AP Assembly passes resolution seeking reservation for converted Ch
Updated : 2 weeks ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Feb 6 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh assembly on Wednesday passed a unanimous resolution appealing for providing reservation to the converted Christians as per their native Schedule Caste category.
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Pakistani district council wants only Christians as sweepers
Updated : 1 month 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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TDP will fight to provide SC status to converted Christians: Andhr
Updated : 2 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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Egypt: 19 terrorists linked to Coptic Christian attack killed
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks 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 : 3 months, 2 weeks 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 : 4 months, 1 week 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 : 4 months, 1 week 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 : 4 months, 3 weeks 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 l
Updated : 5 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 : 6 months, 3 weeks 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 months, 2 weeks 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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BJP MP claims remark on Christians was 'misrepresented'
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jul 6 (ANI): After facing flak for his controversial remark on Christians, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Mumbai North Gopal Shetty claimed that his quote was misrepresented.
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