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  Jan 3, 2024

  Christian man arrested for praying in his own home on New Year's Eve

  Police in Uttar Pradesh detained a Christian, along with a guest, for praying in his own house on New Year’s Eve in Maharajganj district on Sunday.

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  Dec 28, 2023

  Pastor's arrest forces 7 churches to shut down; family says he was ‘falsely framed’

  Pastor Dashrath Gupta, from Barwa Khurd village under the Nautanwa administrative division, was taken into custody by the Nautanwa police based on a complaint filed by a female church member who had been attending regular services for the past year.

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  Dec 7, 2023

  Radical Hindu group plotting protest against tribal Christians on Christmas Day

  In a move that threatens to heighten communal tensions, the Janajati Dharma Sanskriti Suraksha Manch (JSM), an affiliate of the pro-Hindu Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), has announced its intention to stage a protest rally on Christmas Day in Agartala, the capital of Tripura.

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  Nov 27, 2023

  India: Christian families being denied right to bury their dead

  Christians in the Bastar region are once again being denied permission to bury their dead, according to reports from Narayanpur district in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh.

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  Nov 24, 2023

  4 Christian missionaries brutally assaulted in India

  Four missionaries including a pastor and his wife from Gospel Echoing Missionary Society (GEMS) were brutally assaulted in a village near Garhwa district of Jharkhand.

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  Nov 17, 2023

  Christian judge's appointment to India's Supreme Court hailed as ‘good news’

  The appointment of a Christian judge to India's top court last week was welcomed by Christian leaders and the minority community as "good news," noting that "one of our own has been appointed at the highest level of the judiciary."

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  Nov 9, 2023

  Protestant pastor, 15 women under investigation, accused of 'propagating superstition' for prayer meeting

  A Protestant pastor and 15 women are the subject of an investigation by the Uttar Pradesh police, who claim the women are propagating superstition. They were all registered in accordance with the strict anti-conversion statute of the state.

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  Nov 6, 2023

  Nepal's Supreme Court sentences pastor to prison for 'proselytizing'

  The Supreme Court in Nepal denied the application of a Nepali pastor and upheld the high court judgement of a one-year prison term and fine, even after there were no witnesses to establish the allegation of proselytization, said the pastor himself.

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  Nov 3, 2023

  Vatican approves beatification process for 35 martyrs of Kandhamal violence

  The Vatican has granted approval to initiate the beatification process for 35 Christians who were martyred for their faith during the 2008 anti-Christian violence in Kandhamal, India.

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  Oct 29, 2023

  Christian groups outraged by Hindu guru's slurs, mockery of Jesus followers: 'Infidels, 'Halliulla people'

  The Christian community in Punjab is up in arms after a self-styled Hindu spiritual guru used derogatory language against the Christian faith and community.