By Matters India Reporter NEW DELHI, October 13, 2026: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) has condemned the disruption of a Christian gathering in West Bengal and demanded strict action against those responsible for violence at a Bible convention in Nadia district. According to the CBCI, the Annual SantaliContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, October 12, 2026: A fact-finding team has expressed concern over a series of alleged attacks, threats, and acts of intimidation targeting Christian communities in different parts of West Bengal. The team comprising Trinamool Congress MP Sagarika Ghose, Sirsanya Bandyopadhyay, and Maria Fernandez visited several locationsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, September 18, 2026: The Bangiya Christiya Pariseba (Bengal Christian Council) has voiced grave concern over rising violence and systemic harassment faced by the Christian community across West Bengal. Despite repeated appeals for official hearings and independent inquiries into baseless conversion allegations, state authorities have remainedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter BENGALURU, September 15, 2026: A high‑level Christian delegation led by Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore met All‑India Congress Committee (AICC) President Mallikarjun Kharge on Sept. 14 to press for urgent action on issues affecting the Christian community in Karnataka. The delegation, which included bishops and seniorContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, Sept. 14, 2026: Another alarming attack on a minority prayer fellowship has shaken Sinni village under Dantan 2 block in Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal, near the Odisha border. According to eyewitnesses, a group of communal miscreants barged into a house church during Sunday worship,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, August 21, 2026: A Christian funeral at a cemetery in rural West Bengal was disrupted by a group of individuals church representatives said, prompting complaints to authorities and raising concerns about religious freedom and the right to conduct last rites without interference. The incident tookContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, August 19, 2026: A violent mob attack on Pastor Joy Sutradhar, a veteran Christian leader serving Satgachia in Purba Bardhaman district of West Bengal for over two decades, has left his family traumatized and the local community shaken. According to reports, a group of 20–25Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, August 16, 2026: A private prayer gathering in Dharma Rosulla village under Medinipur Sadar (Kotwali) Police Station in West Bengal turned violent on August 16 when a group stormed the residence of Asit Murmu, vandalized property, and brutally assaulted women attending the service. Shockingly, policeContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Barasat, 13 July 2026: A tense confrontation erupted, July 12 at the residence of the Auxilium Sisters (FMA) in Barasat, a town in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, when a mob of some 60 people, reportedly mobilized by the Hindu Jagarana Manch, demanded the demolition ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, 6 July, 2026: Barely two months after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) assumed power in West Bengal, religious minority communities are reporting a disturbing rise in intimidation, harassment, and restrictive measures. What began as scattered incidents in May has now taken on a more systematicContinue Reading
