Monthly Archives: November 2014

THE mother of Saeed Abedini, an American pastor imprisoned in Iran, has fled the country after the government threatened her with arrest, according to...

A British-Iranian woman held in Iran after trying to watch a men's volleyball match is on hunger strike for the second time, according to her family. Ghoncheh Ghavami, 25-year-old law graduate from London, is said to be protesting against what she called her illegal detention.

Christians in the district of Jaunpur in India's Uttar Pradesh state have been targeted by Hindu extremists who have reportedly "reconverted" 310 Christians back to Hinduism. The Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) told AsiaNews that the incident occurred on October 26 and has become a trend among Christian regions in Uttar Pradesh. They reported that the Hindu groups have termed this ritual "returning home," and this has been the third case in less than two months. About 30 families were part of the reconversion, and each of these families had previously renounced Hinduism in the past four years. Local police reported their turn to Christianity had stirred up Hindu organizations in the region. This incident occurred close to Diwali, India's most popular Hindu holiday. AsiaNews reports that the Hindu organizations used this holiday to organize a conversion ceremony where they would "sacrifice" Bibles and recite Hindu prayers to complete the "returning home" ritual. Each Chrsitan also received a copy of the Bhagavad Gita from Hindu priests. "Freedom of religion is our constitutional right. The underhanded methods used to reconvert innocent Christians to Hinduism are dangerous. The GCIC is concerned about the insecurity experienced by vulnerable Christian families. In Uttar Pradesh Hindu radicals using veiled threats to intimidate minority communities," Sajan George, president of the GCIC said to AsiaNews. The GCIC has previously pointed out that Hindu nationalism has been on the rise since President Narendra Modi was elected in June 2014, and the groups have acted violently toward Christians and other minorities. It is reported that more than 600 attacks have occurred on both Muslims and Christians on the first 100 days of the new government. Hindu fundamentalists groups have targeted Christians and churches, mostly in the Uttar Pradesh state.

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“WE have 70 million active users here who use the application at least once a month,” business head Neeraj Arora said at the fifth annual INK Conference.

FIFTY men and women have been killed by ISIS terrorists, according to a new report. The victims, members of the US-allied Alby Nimr tribe, were lined up and methodically shot.

IN a blunt assessment of terrorist safe havens in Pakistan, the Pentagon has told the US Congress that the country is using militant groups as proxies to counter the superior Indian military.

ALARMED by the increasing fatalities, the new government has begun a five-year project to cut road deaths by a fifth every year, part of the most ambitious overhaul of highway laws since independence in 1947.

THE report has identified key economic and business growth hotspots for the period up to 2025. The emerging cities include Jamnagar, Dehradun, Cuttack, Bhavnagar, Kolhapur, Vellore, Amaravati, Ajmer, Udaipur, Sangli, Nanded and Mangalore.

MORE than 17,000 people living near the coastal areas in Gujarat have been evacuated by authorities in view of the approaching tropical cyclone Nilofar which, however, has gradually weakened and is expected to hit the state merely as a "depression".