T.N. CM Stalin announces permanent minority status certificates for minority educational institutions

T.N. CM Stalin announces permanent minority status certificates for minority educational institutions

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin | Photo Credit: VEDHAN M Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, on Saturday, February 17, 2024, said the State government would grant life-time recognition to minority educational institutions in Tamil Nadu. Addressing a meeting of the Tamil Nadu Minorities Welfare Board, he said this had been a long-pending demand … Read more

Healing is not proselytisation: Assam Christian body

Healing is not proselytisation: Assam Christian body

GUWAHATI An umbrella body of church organisations in Assam has criticised Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for his “misguided and misleading” statement equating magical healing with proselytisation. The Assam Christian Forum (ACF) has also rejected the demands of a radical Hindu group for the removal of Christian symbols from missionary schools across the State. The … Read more

Northeast Christian body UCFNEI pained by church demolitions

Northeast Christian body UCFNEI pained by church demolitions

GUWAHATI The United Christian Forum of North East India (UCFNEI) has expressed anguish over the demolition of three churches in Manipur and the alleged manhandling of two church elders from Meghalaya who attended post-Easter celebrations in Bihar’s Patna. On April 11, the Manipur government razed three churches – one each of Catholic, Baptist and Lutheran … Read more

An individual’s comment cannot be taken as Christian community’s stand: Govindan

An individual’s comment cannot be taken as Christian community’s stand: Govindan

The statement of one individual cannot be considered the stand of the Christian community, CPI(M) State secretary M.V. Govindan said here on Monday while reacting to Thalassery Archbishop Mar Joseph Pamplany’s comment that rubber growers would back the BJP in Kerala if it raises the floor price of rubber. Mr. Govindan, participating in a meet-the-press … Read more

In West Bengal, BJP says Citizenship Amendment Act rollout by January-end

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NEW DELHI: BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya has said that the Citizenship Amendment Act rules will be framed in the next one month, after which the Act will be ready for implementation in the state. “We are firm in our promise to refugees. There was some delay in framing of the rules, but the … Read more