 36-day protest at Jantar Mantar. Over the following days, the truce came under strain from several directions at once: CJP accused state governments of detaining protesters despite Centre assurances, a Bihar policeman was caught on video firing an AK-47, a police diary entry contradicted Delhi Police’s own public denial that p]]></description> <author> Shireen Bhatia </author> <guid><![CDATA[https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/pradhan-quits-cjp-ends-36-day-protest-but-crackdown-claims-a-contested-pellet-gun-record-and-a-supreme-court-plea-keep-it-alive.html]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Maharashtra sets up panel to examine ST benefits after religious conversion]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/maharashtra-sets-up-panel-to-examine-st-benefits-after-religious-conversion.html]]></link> <pubDate>2026-07-22 21:24:42</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[The Maharashtra government has constituted a 27-member committee to examine whether members of Scheduled Tribes (STs) who convert to another religion should continue to receive reservation and other government welfare benefits.]]></description> <author> Shireen Bhatia </author> <guid><![CDATA[https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/maharashtra-sets-up-panel-to-examine-st-benefits-after-religious-conversion.html]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[United Christian Forum Seeks Rijiju’s Intervention on FCRA Amendment Bill]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/united-christian-forum-seeks-rijijus-intervention-on-fcra-amendment-bill.html]]></link> <pubDate>2026-07-22 12:56:49</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[Toko Teki, UCF Spokesperson for the Northeast Region, called on Union Minister for Minority Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju in New Delhi on 21 July, Tuesday, and submitted a letter seeking the government’s intervention on the proposed Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026.]]></description> <author> Shireen Bhatia </author> <guid><![CDATA[https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/united-christian-forum-seeks-rijijus-intervention-on-fcra-amendment-bill.html]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[A Day After Detention, Rahul Gandhi And Opposition Turn Up In Parliament Wearing Black]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/a-day-after-detention-rahul-gandhi-and-opposition-turn-up-in-parliament-wearing-black.html]]></link> <pubDate>2026-07-22 12:27:04</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[A day after being detained outside the Prime Minister’s residence, Rahul Gandhi and Opposition MPs from the INDIA bloc turned up in Parliament on Wednesday wearing black, marking what they called a “Black Day” over alleged irregularities in NEET and the police action against protesting students.]]></description> <author> Shireen Bhatia </author> <guid><![CDATA[https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/a-day-after-detention-rahul-gandhi-and-opposition-turn-up-in-parliament-wearing-black.html]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[CJP protest turns into biggest test yet for Modi government as Parliament stalls, Wangchuk moved to hospital]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/cjp-protest-turns-into-biggest-test-yet-for-modi-government-as-parliament-stalls-wangchuk-moved-to-hospital.html]]></link> <pubDate>2026-07-22 11:31:14</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[The Cockroach Janta Party’s push to reach Parliament has left nearly 180 people injured, sent hunger-striking activist Sonam Wangchuk to hospital, and stalled two straight days of the Monsoon Session of the Parliament, with no resolution in sight as protesters returned to Jantar Mantar for a third day running on Wednesday, July 22.]]></description> <author> Shireen Bhatia </author> <guid><![CDATA[https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/cjp-protest-turns-into-biggest-test-yet-for-modi-government-as-parliament-stalls-wangchuk-moved-to-hospital.html]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Vande Mataram Bill, FCRA Amendment Listed for Monsoon Session Amid Church Concerns]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/vande-mataram-bill-fcra-amendment-listed-for-monsoon-session-amid-church-concerns.html]]></link> <pubDate>2026-07-18 19:19:43</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[The Union government has listed a bill to give the national song Vande Mataram the same statutory protection as the national anthem and the contentious Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 for the Monsoon Session of Parliament beginning July 20. The session will run till August 13.]]></description> <author> Shireen Bhatia </author> <guid><![CDATA[https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/vande-mataram-bill-fcra-amendment-listed-for-monsoon-session-amid-church-concerns.html]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Missionary surgeon who healed thousands in Jorhat, Dr Kenneth V. Dodgson, passes away at 100]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/missionary-surgeon-who-healed-thousands-in-jorhat-dr-kenneth-v-dodgson-passes-away-at-100.html]]></link> <pubDate>2026-07-18 17:24:47</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description> <author> Shireen Bhatia </author> <guid><![CDATA[https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/missionary-surgeon-who-healed-thousands-in-jorhat-dr-kenneth-v-dodgson-passes-away-at-100.html]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Odisha Panel Clears Way for Release of Graham Staines’ Killer After 26 Years]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/odisha-panel-clears-way-for-release-of-graham-staines-killer-after-26-years.html]]></link> <pubDate>2026-07-18 16:38:49</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[The Odisha State Sentence Review Board has recommended the release of Dara Singh, the prime convict in the 1999 murder of Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two young sons, on grounds of “good behaviour.” ]]></description> <author> Shireen Bhatia </author> <guid><![CDATA[https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/odisha-panel-clears-way-for-release-of-graham-staines-killer-after-26-years.html]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[A Meme, a Minister and a Man on the Brink]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/a-meme-a-minister-and-a-man-on-the-brink.html]]></link> <pubDate>2026-07-18 15:56:28</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[Sonam Wangchuk was taken off his hunger strike by force early Saturday morning, 21 days after he began it, as Delhi Police moved into Jantar Mantar before dawn and shifted him to Safdarjung Hospital.]]></description> <author> Shireen Bhatia </author> <guid><![CDATA[https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/a-meme-a-minister-and-a-man-on-the-brink.html]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Rev. Khoda Tana, Nyishi Baptist pioneer and early Arunachal statesman, dies at 82]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/rev-khoda-tana-nyishi-baptist-pioneer-and-early-arunachal-statesman-dies-at-82.html]]></link> <pubDate>2026-07-13 19:45:43</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description> <author> Shireen Bhatia </author> <guid><![CDATA[https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/rev-khoda-tana-nyishi-baptist-pioneer-and-early-arunachal-statesman-dies-at-82.html]]></guid> </item> </channel></rss>