ITANAGAR: Member of State of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM), Rinchen Lhamo told local media that the members of Chakma community of Arunachal Pradesh who have voter cards can avail the benefits of every scheme for minorities, be it Central or State. Lhamo told the reporters that her effort will be to create more […]
Guwahati: Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Parsis, Buddhists and Jains will be eligible for a certification that will state that they are bona fide minorities resident in Assam. The Assam Government on Sunday announced that minority communities in Assam will be given minority certification, according to local newspapers. Cabinet Minister Keshab Mahanta said that the government has […]
Students from the Northeast caught up in the Russian-Ukraine conflict are being rescued and flown back to their homes. As per media reports, 13 youngsters from Assam, 11 from Meghalaya, and four from Tripura are back on Indian soil. A report from Agartala says four Tripura students out of 32 reached India and 13 others […]
Dalit youths in Rajasthan are asserting their individuality by defying caste-based social conventions and taboos that robbed them of their dignity. For decades, bridegrooms from lower castes were forbidden to imitate the high castes, especially by riding a horse in wedding processions. The ‘logic’ apparently was that horse riding was symbolic of noble birth and […]
Catholic priests and nuns in Kerala have become pro-active about the ‘deliberate attempts’ to malign their image, but what’s beneath the surface? Taking serious note of the rising trend to defame the Church in mainstream media and social media platforms, priests and nuns have stopped playing the role of passive victims. Catholic officials in Kerala […]
Babies of Burmese refugees in India, may receive baptism, but Churches cannot give them baptism certificates. Christian parishes in the northeastern state of Mizoram have decided not to issue baptism certificates to refugee babies from Myanmar, because of a lack clear government policy on the status of refugees fleeing across the border from that conflict-torn […]
Dimapur: Nagaland is to have a National Career Service Centre for the Differently Abled (NCSC-DA). It will benefit an estimated 29,000 Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) in the northeastern state. The Industrial Training Institute (ITI) campus at Khushiabill, Dimapur will host the proposed centre. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the Nagaland government and […]
Apostolic Nuncio to India Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli was given a rousing welcome during his first visit to The Queen of Apostles Parish in the Kurji locality of Patna, the largest parish in Patna Archdiocese. A special escort of honour escorted the car carrying the Papal Nuncio from the Seva Kendra complex to the Queen of […]
The gloves are off now, Evangelical Christian prayer services attacked, pastors hauled up and questioned by the police, neighbours calling up the police and filing serious complaints, all happening in various small locations across the country. Is it the Hindu hardliners outrage against aggressive proselyting? Or is it stage one of a more ‘action packed’ […]
Last week in the district of Kandhamal in Odisha four families were kicked out of their own houses. The reason for this was their faith. Their houses were demolished and they were not allowed to access common public resources, such as the village well. Because of this hostile environment some of them had to flee […]
Christians in the Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh state are in a state of apprehension and fear, following repeated threats by self-styled Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) activists that they plan to demolish all ‘illegal’ churches in the district. Even though no serious incidents have been reported two days past the deadline, locals say that a […]
A tragic accident and death of a 14 year old student in a Jesuit run school in Williamnagar town of the North-eastern state of Meghalaya has caused a major stir in the Garo hills region. The incident took place on Tuesday September 24. Following protests, the principal of the school, Jesuit Father Melwyn Fernandes was […]
