Bengaluru: The City police on Thursday rescued 164 children, 25 infants among them, who were forced into beggary. Many of these children had been given sedatives or were physically injured to draw public sympathy. Police also arrested at least 65 women and eight men who were with the children. ‘OperationContinue Reading
The statue installation was part of Don Bosco’s 200th birth anniversaryContinue Reading
Bangkok: A Thai man was jailed for 30 years today for “insulting” the monarchy on Facebook, in one of the toughest known sentences passed under the junta-ruled kingdom’s draconian lese majeste law. Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, 87, is protected by one of the world’s strictest royal defamation rules under whichContinue Reading
Pathanamthitta: The Walk of Deliverence (Mochana Yatra) led by the All Kerala Catholic Congress (AKCC) president, V.V. Augastine, reached Pathanamthitta on Wednesday. The Mochana Yatra, highlighting the ongoing agrarian crisis in the State, was accorded a rousing reception by the Church members at Ranni, Pathanamthitta, and at different places enroute. InauguratingContinue Reading
How many Arch/bishops and parish priests in India have introduced “participatory decision-making process” and really encourage the laityContinue Reading
Archbishop Bernard Moras encouraged his men with his presenceContinue Reading
New Delhi: Pope Francis Thursday created a new exarchy for Syro-Malabar Catholics living in Canada and appointed Fr Jose Kalluvelil as its first bishop. The announcement was made in the Vatican at 12.00 noon (3:30 pm India time) and simultaneously at the Syro-Malabar Major Archiepiscopal Curia, Mount St. Thomas, KakkanadContinue Reading
New Delhi: Pope Francis has appointed a new bishop for Adilabad, the only Syro-Malabar diocese in Telangana state in southern India. The appointment of Fr Antony Prince Panengadan as the second prelate of the 16-year0old diocese was simultaneously announced at 3:30 pm India time on August 6 in Rome asContinue Reading
New Delhi : After an unprecedented wait of more than 14 months, the Anglo-Indian community got a representative in the 16th Lok Sabha on Wednesday when a former Professor from Kerala, Richard Hay, took oath on Wednesday morning. The second member nominated from the community, actor George Baker from WestContinue Reading
Kochi: Daya Bai has come long way from the days when she had to work as a labourer for just Rs 5. To the fighter in her, wrinkles on face are no signs to wind up, for the struggle is ceaseless. Not drinking bottled water bought from market or notContinue Reading