New Delhi – India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday that he was “deeply concerned” about the recent rape of a nun and the destruction of a church, but Christian groups said his words did little to dispel the fear gripping the tiny community since his rightwing Hindu government cameContinue Reading
Chandigarh – Haryana Police on Tuesday arrested the main accused in the vandalisation of an under-construction church in a village in Hisar district. “The main accused Anil Godara has been arrested from Hisar today,” Hisar SP Saurabh Singh told PTI over phone. He said that the accused will be producedContinue Reading
Ordinary Hindu men and women will not be swayed by an ideology that seeks to spread distrust and hateContinue Reading
Pathanamthitta – The Kerala Catholic Bishops Council (KCBC) has condemned ‘terrorism in the name of religion’ in various parts of the world. A pastoral letter issued by KCBC president Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Catholicos recently and read in churches on Sunday expressed concern over the cruelty meted out to human beingsContinue Reading
Ranaghat – West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday evening travelled to Ranaghat and met an elderly nun who was gang-raped at her convent school over the weekend. However, the chief minister’s convoy was blocked for almost an hour by angry crowds, demanding justice for the nun. Ms BanerjeeContinue Reading
Hisar – The Haryana police said on Monday that 14 miscreants have been booked on charges of vandalising an under-construction church in Kaimri village in the state’s Hisar district on Sunday. The Cross in the Williwarsh Church was replaced with an idol of Hanuman. The police booked the accused underContinue Reading
Dimapur – With a population of about 20 lakh, Nagaland is considered the second highest tobacco consuming State with 57 per cent of the populace into the tobacco habit. The statistics is more worrisome as 37 per cent of students are into smoking habit while 41 per cent school childrenContinue Reading
London – A statue of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi was unveiled on Saturday in London’s prestigious Parliament Square, a space packed mostly with monuments to men who served the British Empire that Gandhi helped destroy. In an ironic twist noted by the Indian government, Gandhi’s likeness now shares theContinue Reading
Kokrajhar — Protest wave continued in Assam against BJP leader and Member of Parliament Dr Subramaniam Swami’s remarks mixing religion and politics while visiting Assam. The Kokrajhar district committee of All Assam Minority Students Union (AAMSU) and All Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) Minority Students Union (ABMSU) protested and burnt effigy of Dr Swami,Continue Reading
