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 KARNATAKA CABINET APPROVES LEGAL BAN ON 'COW
SLAUGHTER'
Bangalore, 13 Feb 2010 : The Karnataka
State Cabinet has approved a new law to ban the
slaughter of cows and calves and ensure cattle
conservation. The Bill, which is set to replace the
Karnataka Prevention of Cow Slaughter and Cattle
Preservation Act, 1964, is expected to be tabled in the
next session of the legislature. The state is ruled by a
right-wing Hindu political party.
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INDIAN CHRISTIAN JOURNALISTS CALL ON TO DENOUNCE
FUNDAMENTALISM
Chennai, Feb 13, 2010 (Daijiworld): Christian
leaders and journalists addressing over 900 priests at
the Indian Priests Congress in Vailankanni (Thanjavur)
on Thursday February 11, called for ‘a radical change in
thinking among the Christians and a deeper involvement
in the politics and governance of the country as much as
being a watchdog to the democracy of this country’.
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GOSPEL BROUGHT US FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT: MANIPUR CM
Feb 8, 2010 /Christian Today: The Gospel has led
us from darkness to light, said Manipur Chief Minister
Ibobi Singh, as he heaped praise on pioneer missionaries
for bringing Good News to the northeast state. In his
message to thousands on the occasion of Gospel Centenary
Celebration of Independent Church of India, Singh said
"Gospel led us to light and has brought us education.”
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KARNATAKA GOVERNOR TAKES SERIOUS NOTE OF CHURCH
ATTACKS
Jan 27, 2010 /Christian Today: The governor of
Karnataka HR Bhardwaj has sternly warned against
anti-social elements causing communal disharmony and
conflict by vandalising churches. Addressing the
Republic Day function at the Manekshaw Parade Ground in
Bangalore, Bhardwaj said the nation’s founding fathers
had a vision to build a secular, united democratic
society in which people of all faiths and religions
enjoyed their basic freedom and right to practise their
religion.
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KARNATAKA CHURCH ATTACKS: RIGHT-WING HINDU GROUPS
INDICTED
Feb 2, 2010 /Christian Today/ Right-wing Hindu
groups have been held responsible for the series of
church attacks in Dakshina Kannada and adjoin districts
of Karnataka in the month of September 2008. Once again
ascertaining the growth of Hindu fundamentalism in the
BJP-ruled state, the interim report of Justice
Somasekhara Commission held Bajarang Dal, Sri Rama Sene
and VHP accountable for attacking churches and prayer
halls.
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SAVAGE ATTACK ON DAVANGERE CHRISTIANS BY RSS
Davangere: On 24th January 2010 at around 9:30,
a group of 20 members of the Hindu right wing
organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) led by
Rudresh and Basavaraju barged into the Indian Evangelica
Mission (IEM) located at Bidirikere village in Jagalur
taluk of Davangere district. They attacked Raju (28) and
others during the Sunday service. The gang was led by
Prakash, Madivalappa and Basavaraju of Bidarakere.
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PROTESTS AGAINST EU TEAM'S KANDHAMAL VISIT; FIVE HELD
BHUBANESWAR, 3 Feb 2010 ET Bureau: Five Bajrang
Dal activists have been held for staging protests
against a European Union (EU) delegation that arrived
here to visit Orissa's Kandhamal district to interact
with riot victims. The Bajrang Dal workers were detained
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CHURCH VANDALIZED BY ANTI-CHRISTIAN OUTFITS IN
KARNATAKA
Mandya: 60-year-old St Mathias Church in
Malavalli of Mandya district, Karnataka was vandalized
on the 4th February 2010. According to the GCIC sources
around 2:30 am, a group of anti-Christian miscreants
broke open the church's main door and window before
destroying all the statues.
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CHRISTIAN ARRESTED IN PUTTUR, KARNATAKA
Harish,
35 years, was arrested just after returning from a
friend's house after a prayer meeting on 7th February at
4.30 pm. The arrest was made on the basis of a false
complaint of forceful conversion filed by Bajarang Dal
leader Sekhar. Police from Kadaba Police arrested Harish.
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 CHURCH OF ENGLAND DECIDES TO SELL INDIAN MINING
VENTURE SHARES
Indian
Christian activists have welcomed a decision by the
Church of England to sell its shares in Vedanta
Resources, whose planned bauxite mine in north-east
India has taken flak from local residents and
conservationists.
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EU TEAM INTERACT WITH KANDHAMAL CHRISTIANS
BHUBANESWAR: An 11-member European Union (EU)
team on 4th February interacted with riot victims in
Orissa's Kandhamal district to find about the situation
in the region and heard their accounts, police and
eyewitnesses said. Several victims of the riots apprised
the visiting team about the steps the state government
has taken for their rehabilitation and the difficulties
they are currently facing.
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INDIANS GET PARTICULAR ABOUT ONLINE MARRIAGE
MUMBAI (AFP) — From the overweight and
transsexuals to people with HIV and those supposedly
afflicted by negative planetary positions, the Internet
dating game in India increasingly has a website for
everyone. And with Valentine's Day on Sunday, the
specialist sites are seeing a rise in hits. "There's
always an increase in activity around this time of
year," said Megha Singhal, who with her sister runs a
portal for larger lonely hearts --
www.overweightshaadi.com.
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DAKSHINA KANNADA POLICE HAVE BEEN SAFFRONISED’
Jan 31, DHNS: Dalit leaders participating in the
SC/ST grievances redress meeting convened by
Superintendent of Police on Sunday spoke elaborately on
various instances of police atrocities on Dalits.
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GOSPEL TRANSFORMS MILLIONS OF LIVES SINCE 1910
It's
been 100 years since Watkin Roberts first brought the
Gospel of John to the village of Senvon, India. Since
then, 95 percent of the village came to Christ, and
millions of individuals now call Christ their Savior in
the region.
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WORK FOR UNITY IN ORISSA: CRI LEADER
February 10, 2010
UCAN: Catholic Religious in Orissa need to do
more to unite people in the riot-hit eastern state, says
a leading nun there. Sister Flora Lakra, superior of the
Daughters of the Cross province in Orissa’s Rourkela,
says the “credibility of Religious” life is eroding
across India, including Orissa.
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SOMASEKHARA COMMISSION RESUMES INQUIRY
Feb 10, 2010 /Christian Today/ - A week after
sending the interim report on church attacks in
Mangalore and Dakshina Kannada districts, Justice B K
Somasekhara Commission has resumed inquiry till a final
report is submitted to the state government. In the
latest, a local Christian group submitted a set of
documents against the Bajrang Dal and its then state
convener Mahendra Kumar, accusing them of deliberate
attacks against minority Christians.
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EU DELEGATION MEETS VICTIMS OF KANDHAMAL VIOLENCE
Kandhamal, Feb 5, 2010: A European Union team
was given a rousing welcome here on Thursday by those
affected by anti-Christian violence in August 2008. The
victims showered petals on the visiting delegates at the
rehabilitation camp at Nandagiri in the G. Udaigiri
area. Many in the camp danced to drumbeats and several
shook hands with the11-member team.
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"RAM SENE" THREATENS TO DISRUPT VALENTINE'S DAY
CELEBRATIONS
Belgaum, 13 Feb 2010: Right-wing outfit Sri Rama
Sene, which was in the eye of a storm after its
activists attacked women at a pub in Mangalore in early
2008 in an act of moral policing, today said it would
not allow Valentine's Day celebrations in Karnataka.
Sene chief Pramod Muthalik asked educational
institutions, hotels, and theatres not to encourage
Valentine's Day celebrations.
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ARCHBISHOP CALLS FOR RECONCILIATION IN ORISSA
The
following is the statement of His Grace Raphael Cheenath,
SVD Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar at a Press
Conference today on the current situation in Kandhamal,
Orissa and issues of rehabilitation and reconciliation
and justice in the District. The press conference was
also addressed by Dr John Dayal, Member, National
Integration Council, and Secretary General, All India
Christian Council.
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CDI 2010: A READY-RECKONER FOR INDIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
Bangalore, Feb 11, 2010, Gabriel Vaz (Daijiworld):
The Catholic Directory of India of 2010, known as
CDI 2010, to be published in August will turn out to be
the ready-reckoner for Indian Catholic Church comprising
Latin, Syro-Malankara and Syro-Malabar rites and their
roughly 23 million faithful.
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