New Delhi: The Anti Terror Squad of Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested two clerics from Delhi’s Jamia Nagar area for allegedly converting more than a thousand people to Islam. Senior police officers said they suspect that the duo were acting on directions and monetary support of Pakistan’s ISI or someContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar: Thandapani, an 85-year-old man in Tamil Nadu, was found with black fungus in May. The Ear-Nose-Throat doctor treated him with injections that cost 25,000 rupees but could not cure him. By then, the octogenarian had lost his consciousness. His body was swollen, bladder and bowel wereContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis on June 22 appointed 12 new members of the Vatican’s highest court, the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, including Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark. American Cardinal James Harvey, archpriest of the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, and Bishop Mark Bartchak of the DioceseContinue Reading
By Aparna Karthikeyan Sivagangai: “Look out! There goes the miracle bike, driven by a sack of vegetables!” That’s a common shout from young men each time Chandra takes the produce from her farm in Melakadu village to the market in Sivagangai, 15 kilometers away, on her moped. “That’s because whenContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar: The Catholic Church in Kolkata on June 21 mourned the death of an outstanding priest, who had played a key role in the administration, governance and pastoral advancement of the Calcutta archdiocese. Archdiocese’s judicial vicar Father John Mohandas died at 6 am on June 21 becauseContinue Reading
Aizawl: A Mizoram minister has announced a cash incentive of 100,000 rupees to a living parent with the highest number of children in his constituency to encourage population growth among the demographically small Mizo communities. Sports Minister Robert Romawia Royte did not mention the minimum number of children. The declarationContinue Reading
Agartala: Three suspected cattle smugglers were lynched in the Khowai district of Tripura. The deceased in the June 21 incident were identified as Jayed Hossain (30), Billal Miah (28) and Saiful Islam (18), reported the Press Trust of India news agency. All of them were residents of Sonamura in SepahijalaContinue Reading
Geneva: Independent human rights experts working with the United Nations have urged the Vatican to do more to stop and prevent violence and sexual abuse against children, citing “persistent allegations of obstruction and lack of cooperation” from the Catholic Church, the UN human rights office said. The four experts, inContinue Reading
Changanacherry: The year was 1922 and the occasion a momentous one. V.V. John, former Vice Chancellor of the Jodhpur University, had just enrolled in a junior intermediate class of 125 students that functioned from a multi-story building in the vicinity of the Parayil Church in Changanacherry. Feeling slightly nervous, heContinue Reading
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on June 20 launched a special scheme to help children who have lost both parents in the coronavirus pandemic. Under the scheme, “Ashirvad” (blessing) 2,500 rupees will be given every month to such orphans. A comprehensive package divides beneficiaries into three categories — children who haveContinue Reading
