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Hyderabad, Apr 2 (UNI) Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday remembered the sacrifices and courage displayed by Jesus Christ on the eve of Good Friday. In a message, the Chief Minister wished that love, grace and blessings of Lord Jesus would be bestowed upon people. The message of peace, compassion, service to mankind, kindness, and brotherhood taught by Christ will continue to inspire the entire humanity forever, the CM said. He expressed his hope that all Christian brothers and sisters would observe Good Friday with deep devotion, reverence and also remember Jesus Christ sacrifice.
Chennai, Apr 2 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday strongly condemned the proposed amendment to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act and alleged it was a direct attack on Christian NGOs, churches and other minority institutions. Stalin, also the president of the ruling DMK, said: "I strongly condemn the Foreign Contribution Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2026, proposed by the Union BJP Government, which is a direct attack on Christian NGOs, Churches and other minority institutions. After attempts to take over Waqf properties, the Union BJP Government is now moving to cho ...Read More >
Itanagar, Jun 7 (PTI) The flood situation in Arunachal Pradesh improved on Saturday with water levels of most rivers receding, even as 33,000 people in 24 districts remained affected, officials said. Twelve people lost their lives and one person went missing in rain-related incidents, including landslides, after the monsoon set in, they said. In its daily report, the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) said 33,200 people in 215 villages remained affected due to floods and landslides in the state. The water levels of most major rivers and their tributaries were showing a receding trend o ...Read More >
Jhansi: A bomb threat delayed the Durg-bound Chhattisgarh Sampark Kranti Express on Friday night, when it was halted at Virangana Laxmibai Jhansi railway station for nearly an hour. The threat turned out to be a hoax, and the train resumed its journey after a thorough inspection. According to SP, GRP, Vipul Srivastav, after the train left Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station in Delhi around 6pm on Friday, a call was recieved at the railway helpline 139, claiming that a bomb had been planted in a sleeper coach of the train. The railway control room in Lucknow started preparations for search of the ...Read More >
Hyderabad, July 18 (UNI) In view of the ongoing heavy rains in Hyderabad, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has directed all concerned departments to stay on high alert and ensure swift response to public grievances. The Chief Minister instructed officials from GHMC, HMDA, Water Works, Electricity, and Police departments to work in close coordination to prevent any rain-related disruptions. He also emphasised the need for immediate action in areas facing waterlogging, power outages, or other rain-induced issues. CM Revanth Reddy further directed the deployment of SDRF, NDRF, Hydra teams, and ot ...Read More >
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 season has barely begun, but it has already delivered its first major controversy. Following Kolkata Knight Riders' (KKR) six-wicket defeat to Mumbai Indians (MI) at the Wankhede Stadium, a pointed remark from captain Ajinkya Rahane has triggered a wider debate - forcing Cricket Australia (CA) to step in with a clarification. At the centre of the storm is Cameron Green, KKR's high-profile signing worth INR 25.20 crore, who did not bowl a single over despite MI's dominant chase of 220. KKR seemed in control after posting a commanding 220/4, but the script ...Read More >
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has urged the Union government to withdraw the proposed amendments to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), alleging that the changes unfairly target minority-run institutions, particularly Christian charities and churches. In a statement, Stalin criticised the BJP-led Central government, calling the proposed amendments a "direct assault" on minority communities. He said the move would restrict the financial lifeline of several charitable organisations that rely on foreign funding for education, healthcare, and welfare activities. Accor ...Read More >
Kolkata: Devotees across India observed Good Friday with solemn prayers and religious processions, marking the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. At the Motherhouse of the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata, devotees gathered to offer prayers and participate in special services conducted to commemorate the day. Meanwhile, in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, thousands of devotees took part in the traditional 'Way of the Cross' procession, a ritual retracing the path of Christ's journey to Calvary. The Way of the Cross, also known as the Stations of the Cross (Via Crucis or Via Dolorosa), is a Catholic devo ...Read More >
Karachi-born Shane Sabastian Pereira entered India to live in his ancestral village in Goa just four months after his birth, but it has taken him 43 years to obtain Indian citizenship. IMAGE: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant hands over the Indian citizenship certificate to the Karachi-born Shane Sabastian Pereira. Photograph: @DrPramodPSawant/X Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday handed over the Indian citizenship certificate to the Pakistan-born Christian man under the Citizenship (Ame ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 19 (PTI) India is a secular nation and minorities are safest in this country, Union minister Kiren Rijiju has said, asserting that minorities are enjoying absolute freedom and protection because of the Hindu majority. In an interview with PTI Videos, the Minority Affairs Minister said he has not come across a single case where a member of the minority community is willing to migrate out of India because of being deprived of anything in the country. He accused "the Left ecosystem backed by the Congress party" of running a relentless campaign that minorities are being "tortured, ...Read More >
Kochi (AsiaNews) - The controversy began after St. Rita's Public School in Palluruthy, run by the Latin Catholic Church, refused to allow a student to wear the hijab. In the days that followed, referring to Muslim organisations, an editorial in the Catholic daily Deepika said: 'Those who asked for prayer rooms in Christian schools have now come forward to claim the right to wear the hijab.' This has led to harsh criticism, a sign of the interreligious tension that the affair is causing in Kerala. The student at the centre of the hijab controversy in Kerala has finally decided to leave school. ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Thursday strongly condemned the proposed amendment to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act and alleged it was a direct attack on Christian NGOs, churches and other minority institutions. Stalin, also the president of the ruling DMK, said: "I strongly condemn the Foreign Contribution Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2026, proposed by the Union BJP Government, which is a direct attack on Christian NGOs, Churches and other minority institutions. After attempts to take over Waqf properties, the Union BJP Government is now moving to choke foreign fu ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 3 (ANI): Devotees across India observed Good Friday with solemn prayers and religious processions, marking the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. At the Motherhouse of the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata, devotees gathered to offer prayers and participate in special services conducted to commemorate the day. Also Read | Good Friday 2026 Message: PM Narendra Modi Pays Tribute to Jesus Christ's Sacrifice, Calls for Harmony and Compassion in Society. Meanwhile, in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, thousands of devotees took part in the traditional 'Way of the Cross' pr ...Read More >
Panaji, Dec 10 (PTI) Karachi-born Shane Sabastian Pereira entered India to live in his ancestral village in Goa just four months after his birth, but it has taken him 43 years to obtain Indian citizenship. Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday handed over the Indian citizenship certificate to the Pakistan-born Christian man under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. Shane is the second person from the coastal state to receive the certificate, after Joseph Francis Pereira, another Pakistani citizen who was granted Indian citizenship in August this year. Shane, originally from Demello Wado ...Read More >
MADURAI: Likening the custodial murder of Ajith Kumar in Tiruppuvanam to an 'organised crime by police where the state kills its own citizens,' Madras high court lambasted the Tamil Nadu police and said the action against the perpetrators should be more stringent than in normal murder cases.A division bench of Justice S M Subramaniam and Justice A D Maria Clete pointed to 44 external injuries on the person of Ajith Kumar and said no part of the body was spared by the delinquent cops. "Even an ordinary murderer would not have inflicted such kind of injuries," the bench said on Tuesday.The natur ...Read More >
New Delhi: The death sentence of Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya, who was sentenced to death in Yemen, has been postponed for the time being. She was to be executed by shooting today, July 16. According to media reports, activist groups and influential religious leaders intervened in the matter, after which the death sentence of Nimisha Priya was postponed. Earlier, many efforts were also made at the diplomatic level to save Nimisha from the death penalty. There is also news that the victim's family has not yet agreed to clemency or blood money. As a last-ditch effort to save her, Kanthapuram A. ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) The Supreme Court has said money cannot be recovered by filing an FIR and seeking help of police as it quashed a cheating case against the producer of Bollywood movie "Tanu Weds Manu". A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan expressed displeasure over the approach of the Allahabad High Court in dealing with the petition of producer Shailesh R Singh for quashing of the FIR against him by complainant Kunal Jain. "Money cannot be recovered, more particularly, in a civil dispute between the parties by filing a first information report and seeking the help of the ...Read More >
Patna, Aug 1 (PTI) Healthcare services were affected at AIIMS-Patna on Friday as resident doctors went on an "indefinite strike" in protest against the alleged high-handedness of Sheohar MLA Chetan Anand. According to a press statement issued by the Resident Doctors' Association (RDA), AIIMS-Patna, on Friday, "The RDA expresses deep disappointment and anguish over the lack of action by the administration following the violent and traumatic incident that occurred on Wednesday, when MLA Chetan Anand, his wife and their armed guards breached hospital security, physically assaulted staff, and thr ...Read More >
A special court in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur district has granted bail to two nuns from Kerala and one other person. They were arrested on charges of human trafficking and forced religious conversion following a complaint by a Bajrang Dal functionary. The court's decision came after a hearing where the prosecution did not request custody for interrogation. A special court in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur district on Saturday granted bail to three persons, including two nuns from Kerala, arrested on char ...Read More >
The RBI bank holiday calendar will be followed by all public and private sector banks, including SBI, PNB, BOI, HDFC, ICICI, Axis Bank and others. Check out the full list of bank holidays this week: I. March 30: The banks will observe a holiday due to Mahavir Jayanti in Karnataka. II. March 31: Banks in Ahmedabad, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, New Delhi, Bihar, and Jharkhand will observe a holiday due to Mahavir Janmakalyanak/Mahavir Jayanti. ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, April 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday launched a sharp political offensive in Kerala, alleging that "not even God is safe in God's Own Country", as he accused both the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the United Democratic Front (UDF) of corruption and appeasement politics. Campaigning for NDA candidate Vatsala Prasanna Kumari in Paravur, Singh invoked a Biblical analogy, saying Judas betrayed Jesus for silver coins, and alleged that the LDF had "betrayed Lord Ayyappa for gold". He further claimed that those responsible for the alleged gold t ...Read More >
Imphal (Manipur) [India], April 3 (ANI): Good Friday was observed at MBC Centre Church in Imphal on Friday, with special prayers and worship services marking the day that commemorates the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Speaking to ANI, Pastor Rev. Zuankamang Daimai said that Good Friday is one of the most significant days for Christians, as it marks the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, who sacrificed His life for the sins of humanity. Also Read | Delhi Police Files FIR Over Alleged FSSAI Document Tampering, Seeks X Account Details in Defamation Probe. He informed that the church organised a special ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 18: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday said that if a person belonging to a religion other than Hinduism, Buddhism or Sikhism has obtained a Scheduled Caste certificate fraudulently, it will be cancelled. Action will be taken against such a person if he or she has secured reservation benefits, such as government jobs. If such a person has won an election using a fraudulently obtained SC certificate, their election will be declared null and void, Fadnavis said in the legislative council. Replying to a calling attention motion, he also said the state governmen ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 5 (ANI): On the occasion of Teachers Day, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday congratulated two teachers of his state who were honoured by President Droupadi Murmu with the National Teachers Award, 2025. The two teachers, Principal Manjubala of Rajkiya Prathmik Vidyalaya Churani and Training Officer Manish Mamgain of National Skill Training Institute (NSTI), Dehradun, were honoured for their outstanding contributions to education and skill development. In a post on social media X, CM Dhami, while applauding both the teachers, stated that they ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Sep 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Questioning the categorisation of castes within the Christian community by the Congress-led government in Karnataka, the state unit of BJP urged the government to provide immediate answers on whether there are multiple castes in Christian community and questioned if it was done to promote conversions to Christianity and to break Hindu community. Speaking to the media at BJP State Office Jagannath Bhavan in Bengaluru on Friday, the opposition party's chief whip ...Read More >
The BJP slammed Akhilesh Yadav for his remarks, saying that he has a "problem when Ayodhya is shining". ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav questioned government's spending on Diwali celebrations * Yadav suggested India should learn from global cities that illuminate for months during Christmas * BJP criticised Yadav, citing past violence against devotees under Samajwadi Party rule in UP Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Swi ...Read More >
New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, March 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) The proposed amendments to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) have snowballed into a major political flashpoint in Kerala ahead of the Assembly elections, with Church leaders and the Congress raising strong objections, even as the Centre firmly rejected allegations of targeting minorities. Supreme head of the Orthodox Church Baselios Marthoma Mathews III Catholicos led the criticism from the Christian community, warning that the amendments could "suffocate" the functioning of churches and disrupt long-standing social servic ...Read More >
Thiruvalla | Kottayam | Pala: While BJP is making an ambitious electoral outreach in central Kerala, which comprises major Christian belts, the party is also facing tricky curves in fully gaining the confidence of the minority community it has been wooing for some time now. The proposed amendment to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) has emerged as the latest sticking point, with sections of the Church questioning its intent. The Left-led LDF and Congress-led UDF, already cautious about BJP's overtures to the Christian community through engagement with Church heads and Christian ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 3 (ANI): Devotees across India observed Good Friday with solemn prayers and religious processions, marking the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. At the Motherhouse of the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata, devotees gathered to offer prayers and participate in special services conducted to commemorate the day. Meanwhile, in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, thousands of devotees took part in the traditional 'Way of the Cross' procession, a ritual retracing the path of Christ's journey to Calvary. The Way of the Cross, also known as the Stations of the Cross (Via Cruci ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 7 (ANI): Assam Legislative Assembly Deputy Speaker and senior BJP leader Numal Momin has launched a sharp attack on the Congress, alleging that 'terrorism and atrocities' against the tribal people was prevalent in Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR), Dima Hasao and Karbi Anglong during their reign. He said that the Congress party had used the tribal people, minority community and Adivasi tea tribe people as their vote banks for years after years, but did nothing for the welfare and development of these people. Continuing his attacks, Momin said that the Congress ...Read More >
Mumbai: CM Devendra Fadnavis warned of strict action against those exploiting their official Hindu and reserved caste status to gain educational, job and poll benefits while secretly practising the Christian faith. Dubbing them as 'crypto-Christians', he warned that state govt will take legal action besides revoking their caste/validity certificate, reports Somit Sen.He was replying in the legislative council to a calling attention motion by BJP MLC Amit Gorkhe, who said some 'crypto-Christians' ...Read More >