India to host international space agency forum
2017-09-16
Space Technology for Enhanced Governance and Development is the themeContinue Reading
Miao Diocese celebrates the release of Father Tom
2017-09-15
By: Felix Anthony Miao, 13 September: The people in east Arunachal Pradesh, especially the Christians, responded to the release of Fr. Tom with an expression of gratitude to God on 12 September 2017. The news about Fr. Tom’s release, who was kidnapped by suspected Islamic terrorists 18 months ago in Yemen,Continue Reading
22 people drowned as boat capsizes in Yamuna river
2017-09-14
Meerut: At least 22 people drowned in Yamuna river as their boat capsized while reaching Haryana from Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday morning. The death toll is expected to rise. At least 50 people were on the boat when it overturned. Around 10 people swam to safety while aboutContinue Reading
Kerala Church organizes thanksgiving for Uzhunnalil’s release
2017-09-13
By: Matters India Reporter Kochi: Hundreds of people on September 12 attended a special Mass in St Mary’s Cathedral in Kochi to thank God for the release of an Indian Salesian priest held in captivity in Yemen. Father Tom Uzhunnalil was released earlier in the day 18 months after IslamicContinue Reading
Fear of immigrants prompts northeast bodies to do away with family planning
2017-09-13
Launched 65 years ago, India’s family planning program has been stressing on limiting the size of families. The first such initiative in the world has been fairly successful. But Zoram Nationalist Party (ZNP) wants to do away with its implementation in Mizoram as the regional political outfit feels if theContinue Reading
Kerala govt to open Transgender clinics in medical colleges
2017-09-12
Thiruvananthapuram: In a relief to thousands of transgenders in the state, the Kerala government is all set to open exclusive TG clinics and begin sex-change surgery in the state-run medical colleges for the first time. The step is part of the state governments various initiatives to bring the marginalised groupContinue Reading
Catholic church, political leaders, kin hail Kerala priest release
2017-09-12
Thiruvananthpauram/Kochi: The Catholic Church, political leaders and family members of Father Tom Uzhunnalil, abducted by Islamic militants in Yemen last year, today thanked the governments of India and Oman for their efforts to secure his release. Catholic Bishops Conference of India president and Major Archbishop of Syro Malankara church BaseliousContinue Reading
Use smartphones, archdiocese tells laity
2017-09-11
The advice comes ahead of the Syro-Malabar archdiocese’s plans to get its 100,000 families networked through a mobile applicationContinue Reading
Gurgaon student murder: Top school officials arrested
2017-09-11
Pradhuman Thakur, a second grader, was found with his throat slit in a school washroom on September 8Continue Reading
BJP leader wants church topic closed
2017-09-11
Alappuzha: BJP’s intellectual cell convener T G Mohandas, who tweeted on August 22 that the St Andrew’s Basilica in Arthunkal was originally a Shiva temple, said that it would be better if the topic was dropped from public discussions. He had earlier asked Hindus, in his tweet, to reclaim theContinue Reading