Kanhagad, Kasargod (Kerala): Pastor Titus Ignatious Kappan is doing gospel work in Kanhangad Sub Division of Kasaragod District in Kerala, ever since June 2010. The name of pastor’s church is Life Changers International Church , and he has a fellowship of a little over 100 members, most of whom are Hindu converts from SC backgrounds. On 21st February, Tuesday evening, he was invited by Mr. Rajan, an SC convert and member of his fellowship, residing at Chathurakinar in Kanhangad to join him for dinner. Accordingly, the pastor drove himself in his car Tata Indica Vista 2010 model, along with his children for dinner and parked the car in front of the house. After exchange of pleasantries and a short prayer, they began their dinner.  read more »

NIA raids Sanatan Sanstha Headquarters
WEDNESDAY, 05 OCTOBER 2011
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) raided the right wing Hindu organization Sanatan Sanstha's headquarters located in North Goa's Ponda on Tuesday night. NIA officials raided the residential as well as official quarters of the ashram at Ramnathi, 30 km from here, of the Sanatan Sanstha, whose members have been charge-sheeted for carrying out blasts in Goa as well as several parts of Maharashtra over the last few years.  read more »

'Saffron terror' role being probed
Anirban Bhaumik, New Delhi, Sep 20, DHNS:

The ''saffron terror'' might well be a much bigger phenomenon than previously envisaged, with the investigating agencies suspecting involvement of Hindutva activists in as many as 16 explosions across the country.  read more »

Pastor Sent to Jail for Praying in a Believer’s House in Hassan
Arakalgud, Hassan Dt. (Karnataka): Pastor Daniel Raghu (32) is in charge of a House Church called the New India Church of God at Arakalgud in Hassan District in Karnataka. He lives with his old father Sri. Lingaiah, and his wife Smt. Vimala (28), and two small children, a son (7) and a daughter (5). He has a membership of about 50 believers in his church, and he has been serving the Lord during the last 8 years.
On Friday, 16-9-2011, round about 1.30 in the afternoon, he visited a believer’s house at a village called Jamanahally, about 35 Kms from Sakleshpur, for a prayer meeting. Just as the prayer began, about 20 Hindu Sangh Parivarists surrounded the house and began shouting at the believers and the pastor that they were trying to forcibly convert people to Christianity. Then they sent for the police and got Pastor Daniel arrested and took him to the Sakleshpur police station. After detaining him in the police station for a few hours and conducting some sort of an inquiry, they charge-sheeted him under section IPC 153-A, and sometime late in the evening produced him before the magistrate who sent him to the Sakleshpur Sub Jail.
The GCIC is in touch with the pastor and has also appointed Mr. Yeshwant, as his lawyer, who has already filed an application trying to get a bail for the pastor. Please pray for him.  read more »

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Karnataka: two pastors assaulted and arrested on false accusations of forced conversions
by Nirmala Carvalho
They were ambushed by 10 Hindu radicals while returning from the house of a religious believer. Insults, threats and beatings, then the complaint and arrest. The Global Council of Indian Christians: "Complicity between extremists and the government."  read more »

Sangh Parivar functionary and an accused in the dargah sharif blast case, Swami Aseemanand, has turned hostile to his written statement/confession and refused to be prosecution's approver in the case.  read more »