India

A pastor was attacked and his house church burnt by Hindus in Karnataka.

A court in Buddhist Bhutan sentenced a Christian to three years imprisonment for “attempting to promote civil unrest” by showing films about Christianity.

A Pentecostal pastor in Karnataka was arrested and charged with conducting false religious conversions on Sept. 26.

Hindutva activists attacked a church in Chittoor, but five Christians were the only ones arrested.

Communist Rebels decapitated a pastor and cut up his body after murdering him, and severely beat his wife in Valam Guve Village, India, according to a Washington-based Christian human rights organization.

Tensions remained high Wednesday, September 15, in several parts of India where reports of Koran burning in the United States sparked deadly attacks against Christian institutions.

Suspected Buddhist militants attacked Christian aid workers in a flood stricken area in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, Christians said Saturday, September 11, and there was also anti-Christian violence reported elsewhere the country.

A Christian school was torched as thousands of Islamic fundamentalists took to the streets in Kashmir following a report on an Iranian TV Channel of a Koran being desecrated in New York over the weekend. At least 13 people were killed and scores injured in clashes.

A 16-year old Christian girl was rescued on August 9, 2010, after being held captive for two years, Worthy News has learned.

After an attack on an Indian believers home in Karnataka, India, 12 believers, including the pastor and an evangelist were arrested by police Worthy news has learned.

A pastor and his church in India were attacked by a mob Sunday, Worthy News has learned.

Two Christian pastors and some of their congregation were arrested last week for preaching the gospel in India, Worthy News has learned.

Police in India’s eastern state of Orissa say they have detained five suspected Hindu militants for their alleged involvement in attacking a devoted young Christian boy and threatening to kill him and his family.

An evangelist and co-workers were recovering Friday, May 28, after Hindu militants attacked them in India’s southern state of Karnataka, Christians said.

Four Christians, including three evangelists and a police officer, have been jailed in India’s central state of Chhatisgarh for “converting” Hindus to Christianity, after they were injured in an attack by Hindu militants, Christian officials confirmed Saturday, April 17.

A dozen church leaders remained behind bars Monday, April 12, a week after security forces detained them in India’s southern state of Karnataka on charges of “forceful conversion” of Hindus, a major evangelical group said.