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- Middle East
Israeli military says Gaza church was struck accidentally
Jerusalem: Israeli military on Wednesday said a church in Gaza was struck accidentally. The Holy Family Church in Gaza City was struck last week by an Israeli shell, an attack that killed…
- News
Christian patriarchs make rare visit to Gaza after deadly Israeli strike on church
Deir al-Balah: Top church leaders visited Gaza on Friday after its only Catholic church was struck by an Israeli shell the day before, an attack that killed three people and wounded ten,…
- Middle East
UN condemns strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church, Israel expresses regret
United Nations: United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has strongly condemned an Israeli strike on the Holy Family Church in Gaza, which killed three civilians and wounded at least ten others on…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh: TTD suspends AEO for attending church prayers
Tirupati: Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) has suspended Assistant Executive Officer A. Rajasekhar Babu for attending church prayers. TTD, which manages the affairs of Sri Venkateshwara Swamy temple, said on Tuesday that the…
- India
Odisha: 7 critically injured after 400 attack village church with axes
A group of Christians were attacked by a large Hindutva mob in Odisha’s Malkangiri district during a seed blessing ceremony, a religious ritual seeking blessings for a good harvest and fertile land.…
- India
Church demolished in Chhattisgarh over encroachment accusations
A building that was formerly a church was demolished in Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh district. The demolition took place after a public threat by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Anshu Tuneja on December 29…
- India
VHP protests outside church with havan and kirtan in Haryana
Right-wing outfit Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) staged a provocative demonstration outside a local church in Fatehpuri Colony in Haryana’s Rohtak city. On January 5, during a Sunday prayer meeting inside the church,…
- India
Meghalaya police book YouTuber for chanting religious slogans inside church
Meghalaya police have registered a case against a YouTuber and social media influencer Akash Sagar, after he uploaded a video of himself singing the song “Ram Siya Ram” inside a church amid…
- India
Crowd disrupts Christmas celebrations at historic Church with ‘Hare Krishna’ chants
In yet another instance of growing intolerance towards minorities, a large crowd of Hindus gathered outside a renowned Roman Catholic Church located in the heart of Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow on Christmas and…
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Hyderabad: St. John’s Anglican Church, A living testament to cosmopolitan culture
Amidst the bustling streets of East Marredpally in Secunderabad stands the stately Church of St. John’s the Baptist, a landmark steeped in over two centuries of history. Built in 1813, this structure…
- India
Waqf bill sparks concern among MPs over minority rights
New Delhi: Christians should take an in-principle stand on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill as it affects the rights of minorities as enshrined in the Constitution, MPs from the community are learnt to…
- India
Waqf land: Church calls for Govt action amid escalating protests in Kerala
Kochi: The ongoing protests in Munambam in Kerala’s Ernakulam district over the Waqf land claim have intensified, with the influential Syro-Malabar Church organising solidarity events across 1,000 churches in the state on…
- India
Supreme head of Jacobite Syrian Christian Church Mor Baselios Thomas I passes away
Kochi: The supreme head of the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church, Mor Baselios Thomas I, who was ailing for a long time, breathed his last at a hospital here on Thursday evening. He…
- India
UP: Church built on forest land demolished in Mirzapur
A church and another building were demolished by district authorities in Uttar Pradesh’s Mirzapur district citing illegal construction on forest land. The demolition was carried out in the presence of police. According…
- Kerala
Kerala: Row erupts over demand by students to offer namaz in church-run college
Kochi: A row has erupted in Kerala over a section of students protesting the denial of permission to perform ‘namaz’ inside the premises of a church-run college at Muvattupuzha near here, which…
