Monthly Archives: November 2014
No Christian in Modi govt; 9 out of every 10 ministers are Hindus
A religion-wise breakup of the ministers who took office earlier and now seems to reflect the importance the party attaches to the Christian community. There's no Christian representation in the Modi government while every other religion has found favor with Prime Minister Modi.
Celebrity film couple give $1 million for Christians in Iraq, Syria
FILM-PRODUCING couple Mark Burnett and Roma Downey have stepped up to renew attention to the needs of displaced Christians in Iraq and Syria who are in urgent need of food and shelter before winter sets in.
Myles Munroe dead in Bahamas plane crash
PASTOR Myles Munroe, founder and president of Bahamas Faith Ministries International, died in a tragic plane crash on Sunday. Pastor Munroe, his wife and co-pastor Ruth Munroe, and three other ministry leaders were also killed.
Pak police arrest 44 for Christian couple’s murder
JAWAD Qamar, regional police chief of Kot Radha Kishan said, “We have arrested 44 people, it was a local issue incited by the mullah of a local mosque. No particular sectarian group or religious outfit was behind the attack."
‘Spurt in extramarital relations in Kerala’
ADVOCATING the need for making premarital counselling mandatory, state social welfare board chairperson Kamarunnissa Anwar said the advent of social media and widespread use of cell phones have spurred discord within families.
Why it isn’t that important whether ISIL leader was killed
THE Iranian newspaper Tabnak quotes from al-Sumaria that it was US air strikes or those of coalition partners that killed 20 high ISIL leaders.
Pak Islamist mob kills Christian couple for ‘blasphemy’
COMMANDED from mosque loudspeakers, a Muslim throng in Punjab Province killed a Christian couple today after a co-worker accused the pregnant wife of defiling...
Rajnath Singh to woo Israeli defence industries to ‘make in India’
Rajanth Singh was scheduled to meet Israeli President ReuvenRivlin, Premier Netanyahu and defence minister Moshe Ya'alon on Wednesday in a rare gesture reserved for leaders from most friendly or strategic countries.
Modi among world’s most powerful leaders
ON Modi, Forbes said "India's newest rockstar doesn't hail from Bollywood. He is the newly elected Prime Minister who sailed into office in May with a landslide victory, ushering the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) into power after decades of control by the Gandhi dynasty."
ISIS tortures Kurdish children, shows them beheading videos
A new report from Human Rights Watch (HRW) says that ISIS has detained Kurdish children to be tortured. Four teen boys reported that they had been suscepted to beatings and forced to watch videos of ISIS beheadings.
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No foul play in Mandissa’s death, police say
While no cause of death has been revealed, Franklin Police Department officials in Tennessee said Monday that no foul play is suspected.
