Christmas among Indians
2015-12-08
Despite western onslaught India has its unique Christmas celebrationsContinue Reading
Valley Christians prefer keeping low profile
2015-12-08
Srinagar: The minuscule Christian community living in the Kashmir valley is leading a quiet life and feeling neglected. Even as the 2011 census stated that the population of Christians had witnessed an increase of around 75 percent from 2001 with 11,857 of them living in the Valley, members of the communityContinue Reading
Cardinal Cleemis appeals for funds for Tamil Nadu flood relief
2015-12-07
New Delhi: The president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India has issued a nationwide appeal for funds to help victims of unprecedented floods in Tamil Nadu, southern India. “The Catholic Church India expresses our solidarity with the people of Tamil Nadu offer our prayers for the flood victims andContinue Reading
States asked to compensate acid attack victims
2015-12-07
India reports between 700, 000 to 800, 000 burn injuries a year, including acid attacksContinue Reading
Two Goan priests beatified by Orthodox Syrian Church
2015-12-07
Panaji: Two Goan priests, Fr Antonio Francisco Alvares (Mar Julius) and Fr Roque Zeferino Noronha were declared blessed saints by the Catholicos of the Indian Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, Baselios Marthoma Paulose II, at Brahmavar, Karnataka at 8.30 am on Sunday. The beatification ceremony at St Mary’s Orthodox Syrian CathedralContinue Reading
Cannot direct government on uniform civil code: supreme court
2015-12-07
New Delhi: Curious about the push to circumvent the Parliament and use the courts to usher in the Uniform Civil Code, the Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a Bharatiya Janata Party leader seeking to bring the civil code which brings all religious personal laws under one umbrella. AContinue Reading
Indian startups: sudden changes in hiring trends
2015-12-07
A recent study conducted on start-ups hiring across the country has come up with results that reveal the sudden change in the hiring trend of start-ups.Continue Reading
Majuli awaits promised dyke
2015-12-07
Guwahati: Two years after Gauhati High Court’s direction to convert the 72 km Haladhibari-Besamari levee into a road-cum-dyke, people of Majuli in Upper Assam’s Jorhat district are yet to see it materialise. Manoj Kumar Borah, a resident of Majuli who has been fighting a legal battle for the protection ofContinue Reading
Sex and blackmail allegations at heart of Vatican leaks scandal
2015-12-06
The trial of the Pope Francis’s only female staffer, a priest and two journalists resumes on MondayContinue Reading
Third woman to join Mother Teresa dies
2015-12-06
Sr Getrude was Mother Teresa’s daughterContinue Reading