One of the Hindu extremists sentenced to life in prison for burning Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two young sons to death in India 25 years ago was given a hero’s welcome after he was...

On Tuesday 25 March, Ps Praveen Pagadala was found dead under suspicious circumstances in India’s south-east state of Andhra Pradesh. Ps Pagadala attended a church programme in Kovvur town on Monday...

On 26 February, we reported that in a recent social media post, two Hindu extremists attempted to call 5,000 people t...

Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Hindu nationalist organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has seen a 20% increase in membership. Its emboldened base seeks to forcibly unite India under Hindui...

In a recent social media post, a man named Aadesh Soni is attempting to call 5,000 people to gather on 1 March, to join ‘Gau Nyay Yatra’ (cow justice parade). Participants are being asked to enter...

On 30 July, an amendment to Uttar Pradesh's anti-conversion legislation was passed in an effort to strengthen the state's existing laws. In particular, major changes were made to the severity of punis...

A Christian woman in central India suffered a miscarriage this month after relatives who practise their traditional tribal religion beat her and strangled her, sources said. The 25-year-old Kunika ...

Vague policies such as laws forbidding the conversion of Hindus have passed in several Indian states, and the push for a similar federal law has gained support. These state anti-conversion laws have l...

Two Hindu nationalist organisations are trying to stop two large public Christian conventions scheduled to take place in different provinces of the Central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Vishwa Hind...

Eleven Christian women evangelists from Hyderabad, along with seven other local Christian men and women, were arrested and arraigned on false charges of trying to forcefully convert school children in...

A pastor and several members of his church were physically attacked on 8 September when Hindu nationalists raided a worship service in Bhubaneswar, Odisha State. The Christians were accused of forcibl...

Pastor Manju was an outspoken leader and a voice for Christian rights. He shepherded two churches in different villages. He lived with his wife, two sons and a daughter. On 28 August, Manju suffere...

A woman in the southern region of Chhattisgarh was brutally hacked to death on 24 June by fanatic Hindu relatives following a dispute over her Christian faith.  The incident, which shocked the entire...

The North Indian state of Rajasthan is considering an anti-conversion law to prevent fraudulent and forceful religious conversions. If implemented, Rajasthan could become the 11th of 28 Indian stat...

The young widow of a Christian in India’s Chhattisgarh state who was killed for his faith is living in fear a month after she fled for her life. Fleeing Kapanar village, in Darbha block, she took re...

A Christian pastor and his wife from central India were recently sentenced to prison after accusations were made that they had been involved in pressuring others to convert to Christianity. A man h...

Clashes erupted between villagers and church members on 13 February following disputes over a development on church property. The District Superintendent of the Methodist Church reported that tensions...

A Christian couple in Uppaladinni, Karnataka, was recently beaten for their faith and threatened with death if they continued to practise Christianity. The attack on Vijayalakshmi Chavhan and her husb...

VOM Australia has the privilege of supporting front-line workers in several restricted nations. These faithful believers work tirelessly to lead churches in hostile areas, encourage persecuted believe...

About 80% of Indians are Hindus, and more than 10% are Muslims. India is also the birthplace of Buddhism. Hindu nationalist informants live in nearly every village and report on the activities of C...

In a rare instance of protecting Christian converts instead of persecuting them, an Indian court recently ruled to uphold true freedom of religion guaranteed by the country’s constitution. Last y...

A pastor, his wife, and young son have been jailed for allegedly luring innocent people to Christianity in violation of an anti-conversion law in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state where Chr...

Chhattisgarh is one of a growing number of Indian states to have passed anti-conversion laws. The anti-conversion laws have established a climate of intoleranc...

One of our front-line workers in India is once again asking for prayer for the people of Manipur. The eastern state of Manipur has been enveloped in ethnoreligious violence since 3 May, when a peac...

In the state elections held in Karnataka on 10 May, the secular Indian National Congress party won a majority of seats over the former ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Moving quickly on election p...

On 24 April, Pastor Kirubendran and his family were detained for allegedly conducting "forcible conversion" activities and "insulting religion". The pastor's wife, Manju, was released on bail in early...

The north-eastern Indian state of Manipur remains in a tense state of unease weeks after a devastating spate of violence led to the deaths of at least 73 individuals, most of them Christians, and the ...

Nine Christian pastors were arrested and jailed on false charges of conversion activities in Azamgarh, in the North Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, last Monday. The pastors and ...

In Andhra Pradesh state, officials are conducting a survey to identify all Christians who have come from Hindu families, married a Hindu or are conducting Christian activities. ...