Meet of former priests and nuns
2015-01-22
The organizing committee comprises 12 office-bearers, a 31-member executive council and a 17- member advisory board.Continue Reading
The good neighbour: Hindu woman saves Muslims from rioters in Bihar village
2015-01-21
Azizpur – A Hindu woman who saved lives of 10 Muslims in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district during the recent clashes in which five people died is being hailed as a hero. Shail Devi, a widow in her early 50s, risking her own life, gave shelter to her Muslim neighbours when aContinue Reading
Malaysia court dismisses Catholic appeal to use Allah
2015-01-21
Top court rejects application to appeal a ban on the Catholic Church’s use of the word “Allah” to refer to God.Continue Reading
NHRC directs Chief Secretary to submit report on church attacks
2015-01-21
New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognisance of reports about a church in Vikaspuri , which was vandalised last week. Prior to this, four other incidents of attacks and suspected arson at Christian religious institutions have occurred in Dilshad Garden, Rohini and Jasola sinceContinue Reading
Film certification turns saffron censorship
2015-01-21
Guwahati – Moral policing, saffron censorship, ghar wapsi, vandalism by saffron ‘youth brigade’ and ordinance raj have become the order of the day in the ‘ache din’ promised by PM Modi as he rode the waves of electoral juggernaut 2014. Today, the film certification body in India, Central Board ofContinue Reading
Delhi election: Confident BJP takes on a cautious AAP
2015-01-21
A survey states that the BJP will bag 37 seats, AAP 29 and the Congress could just manage upto 4 seatsContinue Reading
Catholics don’t have to breed ‘like rabbits’, says Pope Francis
2015-01-20
Pope says Catholic church supports “responsible parenting” but criticises ‘ideological colonisation’ of the developing worldContinue Reading
Verdict on Indian girl’s death Feb 8
2015-01-20
Abu Dhabi : An Abu Dhabi court will give its verdict Feb. 8 over the death of a four-year-old Indian girl who suffocated in her school bus on a hot day, a media report said Monday. Naziha Lal Ahmed, the kindergarten student of Al-Worood Academy Private School, was found deadContinue Reading
Gandhi and the Popes: From Pius XI to Francis
2015-01-20
Gandhi’s influence at the VaticanContinue Reading
Salesian university nominated for education evangelist 2014
2015-01-20
Guwahati – Assam Don Bosco University (ADBU) has been selected as the Skilltree Education Evangelist 2014 from northeast India and will be featured in a television program on Times NOW channel, starting Saturday 24 January 2015. “Education evangelists are the visionaries and change makers who have contributed and have beenContinue Reading