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Seven pastors in UP arrested on false charges

Anugrah Kumar

Authorities in Uttar Pradesh arrested seven pastors at a prayer meeting under the state’s “anti-conversion” law.

Dalits Catholics take stand to end caste-based inequality in church

Staff writer

To end caste-based inequality in the church, Dalit Christian organisations in Tamil Nadu have requested a distinct liturgy for Dalit Catholics.
Karnataka govt to investigate all Christian missionaries in state

Staff writer

The Karnataka government has begun an inquiry into both official and unofficial Christian missionaries in the state, and it is preparing to pass an anti-conversion law that will regulate religious conversions and punish forced religious conversions.
Display of cross not grounds to withdraw govt certification: Madras HC ruled

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In a historic decision, the Madras High Court held that a Dalit non-Christian woman marrying a Christian man or exhibiting religious symbols like the cross cannot be used as a reason to withdraw her Scheduled Caste (SC) community certification.
Two nuns forcibly dragged to police station in Uttar Pradesh

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Two Ursuline Franciscan nun sisters were at a bus stop when a mob of radicals violently seized them and brought them to a police station with fifty other Christians suspected of harsh conversion activities in Uttar Pradesh's Mau district.
Pastor ruthlessly beaten before being arrested in UP

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Authorities in Uttar Pradesh detained a pastor on false accusations of forced conversions and charged him with violating the state's anti-conversion law.
Christian leaders in Uttarakhand call for ‘strict action’ against church attackers

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Church leaders in Uttarakhand have called for “strict action” against religious extremists who stormed a church and wounded members of the congregation in Haridwar's Roorkee town.
At least 13 incidents of violence against Christians recorded in one day

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There were at least 13 incidents of violence and threats against Christian communities across Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Haryana and New Delhi on October 3 alone, with allegations of conversions.
Pentecostal pastor, 2 other Christians arrested for handing out Bibles

Anugrah Kumar

Police in Himachal Pradesh arrested a Pentecostal pastor and two other Christians who were handing out evangelistic booklets and Bibles in villages after radical Hindu nationalists accused them of “forcibly” converting people, according to a report.
Christian wedding ceremony disrupted in MP based on false allegations

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The marriage reception of a recently married Christian couple in Madhya Pradesh was disrupted due to a false allegation of religious conversion. According to a Christian leader, it is really terrible that Christians are just targeted for their faith.
25 percent adult population fully vaccinated against COVID-19

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India has set a new milestone in its nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign, with 88,34,70,578 vaccine doses provided to date, including 65,34,306 doses administered in the last 24 hours.
Christian boy set ablaze for faith died in Bihar: report

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Christian boy who was a victim of a fire assault in Bihar died on Sunday in a Patna hospital after battling serious burns for more than a month.