A leading Christian body has expressed "deep concern" at what it said was a rash of violence against the minority community in several states following the April-May general election, reports the Indo-Asian news service.

Christians in India are regarding the surprise election defeat of the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as an answer to their prayers.

As US and European companies outsource hi-tech work to India to benefit from low-cost and abundant skilled labour, the clergy is doing likewise seeking to compensate for the acute shortage of priests in the West reports Sky News.