Nagaland church body rejects BJP's offer to clean church premises

(Photo: Unsplash/Udayaditya Barua) The influential Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC), an umbrella organisation representing nearly 1,500 Baptist churches in the north-eastern state, has firmly declined an offer from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to undertake a cleanliness drive at church compounds on 11 May 2024. In a strongly worded statement issued on April 30, … Read more

Wilson College Gymkhana land handover to Jain body faces backlash

Wilson College Gymkhana. (Photo: Screenshot from Wilson College Gymkhana official website) The Maharashtra government’s recent decision to grant a 30-year lease of the Wilson College Gymkhana land to the Jain International Organisation (JITO) has sparked widespread opposition from students, alumni and community groups. The controversial move, approved by the state cabinet, involves handing over a … Read more

Missing pastor’s charred body found near Tamil Nadu border

Burnt Bibles from the attacks on Christians in Manipur. (Photo: Open Doors) Police in Tamil Nadu have discovered the charred body of an Evangelical pastor who had been missing for about 10 days. The family identified the body by recognising his belt, shoes and glasses. Pastor Abraham Parambil Thekkethil, of Vayalar Nagar Manthippara St. Thomas … Read more

Heartbroken monastic community searches for body of slain young monk

(Photo: Unsplash/Muhammadtaha Ibrahim Ma’aji) A monastic community in Nigeria is being helped by local villagers to find the body of a much-loved young monk who was kidnapped and killed. Brother Godwin Eze was kidnapped alongside two other young Roman Catholic novices from the Annunciation Benedictine monastery, in Eruku, Western Nigeria, in the early hours of … Read more