India

By BosNewsLife Asia Correspondent Santosh Digal reporting from India BHUBANESWAR, ORISSA (BosNewsLife)-- A prominent rights activist of India's main umbrella group of evangelical churches has been killed by suspected Hindu hardliners in the volatile state of Orissa, local Christians confirmed to BosNewsLife Friday, December 16.  

By BosNewsLife Asia Service NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Seven people have been detained in eastern India over the murder of a Catholic nun who was known for defending hundreds of people displaced by mining operations, police announced Friday, November 18.  

By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest with Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Millions of Christians around the world were expected Sunday, November 13, to participate in the 'International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church' (IDOP), amid mounting concerns over a global crackdown on devoted believers.  

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife   NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- The leader of a hardline Hindu group wants India's constitution to legalize the killing of Christian evangelists and, for instance, promoters of other non-Hindu religions.  

By BosNewsLife Asia Service NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- A Bible teacher has returned to his native India after being deported from the island nation of Maldives for having a Bible in his house, Christians with close knowledge about the situation said.

By Joseph DeCaro, BosNewsLife International Correspondent NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Indian police have closed several Pentecostal churches in southwestern India after protests from hard-line Hindu groups as part of a winder crackdown on devoted Christians in the area, a leading Christian rights activists confirmed Wednesday October 12.  

By BosNewsLife Asia Service NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- India has released a Christian missionary after he served 17 months in prison on "false" charges of supporting anti-government Maoist rebels, his mission group announced Monday, August 29.  

By Santosh Digal, BosNewsLife Asia Correspondent reporting from India BHUBANESWAR, ORISSA (BosNewsLife)-- Authorities backed by Hindu militants have halted the reconstruction of a Baptist church that was destroyed in deadly anti-Christian violence in India's volatile state of Orissa, local Christians said Tuesday, August 23.

By Santosh Digal, BosNewsLife Asia Correspondent reporting from India NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Police in northern India briefly detained five pastors of mission group 'Gospel Messengers Team' on charges of "trying to convert people to Christianity", shortly after Hindu hardliners stormed their evangelistic prayer service, witnesses said Monday, July 25.  The incident was the latest in a series of reported attacks against devoted Christians in India.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA (BosNewsLife)-- Two Indian Christians of a thriving Pentecostal house church in Saudi Arabia were back in their home country Sunday, July 24, after they were unexpectedly released by Saudi officials from an overcrowded prison, a church official confirmed to BosNewsLife.