The Supreme Court while hearing a batch of pleas seeking deletion of terms 'socialists' and 'secular' in the Preamble to the Indian Constitution, said that secularism is a "core feature" and part of ...

As Bangladesh debates large-scale constitutional reform, one issue in particular is beginning to echo a parallel debate taking place across the border in India. Two words are at the centre of this ...

The Supreme Court on Monday expressed reservations over petitions challenging the inclusion of the words “socialist” and “secular” in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution in 1976, emphasising that ...

Christians have lauded India’s top court upholding the inclusion of the words “socialist” and “secular” in the preamble of the nation’s constitution. A division bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna ...

Ahead of national elections in India, the head of the Eastern rite Syro-Malabar Church has urged his people to vote for a party that can respect the rights of religious minorities and the secular ...

Girls in a Catholic school in Kerala, India, in 2017. (Credit: Image courtesy of World Watch Monitor.) Listen MUMBAI – Ahead of elections this month expected to bring further gains for India’s already ...

Republic Day is widely observed by teenagers as ritual, with the Constitution remaining distant and abstract. Young people are shaped as much by the internet and visual media as by formal civics ...

On February 16, a Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi directed that the review and writ petitions in the Sabarimala matter be ...

As India prepares to elect a new federal government this spring, its Catholic bishops have urged citizens "to vote wisely" to help the country remain a secular and democratic republic. "We urge all ...