Orissa Persecution slides
Wed, 09/05/2007 - 9:39am Kolhapur attack / Pastor attacked in Jaipur (Video)
Fri, 20/04/2007 - 2:15pm Church forcibly dismantled by villagers in Tamil Nadu
Pastor Durai Peter of Velakkudi, Chidambaram District, Tamil Nadu has been ministering in the village for the past 8 years. As he has a number of spiritual gifts, the church has grown rapidly and about 300 persons attend services, held in a make-shift hut built on a site rented out from an old person. The constant bustle and sound of church worship and prayer was seen by the locals as a disturbance and he had been asked to leave the premises many times by the panchayat in the village. They had asked for permission to stay for a few more months as the site they had purchased for their own church was inaccessible as there ws a crop of sugarcane in the adjoining field.
Sun, 04/07/2010 - 10:42am Persecution Update India June 2010 Issue
Dearly beloved brothers and sisters in Christ,
May the grace, love and peace of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ be upon you!
A young university student, Taylor after his explorative visits to Red Fort and Taj visited the IT capital of Asia, Bangalore for a reality check. He posted the following note and it talks volumes about the state of affairs in Karnataka
Dr. Sajan K George
National President
Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC)
GUEST EDITORIAL
The Global Investors Meet took place 3rd and 4th of June 2010 in Bangalore. The Time News Bureau reported that the Global Investors Meet (GIM) expected to bring in Rs. 5 trillion to Karnataka in the next four-five years. Many leading investors & industrialists attended the two-day event. Arun Jaitley, a leader in the BJP (an opposition party), told the GIM that Karnataka was the safest place to invest and will benefit the underprivileged in the social sector.
Sat, 03/07/2010 - 8:18pm Indian court in Orissa sentenced two persons for killing invalid christian during anti christian violence
Phulbhani-(Orissa)
A fast track court today sentenced two persons to six years rigorous imprisonment for killing a polio-stricken Christian Rasanda Pradhan during Kandamal riots in 2008 against Christians .Total 891 riot cases, the two fast track courts have so far disposed of 201 cases convicting 152 persons and acquitting 656.
Wed, 30/06/2010 - 9:16am BJP MLA jailed for Kandhamal riots
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/BJP-MLA-jailed-for-Kandhamal-riots/articleshow/6108337.cms
BERHAMPUR: In a major embarrassment to the BJP, a party legislator was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment by a fast track court for murder during the anti-Christian riots in Kandhamal district of Orissa in 2008.
Wed, 30/06/2010 - 8:38am An unidentified man shot at a Catholic priest in Bihar
An unidentified man shot at a Catholic priest and seriously injured him in a Bihar town, police said Tuesday.
Father Michael Ignatius (53yrs) was shot on June 28th around 8 pm near Nazarath Hospital at Mokama, about 100 km from Patna. .
Tue, 29/06/2010 - 3:44pm Breaking News--BJP MLA Manoj Pradhan, convicted for 7 year rigorous imprisonment in 2008 Anti Christian Violence
BJP MLA Manoj Pradhan, convicted for 7 year rigorous imprisonment in the Tiangia murder case in Kandhamal 2008 Anti Christian Violence.
The Phulbani Fast track Court convicted Mr. Pradhan the sitting MLA of the G. Udayagiri constitutioncy
GCIC welcomes the conviction of Manoj Pradhan in the Tiangia murder case. However, GCIC will appeal for an enhanced sentence.
