By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: The Indian Catholic Press Association (ICPA) will confer its prestigious annual “Louis Careno Award for Excellence in journalism” on Indian Currents for its bold stand against communalism and fundamentalism that has crept into our socio-political arena, over the past one decade and more, saidContinue Reading
In 1946, a census was conducted to count the daily traffic footfall on the state-of-the-art Howrah Bridge. The figures registered were 27,400 vehicles, 121,100 pedestrians and 2,997 cattle. Contrast the above information with a 2007 report, which showed a daily flow of 90,000 vehicles, out of which 15,000 were goodsContinue Reading
During 2017, 1,46,73,520 tourists visited the state, up from 1,31,72,535 in 2016.Continue Reading
The Pope published the encyclical Humanae Vitae in 1968, which reaffirmed the Church’s teaching against contraception Continue Reading
Bengaluru: The autobiography of Father Tom Uzhunnalil, a Salesian priest who spent 18 months in captivity in Yemen, was released at a function in Bengaluru, southern India. Cardinal Baselios Cleemis, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, released “By Grace of God” at St John’s Medical College where theContinue Reading
Father Jervis D’Souza is the director of the Orientation Programme at St Pius X CollegeContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram: Police in Kerala on Tuesday arrested six people for allegedly attacking noted Malayalam poet Kureepuzha Sreekumar in Kollam district for criticising right-wing outfits, a senior official said. The six, including a panchayat member of the area, have been booked for voluntarily causing hurt and wrongful restraint, they said. “TheContinue Reading
Monalisa Das Bengaluru: For the past three months, members of Maraa, a Bengaluru-based media and arts collective, have been going around with a purse collecting stories of sexual harassment from students in the city. Called ‘Radio in a Purse’, the initiative gives youngsters a platform to their share experiences, testimonials,Continue Reading
All the Christian missionary schools in and around Imphal, Manipur, remained shut indefinitely for the second day on Tuesday following threats from insurgents. Manipur’s Education Minister T. Radheshyam appealed to the insurgent group, Kangleipak Communist Party (Military Council) not to vitiate the academic atmosphere in the Catholic schools. Radheshyam said,Continue Reading