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Church leader from Golaghat is first to be jailed under Assam’s law against ‘magical healing’

Pranjal Bhuyan, a resident of Padmapur village, was reportedly arrested for attempting to convert Hindus through 'magical healing practices'. He is under 14-day judicial custody.

Key Nagaland church body says ‘BJP promoting right wing extremism’, Modi’s Manipur claim ‘illogical’

Nagaland Baptist Church Council's statement, issued as 'appeal to voters' ahead of LS polls, creates ripples in the Christian-majority state, where BJP is part of ruling coalition.

‘Love the person, but hate the sin’: Nagaland Baptist Church denounces LGBTQ+ lifestyle and practices

Church council says LGBTQ+ lifestyle is against teachings of Christian faith, but says it's not against people who 'struggle with an LGBTQ+ lifestyle'.

Church roof collapses during Sunday mass in Mexico, 9 dead, about 30 others missing

Footage on social media showed the moment the church roof caved in, puffs of gray smoke billowing into the air, followed by the toppling of yellow brick outer walls.

Mob torches churches in eastern Pakistan, paramilitary troops cordon off Christian settlement

Police said a mob vandalised several churches and scores of houses on Thursday after two men living there were accused of desecrating the Quran.

‘We cry out for justice’: Mobs vandalise multiple churches in Pakistan over blasphemy allegations

Pastor Imran Bhatti said the Salvation Army Church, United Presbyterian Church, Allied Foundation Church and Shehroonwala Church in Pakistan's Isa Nagri region were ransacked.

Church message against ‘communal forces’ puts BJP on defensive in poll-bound Nagaland

Apex body Nagaland Baptist Church Council urges community not to vote for forces working against Christians. BJP spokesperson says everyone is equal and party respects every community.

‘Miracles’, caste & now, crackdowns: The inside story of Christian ‘conversions’ in UP’s Fatehpur

VHP, Bajrang Dal workers say police are finally ‘cooperating’ on complaints of unlawful conversion, with 55 arrests since January. But a complex picture comes to the fore on the ground.

‘Violates Art 25’ — Kerala court on Knanaya Church expelling members marrying outside community

Kottayam additional district judge said that expelling members for not practising endogamy violates the rights guaranteed under Article 25. Asks church to readmit the expelled.

Impulse, rage, abuse—a nun tells the story of life in Kerala church

A 2019 bestseller in Malayalam, 'In the Name of the Lord' is a harrowing, moving account of Sister Lucy Kalapura's life as a Catholic nun.

On Camera

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?