HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Three Christians are in jail after hard-line Hindus in northern India last week beat two of them, both pastors, and a Hindu they were comforting in the loss of his family to COVID-19. Hindu neighbors from the upper-caste Thakur community in Phoolpur, Uttar Pradesh state on Aug. 3 attacked 62-year-old […]
Christians Jailed after Hindus Attack Them for Visiting Widower
Two pastors and wife were comforting Hindu who lost family to COVID-19.
August 13, 2021 By - Leave a Comment
Sikhs Beat, Choke Christian Women in Northern India
Young woman still suffering symptoms of shock.
August 4, 2021 By - Leave a Comment
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A 24-year-old Christian woman in northern India regained the ability to speak nearly a month after she went into shock from a Sikh family choking her unconscious and attacking her sister and mother, sources said. Meenu Kaur Tank remains bed-ridden, on strong medicines, sometimes continues to fall unconscious and still […]
Pastor in India Driven from Home after Police Torture, Threats
Officers arrive with news reporter, reviling him and Christianity.
July 22, 2021 By - Leave a Comment
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A pastor in northern India was forced to leave his village and flee with his family more than 600 miles away after police last month tortured and threatened him, he said. Officers in Uttarakhand state on June 13 arrested pastor Sanjay Kumar Bharati, his wife, children and several members of […]
Christian Father Charged after Hindus Attack Daughter in India
Church member apparently pressured into giving false statement.
July 16, 2021 By - Leave a Comment
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Hard-line Hindus in northern India who attacked a young Christian woman have filed fabricated charges against her father – basing their case on testimony from a Christian relative apparently pressured into giving a false statement, sources said. The father, Shriram Gautam, was charged with outraging the modesty of a woman […]
Pastor in Northern India Killed for His Faith, Sources Say
Ferocity of attack indicates anti-Christian motive, wife and Christian leaders say.
July 4, 2021 By - Leave a Comment
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A suspected criminal recently released on bail in northern India killed a pastor on Wednesday (June 30) for sharing the “love and forgiveness of Christ” with him, sources said. Sonu Kashyap, a Hindu of Sangoi village in Karnal District, Haryana state, attacked pastor Vinod Kumar with a wooden roof truss […]
Christian Families Driven into Jungles of Eastern India
Police advise them to renounce Christ, victims say.
June 25, 2021 By - Leave a Comment
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Tribal animists forced more than 50 Christians from three villages to flee their homes and take shelter in the jungles of eastern India last month. The Christians belong to 13 tribal families of Rayagada District, Odisha state who have been stranded in the jungle without proper shelter, food, water and […]
Pastor Seriously Wounded, Father Killed in Northern India
Tribal relatives arrested on murder charges.
June 3, 2021 By - Leave a Comment
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Relatives of a pastor in northern India killed his Christian father with axe and sword blows and seriously wounded the church leader and his brother for leaving tribal religion, sources said. While local media and police portrayed the May 18 attack in Rajasthan state as a dispute over land, Pastor […]
Pastor Contracts COVID-19 after Assault in Eastern India
Wife knocked unconscious, uncle injured – and criminally charged.
May 26, 2021 By - Leave a Comment
(Update: On June 5, pastor Ramnivas Kumar died of COVID-19. The original story of May 26 follows.) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A pastor in eastern India contracted COVID-19 while seeking treatment at hospitals where personnel were reluctant to admit him for injuries sustained in a Hindu extremist assault last month, sources said. Pastor Ramnivas […]
Police Rescue – then Jail – Christian Family Attacked in India
Authorities again succumb to pressure by Hindu extremists.
May 4, 2021 By - Leave a Comment
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Police in India who initially took a pastor and his family into custody to protect them from an attack by a 300-member Hindu extremist mob were pressured into jailing them under a baseless charge of forcible conversion, sources said. Pastor Manu Damor, 35, remains in Depalpur jail a month after […]
Christian Pastor Paraded, Injured, Forced into Hindu Ritual
Church leader in southwest India loses hearing in one ear.
April 20, 2021 By - 1 Comment
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Pastor Sanjay Bhandari had taken his wife for a medical check-up earlier this month when they decided to visit her sister in the same area in Karnataka state, southwest India – only to be attacked as they were drinking tea. “While we were still having tea, a few men barged […]