Chennai, March 24, 2019: The Madras High Court has held that salaries and grants-in-aid to nuns and priests are liable to attract tax deducted at source. “In our opinion, the provisions of Income-Tax law are dry, plain and simple, apolitical and areligious in character,” the court said in a recentContinue Reading
By C M Paul Darjeeling, March 23, 2019: Darjeeling District Magistrate Joyoshi Dasgupta on March 23 briefed media persons on election updates in the district and launched a voter education music video. The 2019 Indian general election is scheduled to be held in seven phases from April 11 to MayContinue Reading
Montreal, March 22, 2019: A 77-year-old Catholic priest was stabbed during morning Mass on March 22 at St Joseph’s Oratory in Montreal, Canada’s biggest church. Footage from the 8:30 am (6 pm India time) Mass, broadcast on a Catholic television network, showed a man dressed in dark clothing and wearingContinue Reading
By Gunjan You know what, I think enough is enough, I better embrace my tag and learn to live with it. Yes, I am a housewife (mega cringe!) and that’s that! No point beating about the bush and telling myself the condescending homemaker bullshit. This enlightenment, by the way, dawnedContinue Reading
Dharwad, Mar. 21, 2019: Rescuers Mar. 21 pulled out three more bodies from the rubble of the under-construction building that collapsed at Dharwad in north Karnataka two days back, taking the number of dead in the incident to 10, police said. The bodies of Divya Unakal (8), Dakshayini (45) andContinue Reading
Sahana Ghosh Puri, Mar. 21, 2019: For close to 20 years after a supercyclone ravaged Odisha, a group of women along the coast has been standing sentinel over their beloved storm-shielding forest and mangrove cover. Deftly swinging and beating their sturdy bamboo sticks, 75 women in Gundalba village in theContinue Reading
Ahmedabad, Mar. 21, 2019: Holi got a saucy twist in Ahmedabad, as a group of people bombarded each other with tomatoes, much like the Spanish festival of La Tomatina. While color powder and water balloons are traditionally used to celebrate Holi, playing with raw eggs, paint or mud is notContinue Reading
By Arul Gnanapragasam, SJ Muslims loyalty to India is often questioned by a section of political class and media. It’s also said Muslims are not rooted in this subcontinent. What’s the truth value of such comments? An intellectual engagement with Kombai S Anwar, a documentary maker on Tamil Muslims andContinue Reading
By Sr Tessy Jacob, SSpS Jharsuguda, March 21, 2019: Last night when I went to the dining room to fill a bottle of water, I heard some noise in the basin for washing dishes. The basin’s drain was blocked with a stopper to collect water from a leaky tap. AContinue Reading
By George Kommattathil Kozhikode, March 21, 2019: Hundreds of people, including women and children, braved scorching sun to protest government apathy to farmers in India. The marchers, mostly Catholics, on March 20 wore garlands of coconuts, rubber, coco, areca nuts and other crops and marched to the Kozhikode district collectorateContinue Reading