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Pakistani district council wants only Christians as sweepers
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad, Jan 22 (ANI) Only Christians should be hired as sweepers in the district hospitals of Swabi in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. This was the resolution passed by the Swabi district council, Samaa TV channel has reported.
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Kohlapur: Masked men attack Christian mass congregation
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolhapur (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 25 (ANI): Masked men, with swords, iron rods and glass bottles, attacked a prayer congregation of Christians at Kowad village on Karnataka border and injured 12 people, the police said on Tuesday.
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TDP will fight to provide SC status to converted Christians: Andhra CM
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Guntur (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has assured that his government will give the status of Scheduled Castes to converted Christians.
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Tipu Sultan Jayanti celebrations surprise Javadekar
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 10 (ANI): Coming down heavily on the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) alliance government in Karnataka over Tipu Sultan Jayanti celebrations, Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday said holding a state government event on the birth anniver
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Egypt: 19 terrorists linked to Coptic Christian attack killed
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], Nov 04 (ANI): Egypt's Interior Ministry on Sunday confirmed that as many as 19 terrorists, linked to the recent attack on a bus carrying a group of Coptic Christians in Cairo, were killed by the country's security forces.
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7 killed in Egypt bus ambush, IS claims responsibility
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], Nov 3 (ANI): At least seven people were killed and 16 others wounded after gunmen attacked a bus carrying a group of Coptic Christians in the south of Egypt's capital Cairo on Friday.
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US reaffirms support for Iraqi persecuted minorities
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 17 (ANI): United States Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan met Iraqi religious leaders to reaffirm the US' commitment to assisting religious minorities, including Yazidis and Christians, who have been persecuted by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (
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Egypt: 17 people given death sentence for church attacks
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], Oct 12 (ANI): A military court in Egypt awarded death sentence to 17 people over their involvement in three church suicide bombings in 2016 and 2017 that claimed 80 lives.
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Minorities in Pak face persecution, discrimination: Activists
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 27 (ANI): Activists from the Christian minority in Pakistan say they are being persecuted, discriminated and forced to leave the country.
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Pakistani Christians demand equal rights, abolition of blasphemy laws
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 23 (ANI): Pakistani Christians living in Europe and the United Kingdom gathered in front of Palais Wilson, the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, and demanded justice and equal rights for the minorities in Pakistan.
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UP Dy CM attacks Mamata over NRC draft
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Faizabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 1 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma has launched a scathing attack at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for criticising Assam's National Register of Citizens (NRC) final draft.
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Refer to history: Christian leader tells Gopal Shetty
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jul 7 (ANI): Father Solomon Gorge on Friday advised Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Gopal Shetty to refer to history to know about the role of Christians in India's freedom struggle.
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