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By: Matters India Reporter Ernakulam: Fr. George Koottickal, who founded a congregation to care for vagabonds and deranged people, died in the early hours of December 20. He was 64. The founder director of the Friends of the Birds of the Air (FBA) was undergoing treatment for some time forContinue Reading

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By Gopika Ajayan Thiruvananthapuram: “I cried to sleep for many nights. I felt voiceless, felt like I could never speak up for myself.” These are the words of a 16-year-old girl who was expelled from her school for merely hugging her friend. Speaking out for the first time ever, GayatriContinue Reading

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Seetanapalli: Irrespective of their religious faith, 25 children including 18 girls from a Dalit colony of Seetanapalli village of Kaikaluru mandal in Krishna district visit the local church every morning and stay there till evening. It has been the routine since the past two academic years for these children enrolledContinue Reading

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Hyderabad: In a mass Christmas celebration held here on Monday, the Christian community asked for property tax reduction for their schools, burial ground in over-populated areas in the city and security from vandals who target churches. “Christian institutions have been serving many in the society. We request the government toContinue Reading

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Thiruvananthapuram: The parents of a Class XII student of St Thomas Central School at Mukkola in Thiruvananthapuram district in Kerala have decided to appeal to a high court division bench against the expulsion of their 16-year-old son for hugging a girl from Class XI after she won a prize atContinue Reading

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Hyderabad: This Christmas, prisons department turned Santa for Hyderabadis with ‘spot a beggar to win 500’ announcement. On October 20, 2017, prisons department of Telangana launched a social service activity to uplift the lives of beggars in Hyderabad through a correctional program. As part of the program, prisons department officialsContinue Reading

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Nagarcoil: Even as the mismatch between the numbers being provided by the district administration and the fishermen on the number of fishermen died in the recent cyclone is yet to be resolved, residents of Neerodi, one of the coastal hamlets of the district, have offered prayers in memory of 36Continue Reading

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Khammam: Scores of Christians participated in a Christmas feast held at the Montfort church here on Monday. The feast was organised by the Minorities Welfare Department in connection with Christmas festival slated for December 25. Khammam MLA Puvvada Ajay Kumar attended the feast. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Ajay saidContinue Reading