Tag: Graham Staines

Quoting Census figures of 2011, Mohanty said between 1961 and 2011, Hindu population of Odisha went down form 98% to 94%.

ON that fateful night, under the cover of darkness, the Sister and I went to the home of a Hindu gentleman. He was kind enough to give us food and shelter, putting himself and his family at great risk. My assistant priest found shelter at his brother’s house.

DAILY life is becoming a nightmare again for many Christian communities in the state of Orissa (Odisha), scene of the worst anti-Christian pogrom in India's history in 2008.

THE move by the country’s highest legal body comes after the Supreme Court’s observation that the killers of Staines and his two minor children intended to teach the Australian missionary a lesson.

GLADYS Staines, wife of Australian missionary Graham Staines, who was burned to death along with their two sons in Orissa over a decade ago, has said she holds no bitterness towards the killers.

DARA Singh and Mahendra Hembrom were found guilty of burning to death Staines and his sons, who were sleeping inside a van outside a church, at Manoharpur village in Orissa on Jan 22, 1999.

CHRISTIANS in Kandhamal district of Orissa, where large-scale violence was witnessed three years ago, celebrated Christmas peacefully.