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Christians pray as others take confession during Good Friday prayer services on April 10, 2009, in the village of Raikia, south of Bhubaneswar, India. | Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images A Christian family in an indigenous community in eastern India was beaten and forced to remain confined in their home for months after converting to Christianity and were subsequently charged by police for “breaching the peace and public tranquility.”  A woman, identified as Asha Korwa, and her famil...

04-16-2021 Map showing the location of Jharkhand state, India. (Image credit: CBN News) Christian persecution is on the rise in India. The latest report reveals a Christian family in the eastern part of the country has been confined to their home for months after a mob of tribal animists repeatedly attacked them for leaving their native religion.  Morning Star News (MSN) reports local police officials have even threatened to jail the family for breach of the peace. Animism is the belief that o...

Indian tribal families caned for embracing Christianity Catholic priest denies the Church was involved in religious conversion and calls for an investigation Christians from across India protest against persecution in New Delhi on October 2019. (Photo: Bijay Kumar Minj/UCA News) A village court in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand has ordered families who converted to Christianity to be caned, fined and excommunicated from the community. Three Korwa tribal families from Khala village of Dhu...

GARHWA: Three Korwa tribal families in a Jharkhand village were allegedly fined, caned and made to do sit-ups after a kangaroo court declared them social outcasts for converting to Christianity recently. The incident occurred at Khala village under Dhurki block of Garhwa district on January 22, sources said. Jaiwardhan Kumar, the subdivisional magistrate of Banshidhar Nagar, confirmed receiving information about the alleged backlash against conversions in the area. "Reports of some villagers b...

Police officer keeps vigil at Chibolya drug dealers as they wait to be screened at Lusakas Edwin Emboela Stadium on September 29, 2017. Picture by - Tenson Mkhala Trafficking of illicit substances erodes local economies through declining tourism revenues. Conversely, revenue from wildlife and narco-trafficking does not return to the community. Illicit trafficking degrades the local work-force and thus local businesses. Trafficking also Increases crime and violence, which poses a risk to comm...

Celebrated Pakistan national footballer and Bangladesh national coach Golam Sarwar aka Tipu, who famously played mostly for Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting, was one among the 23 Bengalis who represented Pakistan during the 24 years of East-West coexistence. He narrated the following anecdote. Soon after our decisive victory in the 1971 Liberation War, the visiting Bangladesh Customs footballers were accorded a somewhat grand reception at Calcutta by their Indian counterparts. To their disbelief, to f...

Cops help abandoned boy living with pet dog in UPs Muzaffarnagar ANI | Updated: Dec 17, 2020 15:36 IST Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 17 (ANI): Police came forward to help an abandoned child living with a pet dog in Muzaffarnagar. As per Ankit, the 10-year-old child, his father is in jail and his mother has left him. Speaking to the media, CO City Kuldeep Singh said, "We got information that a 10-year-old child is sleeping with a dog. The c...

As per Ankit, the 10-year-old child, his father is in jail and his mother has left him. Muzaffarnagar: Police came forward to help an abandoned child living with a pet dog in Muzaffarnagar. As per Ankit, the 10-year-old child, his father is in jail and his mother has left him. Speaking to the media, CO City Kuldeep Singh said, "We got information that a 10-year-old child is sleeping with a dog. The child was located and after that the first thing we did was to provide him winter clothes and ot...