BREAKING NEWS: Survivors Of India’s Communal Violence Ordered To Evacuate By Government

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By BosNewsLife Asia Correspondent Santosh Digal INDIA_-_Orissa_violence_(500_x_342)BHUBANESWAR, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- About 100 survivors of anti-Christian violence in India's Orissa state have been ordered by the local government to leave a local market complex where they stayed since the closure of relief camps.

India Christians Faced Bloody 2009, Report Suggests

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service christians-in-orissa NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in several parts of India on Thursday, December 31, were hoping for a more happy 2010 after a year which reportedly saw at least 152 anti-Christian attacks.

India’s Christians Face Difficult Christmas (Feature)

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By Santosh Digal, BosNewsLife Asia Correspondent india_-_orissa_communalismNEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in India's troubled state of Orissa cautiously celebrated Christmas Friday, December 25, amid fears of more anti-Christian violence that since 2007 killed over 100 people here.

NEWS ALERT: India Dalit Christians To Receive State Benefits, Commission Suggests

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By Santosh Digal, BosNewsLife Asia Correspondent 641px-Dalit_IndiaNEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Christian groups in India have welcomed recommendations from a government-appointed commission to give Christian converts of a Hindu 'Dalit' caste background similar state benefits as underprivileged groups professing Hinduism, Buddhism or Sikhism as their religion.

India Dalit On Hunger Strike For More Rights In New Economy

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By Santosh Digal, BosNewsLife Asia Correspondent raiNEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Despite concerns over his health, a prominent human rights activist continued his hunger strike Saturday, December 19, to force the Indian government to reserve jobs in the booming private sector for Dalits -- the 'lowest caste' in India's ancient system of Hinduism -- and other poor communities.

Indian Police Arrest “Assaulted” Christian Couple

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service p6_india-religious-violence1NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- A pastor and his wife remained behind bars Friday, December 18, after they were mistreated by militants and police detained them for "forceful" conversion of Hindus to Christianity in India's state of Karnataka, Christians said.

India Police Investigate Church Bombings

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service in-sulur-tamilnadu-persin1NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Indian police continued investigating Friday, December 4, church bombings and other attacks that rocked the Christian community in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu, raising fears of more tensions between Christians and Hindus.

India Bishop Demands Global Prayers For Victims Of Anti-Christian Violence

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service bishop1BHUBANESWAR, ORISSA (BosNewsLife)-- The Catholic archbishop in India's troubled Orissa state on Friday, November 27, urged churches around the world to pray this Christmas for victims of anti-Christian violence in 2007 and last year in which over 100 people were killed.

India Police Detain Missionaries, Bible Students

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By Santosh Digal, BosNewsLife Asia Correspondent christians-in-orissa1NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Police briefly detained missionaries and Bible school students in India's southern state of Karnataka in recent days as part of what local Christians said is a Hindu government backed crackdown on "churches and communities."

European Envoys Meet Survivors Of India’s Worst Anti-Christian Violence

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By Ajaya Kumar Singh, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Orissa, India orissa_violence_jeep1BHUBANESWAR, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Envoys from five Nordic countries are meeting victims of India's worst anti-Christian violence in decades, which left over 100 people dead in the state of Orissa.