Living on the Edge

MPFour churches have been attacked in the state in the last three weeks. At least eight people died in communal riots in July. ManipurFollowing months of riots over Tata Motors’ Nano plant in Singur, there have been three clashes between CPM workers and the Trinamool after Ratan Tata pulled out.ChhattisgarhThere have been 62 major shoot-outs between security forces and Naxalites this year.KarnatakaMultiple attacks against Christians in three districts — Mangalore, Bangalore and Udupi — have continued over the past two months. Elderly Christian protesters were lathi-charged by police in the last week of September as a result of which the Centre pulled up the state. Last week Shivraj Patil first sent a central team to take stock and followed it up with a visit.

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Four churches have been attacked in the state in the last three weeks. At least eight people died in communal riots in July.

Manipur
Following months of riots over Tata Motors’ Nano plant in Singur, there have been three clashes between CPM workers and the Trinamool after Ratan Tata pulled out.

Chhattisgarh
There have been 62 major shoot-outs between security forces and Naxalites this year.

Karnataka
Multiple attacks against Christians in three districts — Mangalore, Bangalore and Udupi — have continued over the past two months. Elderly Christian protesters were lathi-charged by police in the last week of September as a result of which the Centre pulled up the state. Last week Shivraj Patil first sent a central team to take stock and followed it up with a visit.