Panaji: The pressure to keep up with the Joneses and splurge on weddings often leaves couples in debt. A few weeks ago, when a young couple with not such a large bank balance abandoned their dreams of having a wedding reception, requesting instead for a ‘simple nuptial on any convenientContinue Reading

Trivandrum: The Latin Catholic Diocese has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the Cyclone Ockhi-affected areas of Kerala and treat it as a national calamity, saying the Centre had not done enough to handle the situation. The vicar-general of the diocese, Fr Eugene Pereira, told The Telegraph that theContinue Reading

The Latin Catholic Church has decided to intensify its agitation until all fishermen left stranded in the outer sea by cyclone Ockhi are rescued. A meeting of the pastoral council under the Thiruvananthapuram archdiocese of the Church, convened by Archbishop Soosa Pakiam M., decided to launch day-and-night agitations at variousContinue Reading

By Sujata Jena, SS.CC. Trivandrum: Cyclone Ockhi has come and gone but it has left many families under trauma and shock. The air of the coastal belt of Southern India of Kerala is now filled with the howling and crying of the distressed family members of the missing fishermen. CycloneContinue Reading