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Video of Christian prayers inside Gangavaram Ram temple goes viral, BJP leaders demand action, police deny

OpIndia Staff - 1 April, 2022

Video of Chrisitan missionary groups occupying a Hindu temple in Andhra Pradesh's Gangavaram and holding a congregation inside temple premises went viral

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Vellore: Christian missionary hospital asks a Hindu family to convert to Christianity to provide free treatment for their 3-year-old ailing son

OpIndia Staff - 31 March, 2022

As per Iranna, when he went to the hospital in Vellore, they promised him of making all the arrangements, including Rs 10 lakh for the bone marrow surgery of his son, with the condition of offering daily prayers at church.

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Jharkhand: Days after 181 Christians reconverted to the original tribal Sarna faith, 61 tribal Christian families do Gharwapsi

OpIndia Staff - 26 March, 2022

Hundreds of people from 61 families of Vanvasi (tribal) Samaj in Sahibganj district in Jharkhand did the same on March 25, 2022

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SC dismisses a petition seeking measures to monitor activities of Christian missionaries

OpIndia Staff - 25 March, 2022

The top court rejected the petition citing Madras HC's order on religious conversions by Christian missionaries

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Jharkhand ‘faith healing’ controversy: BJP, VHP say rampant illegal conversions happening under Soren govt

राहुल पाण्डेय - 7 March, 2022

Recently, a new controversy over unlawful religious conversion had emerged in Jharkhand. Local Hindus and Sikhs have accused one Ravi Singh, a Christian pastor of running a mass conversion racket in the name of 'healing'.

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Malaysia: How a Hindu mother fought for custody of her minor children, who were converted to Islam ‘unilaterally’

Dibakar Dutta - 25 February, 2022

The conversion was 'unilateral' as the children were minors and the consent of Loh Siew Hong was not sought.

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‘Lavanya told her uncle that she consumed poison only because the school was forcing her to convert’: Grandmother reveals

OpIndia Staff - 21 February, 2022

Lavanya's grandmother, Mangayarkarasi has opened up about her last meeting with Lavanya, where the 17-year-old girl had confessed about consuming poison for undergoing pressure by the school to convert to Christianity.

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‘The child’s dying declaration can’t be ignored’: Madras HC slams TN police, hands over Lavanya suicide case to CBI

OpIndia Staff - 31 January, 2022

The Madras HC decision to hand over M Lavanya suicide case to CBI came in the wake of her father's petition claiming that they had lost faith in Tamil Nadu police's investigation.

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