Tag: Karnataka Christians

Christians have constantly informed the state administration and the general public that the law was "irrelevant and malicious" and primarily geared at alienating Christians from other religious minorities, the prelate added.

REPRESENTATIVES of the Christian community expressed their ''anger and hurt” at the ruling Congress party in Karnataka for ''ignoring and betraying” the community by not fielding even a single candidate in the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in the State.

FREEDOM to practice one’s own religion may be a given in the Constitution but it is a high-risk activity in some parts of Karnataka. Five Christians belonging to three different families in Hassan district of that state learned it the hard way recently.

ALTHOUGH Hindus blocked roads with burning tires and pelted cars with stones to discourage attendance, the "Jesus Christ Festival of Blessings" was still held Nov. 25-27 at the Chelli Railway Colony ground in Hubli.

A delegation of bishops from Karnataka led by the Archbishop of Bangalore Bernard Moras, and the Bishop of Mangalore Aloysius Paul D'Souza met Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda and urged him to withdraw all pending cases against some young Christians.

FOUR Christian men were arrested by the Karnataka police following a false complaint of religious conversion against them in Bangalore.

AS many as four Christians, including a police constable, were beaten on April 1 in Madikeri district of Orissa for allegedly helping people convert to Christianity.

FORMER Karnataka High Court judge M F Saldanha has accused chief minister B S Yeddyurappa and home minister V S Acharya of being party to attacks on churches in Karnataka in September 2008, in an ‘independent’ report he compiled on the attacks.

A group of eight believers were beaten and dragged to the police station. Their crime? Conducting evening prayers.