63 die, dozens injured in Indian temple stampede
LUCKNOW, India – A stampede broke out in at a temple in northern India as thousands of people jostled each other to get free clothes and utensils being distributed during a religious ceremony, leaving at least 63 people dead and dozens more injured, officials said. The crush of people also knocked down a gate at the compound of a temple that
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Radical Hindu groups burned down Christian church in Punjab
Batala, Gurdaspur: An indefinite curfew is in place in this industrial town of Gurdaspur district when radical Hindu groups burnt down a church after mob torched six motorcycles during a bandh called by Christian organisations to protest the putting up of objectionable posters of Jesus Christ in Jalandhar
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Church attack a case of theft: police
MYSORE/MANDYA: Thirteen days after St Mathias Church in Malavalli was vandalized, Mandya police have confirmed it was only a case of theft. Three persons — Lokesh, Siddu and Zakir — have been arrested; an accomplice, Izaz, is at large. Police said Lokesh is involved in robbery cases and
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Israel official: India bomb attack not intended for Chabad house
The bomb attack on a restrurant in Pune, India, not far from a Chabad Jewish center, was not directed at the Chabad house, an Israeli security official said on Monday. Nitzan Nuriel, head of counterterrorism at Israel's National Security Agency, said that the "attack in India was not directed
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Indian minister: Chabad House was target of attack
A bomb detonated in a crowded bakery popular with foreigners in western India killing nine people and wounding 57, officials said Sunday, the first terrorist attack in the country since the 2008 Mumbai massacre. The blast Saturday in the city of Pune, 125 miles (200 kilometers) southeast of Mumbai,
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India police: Pune bomb likely meant for Chabad House
A bomb tore through a crowded cafe popular with foreigners on Saturday in the city of Pune in western India, killing eight people and wounding 42 near a famed meditation center. The blast threatened to damage new efforts to reduce tensions between India and Pakistan, with Hindu nationalist leaders already
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Church Attacks And Govt Responsibility
BANGALORE, Feb 3 — The Church has no affiliation to any political party. The Church wishes good governance just like any common citizen would wish for. The government cannot be blamed for the Church attacks, but it cannot shirk its responsibility either. Now that the Justice B.K. Somashekara Inquiry
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Inquiry report indicts right-wing Hindu groups for Karnataka church attacks
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
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Police security withdrawn from Jewish centres in city
PUNE: The police have tightened security in the city following recent intelligence inputs that Taliban-trained terrorists have sneaked into Mumbai, Kolkata and Delhi to target vital installations. However, the security at the Ohel David synagogue (Lal Deval) in Pune Camp and Chabad House at Koregaon
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Catholic church hit by new vandalism in India’s Tamil Nadu state
Just one day after a Protestant church was bombed in India's southern Tamil Nadu state, a statue of St. Francis Xavier was found damaged by vandalism in the same Kanyakumari district The statue was intact when choir members left the church of St. Francis Xavier in the village of Konamcadu after
Christian church bombed in India’s Tamil Nadu state
A Protestant church in India's southern Tamil Nadu state was hit by a bombing on Saturday night, November 28. The explosion ripped through a church on the outskirts of the town of Nagercoll just after choir members had left the building following a late rehearsal. According to reports, the bomb was
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26/11: The Nariman House tapes
This is the story of what happened in Nariman House, a Jewish study centre run by the orthodox Chabad-Lubavitch organisation in New York. What you will now hear are telephone intercepts of conversations between the terrorists and their Pakistani handlers. var addthis_brand = 'CSI News Blog';var
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Synagogues fight terror shadow with floodlights
Jewish establishments in city make walls taller, install CCTV cameras and floodlights in days leading to first anniversary of 26/11 attacks Jewish establishments in the city are becoming increasingly alert in the days leading to the first anniversary of the 26/11 terror attacks. Solomon Sopher, the
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Attack on a church in Karnataka. 56th case in 2009
Entrance doors ripped off, windows and furniture destroyed, cross also ripped off the top of the building. The President of the Global Council of Indian Christians: "The wave of incidents against Christians is increasing in Karnataka and other states ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). There
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Security at Chabad House, synagogue to be reviewed: Police
PUNE: Security at Chabad House in Koregaon Park and Ohel David Synagogue, popularly known as Lal Deval, on Ambedkar road in Pune Camp will be reviewed soon, joint commissioner of police (law and order) Rajendra Sonawane said on Thursday. Deputy commissioner of police Ravindra Sengaonkar, in charge of
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