A Pastor belonging to the Good Shepherd Community
Church in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir is attacked by activists of Bajrang
Dal.
A tense situation prevailed outside Indira
Priyadarshini Municipal Corporation Stadium in Visakhapatnam on 23 November
2006 when Evangelist John Carter and his team called off a prayer meeting at
the stadium.
Hindu fanatics set fire to two churches in different
parts of Andhra Pradesh.
The distribution of copies of the Bible and other
Christian literature at a college kicks off a row between the college
principal and leaders of Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Hindu Dharma Prachara
Samiti at Buttaigudem village in Andhra Pradesh.
Hindu activists attack a Christian school at Armor in
Nizamabad district of Andhra Pradesh.
The following Press Statement was issued in New Delhi
by Dr. John Dayal, President of the All India Catholic Union, Secretary
General, All India Christian Council, and Member, National integration
Council, Government of India on the brutal assassination of Bashir Tantray,
a convert to Christianity, in Kashmir valley last week.
Nine tribal Christian families belonging to four
villages in Kokrajhar district of Assam have been evicted by some members of
Bodo Religious Bathou.
All Indian Christian Council expresses serious concern
over the continued harassment and attempt by the Government to take over
Shri Sachhidanand Gurukul Vidhyalaya (a Christian school) at Valavad of
Bhavnagar district in Gujarat.
The Chennai High Court ruling that Christian Dalits
are not entitled to the special benefits provided under the Constitution for
so-called ‘Scheduled Castes’ raises serious doubts about the court’s
understanding of the issue.
A businessman in Gujarat is sentenced to life
imprisonment for killing his Christian driver by setting him on fire.
Hindu fanatics attack a Pastor in Nizamabad district
of Andhra Pradesh, leaving many injured.
Christians, who have long advocated for the rights of
Dalits, say Dalits who switch their faith do so to escape the oppressive
Hindu caste system.
The Poor Christian Liberation Movement demands equal
rights and participation for Dalit Christians in the Church structure to
allow all-round development.
The police arrest all the accused and register FIR in
the attack against Indian Missionary Society Pastor and his team members in
Gujarat.
Pastor Karnel Nayak of Good Shepherd Community Church
in Orissa is yet to come out on bail. Something keeps happening to delay it,
the latest being the late arrival of the case diary from the lower court.
Hindu activists gate-crash into a Christian convention
in Jabalpur and try to disrupt its proceedings, blaming the organisers for
forced conversions in and around.
Satan-worshipping groups in Mizoram are waging an
anti-Christian campaign by burning copies of the Bible, vandalising churches
and defiling cemeteries.
Dalit Christians in Karnataka remain deprived of
education, employment and political representation due to non-implementation
of the government orders.
The alarming rise in the incidence of violence against
Christians in India this year is rooted largely in the political insecurity
of Hindu nationalists.
Hindu extremists belonging to Rashtriya Swayamsevak
Sangh attack a Christian student at Tihidi village in Bhadrak district of
Orissa.
Hindu fundamentalists launch a campaign against
Christian schools in Panvel taluk of Raigad district, Maharashtra, accusing
them of converting students.
