Monthly Archives: April 2014

A court in eastern Pakistan has sentenced a Christian couple to death for sending a blasphemous text message insulting the Prophet Muhammad, their lawyer said on Saturday.

IN what could be seen as an effort to woo Dalit Christians into his partyfold in the ensuing general polls, TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu has promised them that he will bring a legislation to accord SC status to Dalit Christians if his party is voted to power.

THE Students of St Mary’s Minor Seminary and Rector Father Inayat Bernard held a day of bible reading and fasting for the release of Asia Bibi in Multan Jail and Sawan Masih in Ichchra Central Jail.

VAHID Hakkani is held in Abel-Abad prison in the southwestern Shiraz city, outside the capital Tehran, after being found guilty of "attending a house-church, spreading Christianity, having contact with foreign [Christian] ministries".

IT was expected, but many have still been surprised by the extent to which the Church has entered the political arena ahead of India’s most bitterly fought general election in decades.

VOTING for India's 16th Lok Sabha will be held in nine phases between 7 April and 12 May. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) -- the political wing of the Hindutva forces (collectively known as the Sangh Parivar) -- is poised for a landslide win.

POLITICAL leaders of various hues are ready to face yet another electoral battle. Polling booths, you can say, are the laboratories where the candidates are tested. Sometimes, candidates are more anxious and frightened than say the children who face board exams in 10th and 12th grades.