Morning Star News Southern India Correspondent

• Police in India Press Churches to Provide Information on Activities Thursday, August 24, 2023
  Police in India have issued questionnaires to at least 40 churches in Indore, Madhya Pradesh state seeking information that Christians fear will be used by Hindu extremists to attack them, sources...
• Sikh in India Leads Pastor into Knife Attack Tuesday, November 8, 2022
  A Christian pastor in northern India who drives a taxi for a living was brutally stabbed after he shared the gospel with a Sikh man.
• Hostility toward Christians Grows in District in Northern India Thursday, January 27, 2022
  Intense opposition to Christianity grew in an area of northern India in the past month as a Hindu mob invited news media to record them reviling a house church gathering, and another pastor and his...
• Young Christian Family Forms amid Persecution in Nepal Tuesday, January 11, 2022
  After moving in with his parents after the birth of his son, Pawan (surname withheld for security reasons) said that in March 2020, they told him and his wife to either partake of Hindu rituals or...
• Pastor in India Who Lost Wife to COVID-19 Forced to Stop Worship Monday, November 1, 2021
   Pastor Raj Masih and his three children have not been able to return home to their village in eastern India since Sept. 28, when Hindu extremists attacked him.
• Police Beat Christians in Custody in Uttar Pradesh State, India Tuesday, October 12, 2021
  Sources told Morning Star News that police in northern India arrested two Christians on false charges last month and beat them in custody while reviling them for their faith.
• Hard-Line Hindus Beat Christian Unconscious in Tamil Nadu State, India Friday, September 3, 2021
   A Christian in southern India’s Tamil Nadu state is in hiding after hard-line Hindu neighbors beat him unconscious with iron rods last month, sources said.
• Pastor's Wife, 19-Year-Old Injured in Attack on Christians in Northern India Tuesday, August 24, 2021
  According to sources, a pastor’s wife is still bed-ridden after hard-line Sikhs and Hindus broke her leg in an attack on their church last month in northern India.
• Christians Jailed after Hindus Attack Them for Visiting Widower Friday, August 13, 2021
  Three Christians are in jail after hard-line Hindus in northern India beat two of them, both pastors, and a Hindu they were comforting in the loss of his family to COVID-19.
• Christian Father Charged after Hindus Attack Daughter in India Monday, July 19, 2021
  According to sources, hard-line Hindus in northern India who attacked a young Christian woman have filed fabricated charges against her father.
• Campaign Launched to Discredit Christian Groups in Nepal Thursday, April 29, 2021
  In an effort to have the registration of Christian organizations revoked, Hindu extremists in Nepal have reportedly forged documents making it seem like Christian groups in the area are seeking...
• Christians Confined to Home by Police, Tribal Threats in India Thursday, April 15, 2021
  After being attacked by a tribal mob for their Christian faith and being threatened with jail by police over the attack, a Christian family in eastern India has been confined to their home for...
• Christian Mother of Three Beaten, Driven from Home in Eastern India Thursday, March 18, 2021
  A Christian mother of three young children in eastern India has been beaten and driven from her home because of her faith.
• Christian Mother Expelled from Village, Threatened with Death Wednesday, March 10, 2021
  A Christian mother of four was expelled from her native Palamadugu village, in Sukma District, by tribal animists because of her Christian faith.
• Pastor in India Beaten for Refusing to Help Pay for Tribal Rituals Monday, March 1, 2021
  Local officials and other tribal animists in a village in eastern India locked council doors, tied up pastor Lakshman Oraon and beat him for more than an hour, but he kept praising God, he said.
• Pastor in India Locked in Room and Left to Die Thursday, December 10, 2020
  A pastor in India was beaten unconcious and left for dead in a locked room by Hindu extremists.
• Christian's Hearing Permanently Damaged in 'Reconversion' Attacks in India Monday, October 12, 2020
  A Christian and his 20-year-old son have taken refuge at an undisclosed location after being attacked in Chhattisgarh state. The attack left the father with permanent damage to his hearing.
• Hindus, Ex-Church Members Attack Christian Family in India Friday, September 25, 2020
  Saying Christians could not live in their village of Jhikatia, Bihar state, armed hardline Hindu assailants dragged a Chrisian man out of his home and began beating him.