India

By Marshall Ramsey II, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Police in India have rescued a 16-year old Christian girl who was being held captive for two years and used as a slave in an operation that has underscored international concerns about girls trafficking in the Hindu nation, BosNewsLife established Thursday, September 2.

By Marshall Ramsey, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Two Christian house church pastors remeined behind bars Sunday, August 22, a week after they and some members of their congregation were attacked and arrested for preaching the Gospel in India, Christians said.

By Santosh Digal, BosNewsLife Asia Correspondent reporting from India NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Church leaders in India on Wednesday, June 30, welcomed a seven year jail sentence for a leader of an influential Hindu party who was seen as the mastermind behind anti-Christian violence in India's eastern state of Orissa that killed scores of people in 2008.

By Santosh Digal, BosNewsLife Asia Correspondent reporting from India NUAPADA, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Police in India's eastern state of Orissa say they have detained five suspected Hindu militants for their alleged involvement in attacking a devoted young Christian boy and threatening to kill him and his family.

By Santosh Digal, BosNewsLife Asia Correspondent reporting from India NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- An evangelist and co-workers were recovering Friday, May 28, after Hindu militants attacked them in India's southern state of Karnataka, Christians said.

By Santosh Digal, BosNewsLife Asia Correspondent NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Indian Christians have held a prayer meeting in remembrance of a murdered pastor and other attacks against the Christian minority in India's Madhya Pradesh state.

By BosNewsLife Asia News Service NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- A police investigation continued Friday, May 7, into the killing of an Indian evangelist who investigators said was hacked to death in eastern India after showing a film on the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service BHUBANESWAR, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- An Indian nun who was raped during India's worst anti-Christian violence in recent memory will testify about her ordeal in another court after complaining about intimidation, BosNewsLife established Thursday, April 8.

By Santosh Digal, BosNewsLife Asia Correspondent NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Evangelical Christians in central and southern India were worshiping Sunday, March 28, amid threats from suspected Hindu militants who reportedly attacked a Christian youth center, churches and pastors.

By BosNewsLife Asia Correspondent Santosh Digal NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian preacher of one of India's oldest mission organizations hasbeen held in a prison in India's volatile Orissa state since December over allegations that he has links with a militant group, evangelical leaders said Friday, March 26.