Posts Tagged ‘Indian’
Causes
India police arrest 6 in another gang rape case
Police in India say they have arrested six men accused of raping a woman after abducting her on a passenger bus, weeks after a similar gang rape of a female student shocked the nation. Authorities say the 29-year-old victim was...
Causes
Extremist Hindus rout Christians from rural Indian village
Hindus twice assaulted a Christian community in a rural India village early this month, beating believers, forcing them into Hindu worship rituals, and damaging their homes, according to Christian witnesses.
Arts & Culture
‘Mother India,’ Real-life version of ‘Slumdog Millionaire’
While millions of Americans have watched a fictionalized version of "slumdogs" living in poverty, few know the true reality of living as an abandoned and orphaned child on the streets of India.
Catholic bishops in India concerned about growing economic divide
Cardinal Oswald Gracias, president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India, told the bishops’ biennial assembly on 1 February that the widening of the gap between rich and poor is “a matter of serious concern fo...
News
ACLU says Tennessee county education board promotes Christianity
The American Civil Liberties Union issued a complaint recently against the Sumner County Board of Education in Tennessee, saying that schools within the district have been endorsing Christianity in breach of the U.S. Constituti...
Arts & Culture
Indian film company to do Christian movie focusing on Jesus’ childhood
An Indian film company is in Israel to make arrangements to film a high-budget movie that will focus on the childhood of Jesus Christ, but will include the crucifixion. During a recent press conference at Jerusalem’s King...
Indian legislator’s light sentence shows he stands above the law
Even though India’s state legislator Manoj Pradhan has been sentenced to seven years in jail for “causing grievous hurt and rioting,” he is literally getting away with murder some say. The congressman organized and led an anti-...