Kota: The Rajasthan Police have managed to free 38 tribal women and children kidnapped from Madhya Pradesh. In a case of mass kidnapping, a group of more than 100 people from a village in Madhya Pradesh allegedly kidnapped the women and children from Rajasthan on suspicion that their men wereContinue Reading
New Delhi: Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog (RKA), the government body set up for cow welfare has announced that it will hold a countrywide online examination on “gau vigyan” (cow science) on February 25. There will be no fee for the examination. Announcing the first-ever exam of this kind–“Kamdhenu Gau Vigyan PracharContinue Reading
Vijayawada: Indian Dalit Christian Rights (IDCR) leaders have demanded an unconditional apology from BJP Telangana state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar for linking Christianity with politics and terming YSR Congress as “Bible party” hurting the sentiments of the entire community. IDCR national president and YSRC senior leader Perike Vara Prasad RaoContinue Reading
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Jan 7 stayed a single judge bench order directing the federal forces to take over a church in Kothamangalam, a town in Ernakulam district. A division bench issued the stay on an appeal by filed the state government challenging the December 8 order ofContinue Reading
Rourkela: At least four workers died on January 6 after inhaling a toxic gas leaked at Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) in Odisha of the state-run Steel Authority of India, while a few others fell ill, official sources said. The accident happened at a coal chemical department facility in the morning,Continue Reading
Budaun: A 50-year-old woman was brutally gangraped and murdered by allegedly three people, including a priest, in the Budaun district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on January 6. The police arrested two of them on January 5, while all three of the accused have been booked under respective provisions. TheContinue Reading
By Rosamma Thomas Pune: The UN has published a letter its special rapporteurs had written to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the closure of the Amnesty International’s work in the country. They had offered the Indian government 60 days to respond to their October 21, 2020, letter where theyContinue Reading
Imphal: The All Tribal Students’ Union Manipur (ATSUM) on January 6 appealed the Manipur government to repeal the eviction order of eight Churches constructed in Tribal Colony in Imphal East district. Speaking to media persons, ATSUM general secretary SR Andria termed nature and the eviction order’s timing as unfortunate. HeContinue Reading
Mumbai: In a rare show of devotion and affection, a group of Salesian alumni volunteered to do a music album of 17 songs dedicated to Salesian saints during the Covid-19 lockdown and restrictions between May and December. “This is our labour of love, for the education we received in theContinue Reading
Bangalore: An influential Church organ in Kerala has alleged that an unofficial alliance between the Congress-led United Democratic Front and a Muslim Right-wing party led to a split in Christian votes in the recent local body polls. The comment in an editorial in Sathyadeepam, mouthpiece of the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese, joltedContinue Reading