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1. Believers Rejoice After Government Reinstates Good Friday Holiday: Widespread protests have forced the government in Christian-majority Meghalaya State in northeast India to restore the Good Friday holiday. The coalition government, to which the Hindu nationalist BJP ...; Created on 29 March 2018
2. Major Christian Leaders Worried New Bill Could Be the End of Faith as They Know It: Church leaders in India have joined the chorus of protest against the BJP-led government, known for espousing a Hindu nationalist agenda, hurrying through an "anti-conversion law" in the eastern state ...; Created on 22 August 2017
3. The 5 Attacks on Churches This Week No One Told You About: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been criticized for condemning the Palm Sunday attacks on churches in Egypt but failing to condemn attacks in his own country. On the same day that two churches ...; Created on 11 April 2017
4. Truth Revealed: Did ISIS Crucify a Christian on Good Friday or Not?: India's government has said rumors that a kidnapped Catholic priest was crucified on Good Friday are false, and promised that efforts are being made to secure his release. A flurry of news reports both ...; Created on 05 April 2016
5. Indian Priest's Church Disturbed by Rumors of His 'Crucifixio: A flurry of news reports both confirming as well as denying the alleged crucifixion of an Indian priest at the hands of the Islamic State on Good Friday created anxiety and confusion among Christians around ...; Created on 30 March 2016
6. Anti-Christian Violence Strikes Daily for These Believers: Attacks on Christians in India were reported on an almost daily basis in 2015, according to a Christian advocacy group. "The country saw 355 incidents of violence, including 200 major incidents, during ...; Created on 21 January 2016
7. Police Arrest, Torture 20 Christian Evangelists: Twenty Christian men on an evangelical mission in northwestern India last week were illegally detained and tortured by police, according to a human rights group which intervened to force their release. ...; Created on 05 March 2015
8. Prayers Answered: Kidnapped Priest Released After 8 Months: Indian Jesuit priest Alexis Prem Kumar who was kidnapped in June 2014 in southern Afghanistan was released and reached New Delhi on Feb. 22 with the intervention of the Indian government. "Delighted at ...; Created on 24 February 2015
9. India's Christians Rise Up Against Hindu Extremist Persecutio: Indian Christians from across denominations have formed a legal-aid agency, complete with a telephone hotline number, to respond to increasing attacks that have followed the rise of Hindu nationalists ...; Created on 26 January 2015
10. Why These Christians and Muslims Are Scared This Christmas: Christmas is an occasion mostly associated with joy and celebration. But since the start of the holiday season, India's minority religious groups of Christians and Muslims have been especially under pressure. ...; Created on 19 December 2014
11. No Special Caste Status for Christians, Indian Minister Says: India should not extend government job and education assistance to the country's poorest Christians, India's social justice minister, Thavar Chand Gehlot, said this month. For one thing, he said, there ...; Created on 29 October 2014