Posts Tagged ‘India’

The south Indian state of Karnataka handed an absolute majority to the Left-of-Center Congress Party, giving Christians the hope of reprieve from the persecution suffered under the former rule of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

After being falsely imprisoned for four and a half years in the murder case of a Hindu nationalist leader in eastern Orissa state, the hearing of seven Christian men has been delayed again, raising doubts over the authorities’ apathetic and indifferent attitude towards the minority in the region.

Mystery surrounds the suspicious murder of a Catholic Priest in the southern city of Bangalore, even as police come under scrutiny for a slow investigation to find the culprits and the motive.