New Delhi: The People’s Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL) has condemned the “malicious and spiteful” arrest and detention of Jesuit Father Stanislaus Lourduswamy. The National Investigation Agency on October 8 arrested the 83-year-old social activist from his residence at the Bagaicha campus, a Jesuit center, near Ranchi, the capital ofContinue Reading
Indore: Amid protests and court cases by parents over tuition fees in several parts of the country, the schools under the diocese of Indore in central India have set an example. Schools managed by the Indore diocese and religious congregations have waved off school fees worth 269 million rupees, understandingContinue Reading
New Delhi: A group Christian women theologians in India has expressed shock and pain at the increasing incidents of sexual assaults on young Dalit women in the country. “We strongly condemn these acts of violence and call upon the state machinery to ensure a free and fair probe into theseContinue Reading
New Delhi: Jaswant Kaur, a social worker and executive director, New Delhi-based NGO, Deepalaya, is among the top five finalists for the 4th Martha Farrel Award 2020 in the individual category. Kaur is recognized as the most promising individual finalists for mobilizing women and youth to raise awareness of healthContinue Reading
Kochi: The Kerala High Court has declined the plea of the accused in the Sister Abhaya murder case to defer until further orders the examination of witnesses amid the pandemic. The court on October 6 observed that the criminal proceedings of a case registered in 1992 are yet to attainContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on October 6 held that public places and roads cannot be occupied by people indefinitely for demonstration. The apex court verdict came on a batch of petitions against the protests at Shaheen Bagh in South Delhi by women against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). AContinue Reading
Mumbai: Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay, has encouraged Catholics in India to read Pope Francis’ latest Encyclical. In a YouTube message, he spoke about Pope Francis’ Encyclical, ‘Fratelli Tutti’ (All Brothers), released to coincide with the feast of St Francis of Assisi, October 4. The title is drawn fromContinue Reading
Hathras: Scores of people October 4 held a meeting outside the house of a former legislator of Uttar Pradesh and defended the accused in the alleged gangrape of a Dalit woman. Four upper caste men on September 14 allegedly gangraped the 19-year-old woman in a village under Hathras district ofContinue Reading
Mumbai: More than 10,000 women, feminist groups and rights activists from all over the world on October 4 got together to seek justice for the Hathras gangrape victim. Besides Indians, the signatories of a joint statement were from USA, UK, Canada, Australia, UAE, Japan, Hong Kong, Nepal Sweden, Slovenia, theContinue Reading
Lucknow: Activist Saket Gokhale has filed a letter petition before the Allahabad High Court seeking stay on the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to conduct a narcoanalysis test of the victim’s family in the Hathras gangrape case. Gokhale contends that the government decision is not only unlawful but an attempt toContinue Reading
