NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A Hindu extremist mob in northern India last month assaulted two Christian couples and an attorney for several hours, accusing them of forced conversion, sources said. In Harayana state’s Titoli village, five miles from the city of Rohtak, the mob forced one of the Christians, a pastor, to set fire […]
Christian Couples, Attorney Assaulted in India
Hindu extremists force pastor to set fire to Bibles.
Christian Woman Jailed in India Treated for Cancer
Hindu extremists file false charge against her and others.
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A Christian woman in India jailed for 86 days on false accusations of fraudulent conversion was diagnosed with cancer in October, sources said. Sheela Devi, 45, of Dubey ka Purva village, Uttar Pradesh state, was released on bail on Oct. 14 and has been hospitalized at Kachhwa Christian Hospital since […]
Legality of Rajasthan, India’s ‘Anti-Conversion’ Law Challenged
Petitions aim to stop ‘tyranny against minorities.’
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – India’s Supreme Court on Monday (Nov. 17) issued notice to the Rajasthan government regarding a petition challenging the state’s “anti-conversion” law, which allows officials to demolish homes and seize property based on mere allegations of forcible conversion. While petitions earlier this month challenged the proviions allowing officials to demolish homes […]
Police in India Arrest Pastor after Hindu Extremist Attack
Assailants try to force church leader to teach about their gods.
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – When a Hindu extremist mob assaulted Christian men, women and children during a church service in India in late September, police jailed the pastor and charged him and four other Christians, sources said. In Rajasthan state’s Hanumangarh District, several Hindu women intruded into the church building in Nohar city followed […]
Christians in India Cleared of False Forcible Conversion Charges
Lives of victims of concocted allegations devastated.
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – India’s Supreme Court on Oct. 17 quashed all criminal proceedings against Christians falsely accused of mass religious conversions, delivering a scathing rebuke to authorities for using the criminal justice system as a “tool of harassment of innocent persons.” Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra’s 158-page judgment vindicated Pastor Vijay […]
Christians in India Say Pastor’s ‘Accidental’ Death was Murder
Police, media said to aid in cover-up.
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – More than six months after police in southern India dismissed the death of a pastor as a road accident, Christians in the region say there is strong evidence the continually threatened evangelist was murdered. Pastor Praveen Pagadala’s body was found on the side of the road near Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh […]
Christian Acquitted in Landmark Case in Uttarakhand, India
Pastor was charged under controversial ‘anti-conversion’’ legislation.
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – The first Christian charged under Uttarakhand state, India’s “anti-conversion” law has become the first to be acquitted under the statute, sources said. After a four-year legal battle, Judicial Magistrate Anju (who uses only one name) of the Ramnagar Court in Nainital District delivered the acquittal order on Sept. 17, clearing […]
Attacks follow New Anti-Conversion Bill in Rajasthan, India
Nine incidents reported in September.
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A wave of attacks on Christians erupted in northwest India’s Rajasthan state following passage of harsh anti-conversion legislation even though it has yet to receive the governor’s assent, sources said. Following passage of the Rajasthan Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill, 2025 in the state assembly on Sept. 9, […]
Christian Woman in India Raped, Mother Beaten Unconscious
Hindu relatives attack women for their faith.
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Hindu relatives of a 20-year-old Christian woman in central India raped her and nearly killed her mother for their faith in Christ, sources said. “Since we started to attend church six years ago, my father’s elder brother and his family have begun persecuting us in whatever way possible,” the woman, […]
Pastor, other Christians Agonize under False Charges in India
Pastor’s wife beaten in custody.
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Police in India left two young children of a pastor and his wife unattended when they arrested the couple on fabricated charges, and other officers later beat the children’s mother in custody, sources said. The couple was released on bail last month after being arrested on July 27 along with […]








