Mumbai : Candidates at the elections to local self-government bodies in Maharashtra will now have to declare that they have a toilet at home and ‘use it regularly’. As a part of measures to put an end to open defecation, the state cabinet today approved a proposal to promulgate ordinanceContinue Reading
Jharkhand: A 30-year-old man killed himself by slitting his throat in Jharkhand’s Ramgarh district on Tuesday in a ritual to appease a goddess depicted in Hindu scriptures as having severed her own head with a scimitar. Police said Sanjay Nutt, hailing from Buxar in neighbouring Bihar, took his life atContinue Reading
Bhopal: An uneasy calm pervades the tribal dominated district of Betul in Madhya Pradesh that is set to host the ambitious Hindu convention of Rashtriya Swayemsevak Sangh (RSS). Just 10 days ahead of the convention, a pamphlet titled “Adivasi Hindu nahi hai” circulated among tribals in the district has leftContinue Reading
“The Church in India has been greatly edified by the witness of the Catholic community in the Northeast in sharing the Gospel,” said Basileos Cardinal Cleemis, the President of the Bishops’ Conference of India during the mass that concluded the Silver Jubilee Celebrations of the Archdiocese of Guwahati on JanuaryContinue Reading
New Delhi: Lok Sabha MP and former Union minister E Ahamed, who today was taken ill during President Pranab Mukherjee’s address to the joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament, has suffered cardiac arrest and his condition is critical. According to sources at RML hospital, the MP from Kerala isContinue Reading
By: Purushottam Nayak Berhampur, Odisha: Odisha gears up for the centenary celebration of Marian Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes at Dantolingi, in the District of Ganjam. February 11, 2017 is very special for Odisha Church as it is preparing to have centenary celebration of Marian Shrine of Our LadyContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram: Intellectually challenged differently- abled children will soon don the garb of magicians in Kerala, thanks to an innovative programme drawn up by the state government. The Kerala Social Security Mission (KSSM), under the Social Justice Department of Government of Kerala, and the State Initiative on Disabilities (SID) are joiningContinue Reading
PUNE: A specially made short film on martyr Havildar Hangpan Dada, awarded the Ashok Chakra posthumously on Republic Day, got six lakh views in just two days after it was uploaded on India Army’s Facebook page. The film is titled “The Warriors Spirit”. The Army uploaded the movie on theContinue Reading
MANGALURU: Bishop Aloysius Paul D’Souza of Mangalore on Saturday condemned the frequent incidents of corporal punishment meted out to the students in the Catholic Educational Institutions in Dakshina Kannada. Replying to a query at a press conference on why there are repeated incidents of corporal punishments, which is a violationContinue Reading
MUMBAI: Some 10,000 Catholics assembled in the grounds of Don Bosco School on Jan. 28 to watch Fr Allwyn D’Silva and Fr Barthol Barretto consecrated auxiliary bishops of Bombay by Cardinal Oswald Gracias. The appointments were announced by Pope Francis December 20. Both Fr Allwyn and Fr Barthol are grassrootsContinue Reading