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- India
Church demolished in Chhattisgarh over encroachment accusations
A building that was formerly a church was demolished in Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh district. The demolition took place after a public threat by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Anshu Tuneja on December 29…
- India
VHP protests outside church with havan and kirtan in Haryana
Right-wing outfit Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) staged a provocative demonstration outside a local church in Fatehpuri Colony in Haryana’s Rohtak city. On January 5, during a Sunday prayer meeting inside the church,…
- India
Meghalaya police book YouTuber for chanting religious slogans inside church
Meghalaya police have registered a case against a YouTuber and social media influencer Akash Sagar, after he uploaded a video of himself singing the song “Ram Siya Ram” inside a church amid…
- India
Crowd disrupts Christmas celebrations at historic Church with ‘Hare Krishna’ chants
In yet another instance of growing intolerance towards minorities, a large crowd of Hindus gathered outside a renowned Roman Catholic Church located in the heart of Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow on Christmas and…
- Featured News
Hyderabad: St. John’s Anglican Church, A living testament to cosmopolitan culture
Amidst the bustling streets of East Marredpally in Secunderabad stands the stately Church of St. John’s the Baptist, a landmark steeped in over two centuries of history. Built in 1813, this structure…
- India
Waqf bill sparks concern among MPs over minority rights
New Delhi: Christians should take an in-principle stand on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill as it affects the rights of minorities as enshrined in the Constitution, MPs from the community are learnt to…
- India
Waqf land: Church calls for Govt action amid escalating protests in Kerala
Kochi: The ongoing protests in Munambam in Kerala’s Ernakulam district over the Waqf land claim have intensified, with the influential Syro-Malabar Church organising solidarity events across 1,000 churches in the state on…
- India
Supreme head of Jacobite Syrian Christian Church Mor Baselios Thomas I passes away
Kochi: The supreme head of the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church, Mor Baselios Thomas I, who was ailing for a long time, breathed his last at a hospital here on Thursday evening. He…
- India
UP: Church built on forest land demolished in Mirzapur
A church and another building were demolished by district authorities in Uttar Pradesh’s Mirzapur district citing illegal construction on forest land. The demolition was carried out in the presence of police. According…
- Kerala
Kerala: Row erupts over demand by students to offer namaz in church-run college
Kochi: A row has erupted in Kerala over a section of students protesting the denial of permission to perform ‘namaz’ inside the premises of a church-run college at Muvattupuzha near here, which…
- India
Miscreants loot church, attack 2 priests in Odisha’s Sundergarh district
Rourkela: Unidentified miscreants physically assaulted two priests and looted Rs 10 lakh from a catholic church in Odisha’s Sundergarh district, police said on Saturday. Sub-Divisional Police Officer (Rourkela Zone 3) Nirmal Chandra…
- India
Church threatens to oust priests over non-compliance with uniform Holy Mass directive
Kochi: The Syro-Malabar Church has threatened to oust from the Catholic Church those priests who do not comply with its directive to celebrate a uniform Holy Mass in the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese starting…
- Middle East
South Indian Church to open next to BAPS Hindu Temple in Abu Dhabi
The Church of South India (CSI) Parish’s new facility in Abu Dhabi is set to be inaugurated with a soft opening ceremony on Sunday, Khaleej Times reported. The new CSI church, which…
- World
Stabbing at Sydney church a ‘terrorist act’: Australian police
Sydney: Australian police are treating a stabbing at a Sydney church as a terrorist attack, New South Wales Police Commissioner Karen Webb said on Tuesday. Police were called to Christ The Good…
- World
Sydney church stabbing: Teenager arrested amid tension, violence in area
Sydney: A 15-year-old boy has been arrested after a bishop and several worshippers were stabbed in a Sydney church on Monday, reports said. At least four people were stabbed in the attack…
