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BHUBANESWAR, India - Hundreds of federal police enforced a curfew in parts of eastern India on Thursday after clashes between Hindus and Christians in which one person was killed and 14 churches and 3 Hindu temples were damaged.
the clashes had ended but curfews remained in place in three towns in central Orissa.
Long-running tensions between the two groups in Orissa's rural Kandhamal district came to a head on Christmas Eve, when fights broke out after Christians put up a temporary ceremonial arch to mark the holiday
the clashes had ended but curfews remained in place in three towns in central Orissa.
Long-running tensions between the two groups in Orissa's rural Kandhamal district came to a head on Christmas Eve, when fights broke out after Christians put up a temporary ceremonial arch to mark the holiday