Long legal battle to preserve CMC Vellore’s admission process ends While CMC Vellore seems to have no immediate plans to seek a review, the Supreme Court order may impact the Tamil Nadu government’s long-standing demand for exemption from NEET. Written by Arun Janardhanan | Chennai | Updated: April 30, 2020 9:57:23 am Christian Medical College, […]
M.G.DEVASAHAYAM | 29 APRIL, 2020 Christians in Tamil Nadu Targeted Over Covid Positive Doctor Burial Hate campaign With the Gulf-pushback, Sangh Parivar’s merciless Muslim-bashing seem to have hit a rock. The nation-wide, intense anti-CAA agitation had come as a major setback and on its heels came the health pandemic Covid-19 from across the shores after […]
Christian boldly confronts fanatics, Himachal Pradesh. “The wicked flee when no one is pursuing, but the righteous are bold as a lion. “Proverbs 28:1. A Christian’s life must be worthy of the gospel so that when Jesus Christ returns, he may find us standing firm, unafraid of our enemies. That is the power of God […]
India receives harshest rating from U.S. government watchdog in religious freedom report Police officers detain students in New Delhi who were protesting a citizenship law and violence by police on Dec. 27. (Manish Swarup/AP) By Michelle Boorstein, Joanna Slater and Carol Morello April 28, 2020 at 8:39 p.m. GMT+5:30 A U.S. government watchdog group on […]
Daughter of Martyr shot at, Jharkhand. Armed men shoot at the daughter of Chamu Purty, who was shot dead by Naxalites in 2015. Sonamati and her family hail from a village called Sandigaon which features in Kunti, a district in the Indian State of Jharkhand. She holds a job as a teacher to support her […]
Priest arrested for “lockdown violation,” Odisha Catholics allege harassment April 25, 2020 Matters India India_MattersIndia-Fr Dhiren Nayak By Purushottam Nayak Bhubaneswar, April 25, 2020: Catholics of Odisha’s Berhampur diocese say their Christian identity could invite harassment citing the recent arrest of a priest who allegedly broke lockdown rules. According to Jitendra Nayak, pastoral council secretary […]
ESCALATING PERSECUTION AMIDST LOCKDOWN, CHHATTISGARH. Local villagers turned against a Christian family because they did not attend a religious function and threatened to boycott them if they did not forsake Christianity. Mangdu Malkami and his family live in a village which is located in the Sukma District of Chhattisgarh, a state in Central India. In the […]
India, COVID-19, and Religious Freedom 04/22/20 John StonestreetDavid Carlson When a recent outbreak of COVID-19 in India was linked to a large Muslim gathering in Delhi, Hindu nationalists took the opportunity to scapegoat all Muslims and further restrict religious freedom. Except, that is, in the southern Indian state of Kerala, where officials worked with Muslim […]
Evangelist falsely accused of witchcraft, Odisha. An Evangelist and his family were wrongly blamed for the death of a 20-year-old boy by his family and falsely accused of witchcraft by the local villagers. Evangelist Dikisha lives in a small village in the Gajapali district of the Indian state of Odisha. He and his family faithfully […]
Caste Aside: India’s Christians Forced to Face Virus April 16, 2020 By Tony Perkins The street was a sea of debris. To any passerby, it would’ve looked like a bomb had exploded. In the shadow of jagged buildings, where entire walls had come tumbling down, the ground was a pile of rubble, bricks, and shattered […]