MP: Three arrested for vandalising, torching church in Narmadapuram 

Some religious texts and furniture were destroyed in the fire and the word 'Ram' was written on the wall inside the prayer hall.  Huneza...

Yoga guru Ramdev accuses Muslims of terrorism, abducting Hindu women

Ramdev claimed that Islam and Christianity were obsessed with conversion while Hinduism taught its followers to do good. Sana Ejaz | TwoCircles.net  NEW DELHI — In...

‘It’s a constitutional issue, not a Christian one:’ Women groups protest violence against Adivasi...

Over the last few months, hundreds of Adivasi Christians have fled their homes across several villages of Chhattisgarh after alleged attacks by Hindutva...

Rajasthan: In viral video, RSS leader targets religious minorities

In a viral video, an RSS official can be heard demanding the conversion of 30,000 mosques into temples. Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net  NEW DELHI...

Chhattisgarh: Five more arrested for clash in Narayanpur over ‘religious conversion’

Police have filed three separate cases at Edka police station following complaints received from tribals, tribal Christians and police about alleged attacks on...

Chattisgarsh: Church vandalised during protest in Narayanpur, senior cop injured

This comes two weeks after Christian families were allegedly assaulted and driven away following coordinated attacks in over a dozen villages in the...

Church, statue vandalized in Karnataka’s Mysuru; police suspect theft

At around 6-7 pm on December 27, the church staff found the statue of baby Jesus damaged and money from the donation box...

Maulana Azad scholarship for research scholars from minority communities to stop: Centre

The fellowship for scholars from the minority communities was started during the UPA regime as part of implementing the Sachar Committee recommendations.  TCN News  NEW...

Inducement & demographic shift, a propaganda pattern amid attacks on Christians in Punjab

The attack on the church in Punjab is the latest in a string of more frequent assaults on Christians in recent months amid...

Muslim groups in Australia protest against controversial BJP MP’s Tejasvi Surya’s invitation to youth...

Several Australian Muslim youths said that they were shocked after hearing about Surya being invited for addressing the events in Australia and called it...

Rights groups condemn ‘pressure’ against USCIRF to report on religious persecution in India

In a letter to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom on April 10, several rights-based organizations and individuals said the commission must...

On the right side of the border in Assam and Mizoram

The no man's land—the disputed region between Assam and Mizoram saw violent clashes between the forces of the two states leading to the...

Christians join Muslims as targets of Hindutva groups in Karnataka

Christians in Karnataka make up less than two per cent of the population but suffer the third-largest number of hate crimes in India. Civil...

Meet Sheikh Maqsud Alam, a Muslim caretaker of Kolkata’s oldest Christian cemetery for 24...

Forty-seven-year old Sheikh Maqsud Alam is a caretaker of a Christian cemetery. He looks after the Barrackpore Cemetery, which is one of the oldest...

Congressional briefing exposes widespread Christian persecution in India

Speakers call for the U.S. and other nations to sanction Indian political leaders. TCN News WASHINGTON, DC – After using most of an hour-long congressional briefing on...

Controversy over Pala Bishop’s hate speech: A stand-alone issue or larger Hindutva scheme in...

Instead of addressing recent issues facing women in the state, the unsubstantial claims of the Bishop have raised concerns whether he is genuinely concerned...

To remember violence against Dalits & Christian Adivasis, NSF to commemorate Kandhamal Day on...

The National Solidarity Forum (NSF) on August 25 will remember the victims of targeted violence against Christian Adivasis and Dalits that occurred in Odisha...

Persecution of Christians in India highlighted at Congressional Briefing in US

Prominent Interfaith organizations call on US State Department to take definitive action to safeguard India’s minorities.   TCN NEWS   WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a Congressional Briefing cosponsored by...

“Adivasis lost a great servant,” tribal rights activist Father Stan remembered

Stanislaus Lourduswamy, popularly known as Stan Swamy, was an Indian Roman Catholic priest, a member of the Jesuit order, and a tribal rights activist...
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Religious leaders stress on strengthening mutual love, harmony in India

TCN News New Delhi: A get-together of the prominent leaders of different religions was organised at the Archbishop House here on Monday to strengthen mutual...

Former VC Hamid Ansari, Shashi Tharoor to speak at Reclaiming India conference on democratic...

TCN News Mohammad Hamid Ansari (Former Vice President of India), Prof. Rajmohan Gandhi (Historian and a Grandson of Mohandas Gandhi) and Rev Dr William Barber (Co-Chair...

“Beaten, heads tonsured, forced to chant Jai Shri Ram,” tribal Christians from Jharkhand recount...

By Nazish Hussain, TwoCircles.net Ranchi: Five tribal Christians from the village Bhedikudar in Simdega district of Jharkhand were allegedly beaten, their heads tonsured and forced...

Federation of Telugu Churches request land for building church, temple and mosque side by...

TCN News Federation of Telugu Churches (FTC) has written a letter to Telangana Chief Minister, K Chandrasekhar Rao for permission to construct a church, temple...

All India Catholic Union welcomes govt decision to reopen religious places

TCN News As lockdown 5.0 eases restrictions on religious places, All India Catholic Union (AICU) has thanked the government for the decision. This was communicated...

Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue greets people on Ramadan

TCN News The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue in Telengana state has sent Ramadan greetings to the Muslim community, titled ’Christians and Muslims: Protecting together...

US Businessman blacklisted and accused of conversions allowed to return to India

TCN News James David Murray, a Christian businessman who was blacklisted and denied entry by the Indian government in June 2015, was finally able to...

54 years of selfless service of Sister Enedina in Odhisa rewarded with expulsion from...

TCN News Sister Enedina, 86 years old, belonging to the Daughters of Charity Congregation, left India on 20th August to Spain after the Indian government...

Vatican calls on Christian and Muslims worldwide to promote universal fraternity

TCN News In a message for Islam’s holy month of Ramadan and Id ul-Fitr, the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue has released a message,...

Hyderabad Muslims come together to form a human chain and condemn terror attacks in...

TCN News After math of deadly attacks in Sri Lanka at churches which took hundreds of innocent lives and created an environment of fear and...

Good Friday holiday scraped in two union territories, Christians upset

Mumbai, March 13 (IANS) The Christian community is up in arms after the Union Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu...

29 incidents of atrocities against Christians in the first 31 days of the year

TCN News Atrocities against Christians seem to rising this year with 29 incidents of atrocities being committed against Christians in 13 states of India in...

Andhra Pradesh assembly passes resolution to grant SC status to Dalit Christians

TCN News The Andhra Pradesh state assembly passed a resolution on Wednesday, 7th February to grant scheduled caste status to Dalit Christians. The resolution was...

Four nuns transferred for protesting against Bishop refuse to go

Kottayam (Kerala), Jan 16 (IANS) Four nuns -- who went on a public protest last year demanding arrest of Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who then...

Religious leaders of different faith join Christmas celebrations

TCN News Relegious leaders of Islam, Jain, Buddhist, Hindu and Christian faith attended the Mass at CNI Wesleyan church at Sudder Street today on the...

Protect churches during Christmas, appeals Mumbai NGO

Mumbai, Dec 13 (IANS) A Mumbai NGO on Thursday appealed to the Supreme Court to withdraw the permission for the use of fire-crackers during...

Dalit Christians caught in the Church vortex

By  R L Francis The Christians all over India observed November 11 as “Dalit Liberation Sunday” (DLS) with an avowed aim of bringing the Dalit Christians...

Federation of Telugu churches demand Christian minority issues to be included in election...

TCN News Federation of Telugu Churches (FTC), a registered apex body of Bishops & Church Heads of major Christian Denominations in Telugu States, in their...

12 incidents of violence against Christians in 15 days in just one district of...

By TCN News: New Delhi: In this month, September 2018, this district of Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh has witnessed 12 incidents of violence against Christians. The...

Divisive politics in India: Operation ‘Provoke Muslims & Christians’

Dr Syed Zafar Mahmood During the last seventy one years since India became independent its sovereignty has been considerably strengthened, internal peace has been well...

Christian body, BJP spar in Jharkhand

By IANS: Ranchi, July 15 : A Christian body on Sunday urged Jharkhand Governor Drupdi Mumru for an end to action against missionaries in the...

Christians had no role in freedom struggle: BJP MP

By IANS Mumbai, July 6 (IANS) Mumbai Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Gopal Shetty has stoked up a controversy by saying that Christians are 'angrez'...

Constitution in danger, monoculturalism putting human rights at risk: Goa Archbishop

Panaji (IANS): The Indian Constitution is in danger, Goa's Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao has said, adding that a "new trend" of monoculturalism, which demands uniformity...

Amid lynching and hate crimes, Indian government says minorities safe in the country

New Delhi (IANS): The central government on Thursday said that the rights of minorities are more safe and secure in India compared with the...

For the first in history, a Kashmir football club qualifies for I-League

Srinagar (IANS): For the first time in its history, a Kashmir based football club has qualified for the final round of the Hero I-League...

AAP accuses government of defaming Goa Church

Panaji (IANS): The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Goa on Thursday slammed ruling political parties for criticizing the influential Roman Catholic Church over "land...

“Halt the Hate”: Amnesty International’s new website to track and document hate crimes in...

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter One of the leading human rights organization Amnesty International India has launched a website on Thursday which will be used to...

Christian bodies call attack on Ujjain Mission hospital by BJP workers an ‘act of...

By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI), the Madhya Pradesh Regional Bishops’ Council and the Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Ujjain have...

Meghalaya: Chief Minister Sangma hits out at Modi government for rejecting Church leader’s...

Shillong (IANS): Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma on Thursday hit out at NDA Central government for rejecting the visa application of Baptist World Alliance...

Indian diaspora in London mark Republic Day with protests against Hindutva, attacks on Dalits...

By M Ghazali Khan for TwoCircles.net Instead of hosting and participating in festivities, the UK-based Indian Diaspora marked the Republic Day by organising a protest...

Why I participated in the Yuva Hunkar rally

Text and photos by Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net The Yuva Hunkar rally, which took place in Delhi today, saw a sizeable participation from people from all...

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Maharajganj Church case: Hindu Yuva Vahini member waved Rs 100 note at woman, asked...

By Siddhant Mohan, Twocircles.net Details emerging from the disruption of Church services at Maharajganj on Friday by Hindu Yuva Vahini are pointing to provocation, intimidation,...
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