Thrissur: The Covid-19 pandemic has mandated a host of new changes, some temporary and others likely to be permanent. Yet, few would have predicted that it may pave the way for a greater acceptance of the practice of cremation among the Catholic community. According to the latest reports, Thrissur willContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai: Caritas India will send immediate aid to people in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand who have been hit by floods caused by a great avalanche. Cardinal Oswald Gracias, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, said this while talking to AsiaNews on February 8, aContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on February 9 protected Congress leader Shashi Tharoor and six journalists from arrest in connection cases related to tractor rally on Republic Day. Multiple sedition First Information Reports were registered against them for allegedly tweeting and sharing unverified news that a young farmer died atContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: The Supreme Court has stayed the Rajasthan High Court order on school fees on pleas from Catholic schools and others in the western Indian state. The apex court gave the interim order on February 8 while holding a joint hearing on the Special LeaveContinue Reading
New Delhi: Two teams of glaciologists will head to Joshimath-Tapovan to study the causes of massive flood caused after a part of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, the director of the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology said. Kalachand Sain said two teams of glaciologists –Continue Reading
Indore: A day after the Supreme Court granted him ad-interim bail, stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui has been released from Indore jail. Faruqui was among five people arrested on January 2 for allegedly hurting religious sentiments. Upon his release from prison, Munawar Faruqui said, “I would not want to comment aboutContinue Reading
Chamoli: Seven people were killed and 170 missing on February 7, after a glacier break in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district triggered massive flooding. Another report said ten bodies have died. Many villages were evacuated as floods of the Alaknanda and Dhauliganga rivers swept away five bridges, damaged homes and the nearbyContinue Reading
Kochi: The Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council (KCBC) has hit out at the son of a former chief minister of the southern Indian state, for allegedly justifying the conversion of Hagia Sophia church to a mosque in Turkey. Chandy Oommen, son of Oommen Chandy, said in a recent speech that noContinue Reading
Kochi: The Orthodox Church on February 5 approached the Kerala High Court against the Act passed by the state government which allowed the burial of Jacobites in the cemeteries of churches under the control of the Orthodox. A bench of Justice P V Asha served a notice to the stateContinue Reading
By Joseph Victor Edwin New Delhi: The Islamic Studies Association has celebrated the “International Day of Human Fraternity” through a webinar. Craig Considine, a professor at the Department of Sociology in Rice University of the United States was the speaker for the February 4 program on “The Humanity of ProphetContinue Reading
