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22 Sep 2011

Muslims help to rebuild Christian school in Kashmir after violence

Muslims in Kashmir, India, are supporting the re-building of a Christian school destroyed by fire during anti-Christian violence a year ago.
3 Sep 2011

Poverty and mega-wealth in India

A few weeks ago I had a holiday in India. I used to live there and so I might be one of the few foreigners who actually loves arriving in Delhi, stepping out of the airport into the cruel heat, sooty air and architecture of the perpetually half-built.
29 Aug 2011

Malankara church in India celebrates 175th anniversary

A celebration has takn place of the 175th anniversary of an 1836 reformation in the historic Malankara church in Kerela, India.
4 Aug 2011

Tour companies join tourist boycott of 'human safaris'

Tour companies in the Andaman Islands are supporting a call for tourists to boycott the Andaman Trunk Road which cuts through the Jarawa tribe’s forest.
27 Jul 2011

Vedanta AGM to face shareholders' anger over human rights

Vedanta Resources will face vocal protests at its AGM today, as NGOs urge the company to give up on their notorious Niyamgiri mine in Orissa, India.
16 Jul 2011

Indian Christians and secularists join forces on schooling

Church and secular groups are protesting against southern Karnataka state government for promoting Hindu scripture in state-run schools.
10 Jul 2011

Discrimination forces Dalits to leave church, says Catholic bishop

Dalit Christians are being forced to forsake their faith due to continued discrimination under Indian laws, says a Catholic bishop.
15 Jun 2011

MPs' India report 'a valuable contribution' to UK aid debate

British aid to India should tackle the discrimination which excludes many millions from mainstream Indian society, Christian Aid says.
17 May 2011

Government U-turn halts tribal eviction from India’s national parks

The Indian government has scrapped its controversial policy of expelling tribal people from wildlife-rich areas to turn them into national parks.
7 May 2011

Indian churches called on to tackle caste discrimination

Churches in India have been asked to tackle "institutional casteism" at a meeting organised by the World Council of Churches and Indian Christian groups.

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