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 "DON'T
IMPOSE YOUR CONSTITUTION ON US": NAGA LEADER
Camp Hebron (Nagaland), Mar 22 (IBNS):
Naga leader Thuingaleng Muivah on Sunday asserted that
the Nagas will not tolerate the ‘imposition of Indian
Constitution’ as a solution to the vexed Naga issue.
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MIZO CHURCH DECLARES ‘WAR’ ON GAYS
Aizawl, March 13, 2010: The Baptish Church
of Mizoram is having problems with its members being
‘gay’. The church formally declared ‘war’ and has
threatened to excommunicate its members indulging in
homosexual activities.
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DEADLIEST SPATE OF CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION HITS
KARNATAKA
March 20, 2010: The Evangelical Fellowship
of India has reported that Southern Karnataka state has
recorded over 1,000 anti-Christian attacks in 500 days,
and the number is growing by the day.
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TRAINING PROGRAM FOR THEOLOGICAL TRAINERS
Christian AIDS/HIV National Alliance (CANA) will conduct
a training program at Allahabad Bible Seminary from 27
to 29 April 2010 for teachers and faculty of theological
schools to equip them to train their students in the
proper care of HIV infected patients.
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INDIAN CHILDREN MAY HAVE BEEN 'SACRIFICED'
Mumbai, Mar 18, 2010: Five children
poisoned to death in a village in India may have been
"sacrificed", police say. They say that the children
were killed in Maharashtra state by a childless couple
in a suspected black magic ritual to enable them to
conceive.
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EVEN A DEAD CHRISTIAN NOT SPARED
A mob of about 150 Hindu extremists allegedly from the
Bajrang Dal, shouting Hindu slogans exhumed a dead body
and dumped it 3 kms away from the cemetery on March 17
in Arsikere, Karnataka.
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MAHESH BHAT'S FRESH RESOLVE ON KANDHAMAL
A delegation of nuns, priests & laity, representing the
victims of Kandhamal called on Mahesh Bhat to garner
support for what most see as a forgotten cause. Mahesh
Bhat assured that he would drum-up necessary support
from prominent members of civil society and a fresh
resolve to aid Kandhamal would be made.
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CHURCH OPPOSES QUOTA FOR MINORITY SCHOOLS
March 18, 2010 (UCAN): Church groups in
India have criticized a federal commission insisting
minority educational institutions should admit 30
percent of students from their own community to enjoy
constitutional privileges.
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BABRI DEMOLITION: ADVANI ‘INSTIGATED' THE MOB
Rai Barreli, 26 Mar 2010: No leader
present on a dais facing the disputed structure on the
day the Babri Masjid was demolished, made any attempt to
stop the demolition, IPS officer Anju Gupta, who was LK
Advani's security officer then, has told court.
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FALSE COMPLAINTS GALORE - PASTOR JAILED
Karnataka police arrested a pastor after allegedly Hindu
extremists lodged a complaint against him of forceful
conversion on March 15 in Borgunta, Sullai Taluk,
Mangalore.
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CHRISTIAN COUNCIL EXPRESS CONCERN OVER COMMUNAL
VIOLENCE BILL
22 March 2010 (ChristianToday): The All
India Christian Council (aicc) has expressed
apprehension over the Communal Violence (Prevention,
Control and Rehabilitation of Victims) Bill, 2009, which
it said needs a "serious re-write".
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DIVORCED MUSLIM WOMEN ENTITLED TO MAINTENANCE
Kochi, March 17, 2010: A Division
Bench of the Kerala
High Court on Wednesday ruled that a divorced Muslim
woman's right to claim maintenance under Section 125 of
the Criminal Procedure Code did not stand “extinguished”
if payment under Section 3 of the Muslim Women
(Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act 1986 had not been
made by her former husband.
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