The passage of the bills in Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh brought strong criticism from Catholic bishops and came as nearly a ...

India’s government has rejected the findings in the 2026 report of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom ...

GUDUTA, India (AP) — Tribal groups have held protests in support of giving Sarna Dharma official religion status ahead of the upcoming national census. GUDUTA, India (AP) — The ritual began with a ...

Syed Naseruddin Chishty, Chairman of the All India Sufi Sajjadanashin Council, condemned the USCIRF report, stating that ...

A tribes woman prays during a sit-in demonstration rally to demand of recognizing Sarna Dharma as a religion in Ranchi, capital of the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, Oct. 18, 2022. Credit: AP ...

New York, Mar 16 (PTI) A US federal government commission has flagged the alleged worsening of religious freedom in India and ...

This announcement comes on the heels of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s public accusation that the Government of ...

(RNS) — Born in India, I’ve spent most of my life in the United States, including 20 years in academia writing about religion in America. For years, I imagined a “someday” project to write a book ...

LUCKNOW, India — An Indian state has approved an unprecedented uniform code for marriage, divorce, adoption and inheritance for Hindus, Muslims and other religious communities under new legislation ...