Bibles burned, believers beaten in latest assault on church
A Christian fellowship in central India was violently attacked during a Sunday worship service on 8 June, leaving several believers injured and the congregation living in fear.
A Christian fellowship in central India was violently attacked during a Sunday worship service on 8 June, leaving several believers injured and the congregation living in fear.
Police have filed criminal cases against 25 Christian leaders by name and 50 others following a massive demonstration in Malkangiri on 2 July that allegedly turned violent when protesters confronted police officials.
The National Commission for Minorities (NCM), the federal agency tasked with safeguarding religious minority interests, has formally requested a full report on the recent rise in anti‑Christian violence in Odisha state.
Nearly two weeks after the incident, no arrests have been made, raising serious concerns among Christian leaders and rights groups.
An Indian man serving life imprisonment for his involvement in the 1999 murder of Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two young sons has reportedly become a Christian during his time behind bars.
The Madras High Court has ruled that residential properties cannot be converted into prayer halls without prior authorisation from government authorities. The decision came in response to a petition filed by a pastor seeking to overturn an order sealing his house.
Christians across India have expressed serious concerns following reports that the central government is considering introducing a nationwide ban on religious conversions, similar to existing laws in several states.
A group of Protestant Christians were assaulted in Kotamateru village in Odisha’s Malkangiri district on Saturday after reportedly resisting pressure to convert to Hinduism, according to Christian community leaders.
Christians in India are facing a growing wave of violence, with an average of two attacks reported each day, according to a new report by the United Christian Forum (UCF), a Christian civil rights group.
A decades-long disagreement over the way Mass is celebrated in the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church has come to an end, following a key agreement reached in Kerala's Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has allowed the Christian community in Khargone district to go ahead with its annual religious convention, pulling up local authorities for denying permission on what the court called “frivolous grounds”.
Police in Ghaziabad arrested a pastor and a Christian convert on Sunday, 15 June, following a complaint by a Bajrang Dal member alleging illegal religious conversion activities—reportedly the latest in a series of incidents targeting Christians in Uttar Pradesh.