Thuvakudi, Trichy (Tamil Nadu): 25-02-2012 - Pastor John Chidambaran has been ministering at Thuvakudi in Trichy District during the last 20 years and he has a church named Mercy Prayer Hall which he built himself about 20 years ago. Also, the land on which the church and the parsonage were built is his own land which also includes about 3 1/2 (three and a half) cents of poramboke land, allotted to him by the Tahsildar of Tiruvarambur.
However, the pastor’s neighbour who claims and demands a part of the poramboke land, picked up a quarrel with the pastor and broke the water pipeline on February 21, 2012. The aggrieved pastor then was forced to lodge a complaint at the Thuvakudi Police Station about the high-handed behavior of his neighbour.  read more »

BERHAMPUR: Orissa- Police on Wednesday rescued 41 students, who had fled from the Government Girls' High School in Kandhamal district's Jalespeta area.The Class IX girls had left the hostel on Monday night after the authorities did not allow them to attend the Mahashivratri festival at a village. The hostel is run by the state government's SC and ST development department.  read more »

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Speaking Freely is an Asia Times Online feature that allows guest writers to have their say. Aggressions against Christians in India are not on the European agenda. During the latest EU-India strategic summit, indeed, talks focused only on trade and economy. The same scene occurred few days later between Brussels and Beijing, but with some (token) differences.

Approaches are quite different but the final landfall is the same. In its relations with India and China, the European Union (EU) continues to use a double standard regarding human rights and  read more »