By P A Chacko Sahibganj, July 8, 2023: The central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, under Chief Minister Shivraj Chauhan of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has been gaining notoriety for increasing crimes and atrocities committed on the Adivasis. Blood-curdling cruelties by lynching mobs and BJP’s foot soldiers have beenContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ranchi, July 6, 2023: The incident of an upper caste Hindu urinating on a tribal man in a central Indian state has been widely condemned by indigenous people in the country. Amrit Horo, a youth leader of the Ranchi archdiocese, says the incident has brought shock,Continue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, June 1, 2023: The Catholic bishops in India have urged the federal and Madhya Pradesh governments to stop “the age old bogey of conversion” to repeatedly tarnish “the dedicated services” of its people. “The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) is deeply saddened at theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Jhabua, Feb 24, 2023: A Protestant bishop was remanded in judicial custody in connection with an alleged case of religious conversion in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The family members of Auxiliary Bishop Paul Muniya of the Shalom Church in Jhabua district have deniedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Narmadapuram, Fen 13, 2023: Unidentified persons have set fire to a Protestant church in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Police have launched a probe against those behind the burning of the Evangelical Lutheran church under Kesla police station in Narmadapuram district. People came toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Damoh, Nov 21, 2022: Police in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh have initiated a preliminary probe into a woman’s allegation that she was paid to convert Christianity. The move came on an order from the National Commission for Women (NCW), a federal statutory bodyContinue Reading
Bhopal, Aug 4, 2022: A group of cow vigilantes has attacked a truck in suspicion of cattle smuggling that left a 50-year-old man dead and two others gravely wounded in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The incident occurred at around 12.30 am on the intervening night of AugustContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhopal, Oct 22, 2021: Some young Christians have burnt the effigy of a Hindu law maker in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh to protest against his unsavory statement against Christians and Muslims. Rameshwar Sharma, a legislator belonging to the ruling pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party,Continue Reading
By A C Michael Jhabua: People claiming to be members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) say they plan to demolish churches in the Jhabua district of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh on September 26. Auxiliary Bishop Paul Muniya of the Protestant Shalom Church in Jhabua, led aContinue Reading
Bhopal: The police in Madhya Pradesh have registered 28 cases of forcible religious conversions under the Freedom of Religion law which was passed by the state assembly in March. State Home Minister Narottam Mishra, in a written reply to a question, informed the Vidhan Sabha that 37 accused have beenContinue Reading