By Jose Kavi New Delhi: The Indian Women Theologians’ Forum says it will campaign for the repeal of draconian laws that unjustly incarcerate those working for justice and human rights. Mourning the death of Father Stan Swami, the association of women theologians from various Christian denominations, expressed shock and anguishContinue Reading
Kochi: Human rights activist Jomon Puthanpurakkal on July 8 moved the Kerala High Court questioning the parole granted to two life-term convicts in Sister Abhaya murder case, Father Thomas Kotoor and Sister Sefi. Both were released on 90-day special parole in May citing the recommendations of the committee constituted byContinue Reading
Nearly 740,000 access deaths in India annually can be attributed to abnormal hot and cold temperatures related to climate change, according to a study published in The Lancet Planetary Health journal. An international team, led by researchers at Monash University in Australia, found that globally more than five million extraContinue Reading
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on July 8 stayed a government order (GO) entrusting local bodies with the power to grant clearance for construction of religious places of worship. Justice N. Nagaresh passed the interim order on a writ petition filed by Fr. Joy Pulikkottil, vicar, St. Peter’s and St.Continue Reading
By Emily Schmall and Karan Deep Singh AGRA: From a rickety fishing boat on the Yamuna River, Sumit Chaurasia points out how the setting tangerine sun catches the sparkle of the mother-of-pearl embedded in the Taj Mahal, India’s majestic monument to love. For a decade, Mr. Chaurasia, 35, has madeContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Berhampur: The death of a young priest by suicide in the eastern state of Odisha has shocked his friends and associates. “It is a great loss for the Odisha Church,” says Father Bernard Lakra, priest-in-charge of Rajgangpur of Rourkela diocese, the native parish of Vincentian Father PradeepContinue Reading
Geneva; The United Nations says it is deeply disturbed by the death in pre-trial detention of Jesuit Father Stan Swamy, an 84-year-old Indian rights activist. Swamy, who was jailed for nine months without trial under Indian anti-terror law, died in a hospital in Mumbai on July 5 ahead of aContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Sikh and Christian communities in India have seen substantial rise in dowry cases in the past few decades, says a study. Similarly, dowry demands have increased also among upper castes across all religions, says a blog based on a study of 40,000 marriages in rural India sinceContinue Reading
By Vinod Sushil Soreng Chennai: The saddest day of my life. I am appalled, shocked, horrified and shattered having heard of the sad demise of Fr. Stan Swamy, SJ, who I have known and interacted with for quite some time. Being dismissed as a terrorist, anti-national, the man responsible forContinue Reading
Kannur: A massive crowdfunding drive helped raise 180 million rupees in seven days for an 18-month-old child in Kerala’s Kannur district. The child identified as Mohammed suffered from muscular atrophy – a rare genetic disorder that causes degeneration of muscles. The MIMS Hospital in Kozhikode suggested that Mohammed should beContinue Reading
