Indian Christians
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Constitution Amendment Bill 2026: The architecture, arithmetic of exclusion
The framers of the Indian Constitution deliberately bequeathed a document that was “silently pluralistic,” avoiding the rigid, often incendiary, ethnic categorisations found in other postcolonial charters. Instead, they opted for a functional,…
- India
Catholic union seeks complete withdrawal of FCRA amendment bill
New Delhi: The All India Catholic Union demanded the complete withdrawal of the FCRA amendment bill and said the Christian community “cannot be fully satisfied” until it is scrapped entirely. The union…
- India
No prior permission needed for religious meetings at home: Chhattisgarh HC
Raipur: No prior permission is required to organise religious prayer meetings at homes, provided no law is violated, the Chhattisgarh High Court ruled. A single bench of Justice Naresh Kumar Chandravanshi made the…
- India
Chhattisgarh: Christian youth assaulted, forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’
Rajpur: A Christian youth in Chhattisgarh‘s Janjgir-Champa district was allegedly assaulted by a group of Hindutva men who forced him to chant religious slogans. A video of the incident surfaced on social media…
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Bihar: Students harass nun using sexually derogatory language
Jamui: A Catholic nun in Bihar’s Jamui was harassed by a group of male students who hurled sexually explicit remarks at her while filming the encounter. The youth made crude references to…
- India
Odisha: Pastor beaten, paraded, forced to eat cow dung by right-wing mob
Bhubaneswar: A Christian pastor was assaulted, paraded with a garland of shoes and forced to eat cow dung on suspicion of religious conversion in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district on January 4. The pastor…
- India
MP: BJP worker harasses visually impaired woman during Christmas event
A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) councillor in Madhya Pradesh‘s Jabalpur allegedly used dehumanising remarks against a visually impaired woman attending a Christmas event, saying she would remain blind in her next birth…
- India
UP government orders schools to remain open on Christmas
Lucknow: Schools in Uttar Pradesh will remain open during Christmas this year, after the state government announced the day will instead be celebrated to mark the birth centenary of the co-founder of…
- India
Hindutva mob attack Christian missionary group in Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir: A Hindutva mob attacked a group of Christian missionaries from Tamil Nadu while praying with a Christian family in Kathua district, accusing them of forced conversions as police officers…
- India
Haryana villagers forced to burn Bible as mob chants Jai Shri Ram slogans
Haryana: Several Christian villagers in Rohtak district of Haryana were forced to burn their religious books in front of everyone, while a Hindutva outfit terrorised and abused them. The visuals of the…
- India
India witnessed violent attacks on minorities in 2023: US govt report
There have been violent attacks on minorities, especially Muslims and Christians, including killings, assaults, discrimination, and vandalism of places of worship in India, Reuters reported, citing the US State Department’s 2023 religious…
- India
Chennai cop suspended for asking Christians, Muslims to leave country
Chennai city police commissioner, Sandeep Rai Rathore, on Monday, August 7, suspended a traffic inspector for his comments against Muslims and Christians of India. The traffic police officer, identified as P Rajendran,…
