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"Today, the Indian society is under attack from Muslims, Christians, Maoists and terrorists and they want to end us as a nation,” reads a pamphlet by the outfit distributed along with right wing publications.

MINISTER of State for Food Processing Industries Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti has sparked off a controversy by claiming that everyone including Muslims and Christians are sons of Ram.

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.

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.

A mob of 40 people belonging to Bajrang Dal stormed into a church at 4 pm on Saturday and attacked Christians who had gathered there for prayer. The church leader issued an email sent by one of the leaders of the local church.

CHRISTIAN minorities in central India face a new threat as Hindu extremists in more than a dozen village councils have passed restrictions on religions other than Hinduism.

INDIA'S Christian leaders have called on the new federal government to include low caste Christians in quotas for places in educational institutions and civil...

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.

"Both main parties are unacceptable and meaningless," quipped Rev. Thampu. Apart from that, he is "worried about the media playing for the political galleries and tarnishing the sanctity of the polls...Money and media power has reached its nadir in this election."

IN what could be seen as an effort to woo Dalit Christians into his partyfold in the ensuing general polls, TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu has promised them that he will bring a legislation to accord SC status to Dalit Christians if his party is voted to power.