By Felix Anthony and Ginto K Tom Guwahati: The Catholic bishops in northeastern India on July 13 condemned the demolition of a church in the national capital the previous day. “It is shocking and sad news,” said Archbishop John Moolachira of Guwahati, who is president of North East India RegionalContinue Reading
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on Tuesday submitted to the Bombay High Court the medical records of Jesuit priest and activist Stan Swamy, an 84-year-old accused in the Elgar Parishad case who died in a hospital while being in judicial custody last week awaiting a medical bail. Chief public prosecutor ArunaContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on July 14 formed a sub-committee to examine a proposed amendment in the procedure and eligibility conditions for allotment of ”religious” category plots through e-auction, officials said. The decision was taken during a meeting of the urban body chaired by Delhi Lt GovernorContinue Reading
New Delhi: The northern Indian state of Uttarakhand has decided to give “top priority to the protection of human life” by suspending Kanwar Yatra, an annual pilgrimage, in view of the Covid-19 situation. The decision was taken by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami following a meeting with senior State officialsContinue Reading
A student from Kerala’s Thrissur enrolled at a medical college in China, who was the first Indian to test positive for Covid-19 in January 2020 after returning to India following the outbreak of the pandemic, has been infected again, a health official said on Tuesday. She is, however, asymptomatic, theContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji: Sacramental blackmail, clergy sexual abuse, clericalism and property disputes are among challenges facing Catholic women religious in India, an international webinar was told. The July 10 meeting organized by Voices of Faith, a Rome-based international network, discussed the findings of a Conference of Religious India surveyContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Editors Guild of India has condemned the assault on a journalist by an Indian Administrative Service officer during the local elections in Uttar Pradesh on July 10. The guild said it was “deeply disturbed” by the continuing trend of heavy-handedness by the state authorities against journalists andContinue Reading
Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government has planned to dispose of 337 metric tonnes of hazardous waste from the premises of the Union Carbide factory for the construction of a memorial for the Bhopal gas tragedy victims. The survivors of the Union Carbide disaster, however, termed the move to build aContinue Reading
By Rose Cherian Vachaparampil Is this the beginning of the end of the world? Life was flowing quickly but came to a sudden stop. A great fear enveloped all. It was as if Revelation 18: 22 had become a reality. The unseen virus has traumatized everyone. The lifestyle promoted byContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis will stay longer in hospital to recover from a surgery on his colon, the Vatican said on July 12. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said on July 12 that the pope would remain at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital for “a few more days” before being discharged, “to optimizeContinue Reading
