Shillong: A legislator in Meghalaya belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his intervention for the release of Jesuit Father Stan Swamy now lodged in a Mumbai jail for alleged Maoist links. Sanbor Shullai, who presents South Shillong constituency in the northeastern state’sContinue Reading
New Delhi: A group of Catholic nuns along with 20 orphans was among those rescued as flood waters ravaged the southern Indian city of Hyderabad. “A community of Sisters of Navajeevan Vikas with 20 orphan children was stranded without food and water. Just managed to reached them now,” Brother VargheseContinue Reading
Lucknow: The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has barred officials from giving public statements on the Hathras gangrape and murder case if they are not directly connected with the investigation. The court said that the restraint order was necessary to avoid “unnecessary speculation and confusion among the masses,Continue Reading
Secunderabad: Father Mathew Abraham, director-general of the Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI), has been reappointed to his current post. The current term of the present CHAI Director-General, Father Abraham, a Redemptorist priest, is due to end in April 2021. Based on the officially prescribed internal processes, the CHAI NationalContinue Reading
Chennai: Indian activists and politicians in Goa are opposing a plan by the federal government to turn the southwestern state known globally for its pristine coastline and dense forests into a coal transportation hub. Locals and activists protested against three infrastructure projects – the expansion of a highway, railway andContinue Reading
Jamshedpur: A young Adivasi activist from Jharkhand wants climate education introduced in school curriculum. “Our core belief is that every young person is a powerhouse of change and if it is well exploited by providing opportunities it can radically revolutionise the entire planet,” Ashish Birulee made this call at aContinue Reading
Shillong: The Church in Meghalaya organized various programs to mark the first death anniversary of Salesian Archbishop Dominic Jala of Shillong. State Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on October 10 unveiled Archbishop Jala’s statue in the state capital of Shillong. Archbishop Jala (1951-2019) died the same day a year ago inContinue Reading
Mumbai: The Don Bosco Development Society (DBDS), an NGO, has been providing relief to the needy amid the pandemic since April. “We have touched the lives of 632,683 poor and needy – providing for their basic needs during this challenging time of Covid-19 pandemic,” said Salesian Father Rolvin D’Mello, executiveContinue Reading
Indore: Civil society members, intellectuals, social activists of all walks of life, journalists and authors have reacted strongly against the arrest and imprisonment of 83 year old Jesuit Father Stanislaus Lourduswamy who has been working for the rights of the Adivasis for about five decades in Jharkhand. In letter andContinue Reading
Itanagar: The Arunachal Christian Forum (ACF) on October 9 served an ultimatum to the state government to resolve the Tawang Christian Revival Church issue at the earliest, failing which, it would b launch a democratic stir. The Tawang police had arrested Tawang Revival church pastor Joseph Singhi, sparking protest fromContinue Reading
