16 February 2005 India: fellowship congregations ease out traditional Kerala churches Kerala's traditional churches can't be blamed for thinking the world is coming to an end. Hundreds of independent fellowship churches... Read more
11 December 2004 India: politics of renunciation, traditional and modern – Analysis Following the victory of the Congress Party at the 2004 Parliamentary elections in India, Sonia Gandhi surprised everybody by renouncing... Read more
16 September 2004 India: wake-up call for dwindling Parsi community Parsis, who came to India in the 8th century fleeing Muslim persecution in then Persia, may be heading for slow... Read more
15 August 2004 India: Railway Minister keen to develop Buddhist rail circuit Railway Minister Lalu Prasad is reportedly working on plans to connect all important Buddhist shrines across India through modern and... Read more
16 June 2004 India: objection to Muslim women praying at college mosque in Kerala A controversy is brewing in Kerala over Muslim woman students offering prayers at a college mosque. Every Friday many Muslim... Read more
03 April 2004 India: USA funds training of Islamic seminary teachers The US is providing funds to a voluntary agency working to improve and modernise teaching in Islamic seminaries that mostly... Read more
03 April 2004 India: mysterious killing of sadhus in Uttar Pradesh The mysterious killings of 18 sadhus over 12 months in an Uttar Pradesh district have baffled officials and spread panic... Read more
09 January 2004 Nepalese to spread Osho’s gospel in India Fourteen years after godman Rajneesh aka Osho's death, a Nepalese disciple who spread the movement in this Himalayan kingdom plans... Read more
17 December 2003 India: VHP launches drive against Christian missionaries and conversions in Chhattisgarh Encouraged by the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) victory in the assembly poll, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has launched a... Read more
16 December 2003 India: the lost Jews of Mizoram "I am convinced the Mizos are Jews. There are lots of similarities between Israelis and Mizos," said Rabbi Hannock Avizedek,... Read more