Dr. George Jacob The Supreme Court recently asked all cinemas to play the national anthem, simultaneously screening the tricolor on the screens ‘for the love of the motherland’. ‘All moviegoers must stand up when the anthem is being played, and all doors of the cinema halls are to be closedContinue Reading
The Churches will observe February 12-19 as the Healing WeekContinue Reading
Mumbai: The cruel practice of female genital cutting or female genital mutilation (FGM) is not happening only in far away Africa. It’s not just being practised in tribal societies. Young girls aged six and seven are regularly being cut right here, in India. Mumbai abounds with untrained midwives who continueContinue Reading
Kottayam,Kerala: While the Supreme Court is considering cases on the entry of women into the famed Sabarimala temple, a group in the Syrian Mar Thoma Church has demanded its leadership to allow the entry of women to the famed Maramom convention’s night sessions. This new demand comes on the eveContinue Reading
An analysis by Vrinda Grover and Saumya UmaContinue Reading
Kozhencherry: The 122nd annual Christian religious meet, Maramon Convention, organised by the Mar Thoma Evangelistic Association (MTEA), will be held on the banks of Pampa at Maramon, near Kozhencherry, from February 12 to 19, according to association general secretary Fr. George Varghese Punnackadu. Addressing a press conference here on Thursday,Continue Reading
PANAJI: The archdiocese of Goa and Daman through its Council for Social Justice and peace has sent out special prayers to all churches to be recited by its faithful during the Eucharist celebration in the days leading up to the February 4 polls. Besides its prayer seeking to “choose leadersContinue Reading
The diocese of Faridabad plans a dharna on February 6 for Father Uzhunnalil’s releaseContinue Reading
The chief minister agrees to cancel elections, transfer police officialsContinue Reading
Koppal: In yet another incident of public apathy, an 18-year-old boy succumbed to injuries following a road accident here as onlookers clicked pictures of the bleeding victim. In the incident caught on camera, the boy lay bleeding with an agonising pain for about 25 minutes before he was rushed toContinue Reading