Ukhrul: Tangkhul Churches on September 24 fasted and prayed for Naga unity and for peaceful settlement of the Naga political issue. Briefing the media, Remember Rimai, convener of Tangkhul Community Inter-Denomination Churches leaders and a pastor of Union Baptist Church in Ukhrul town, highlighted the main objectives of holding theContinue Reading
Simdega: Seven tribal Christians were allegedly beaten, partially tonsured and forced to chant “Jai Shri Ram” (Hail Lord Ram) in a Jharkhand village for allegedly slaughtering a cow. The September 16 incident, reported to the police the next day, came to public only on September 25 when former zilla parishadContinue Reading
Palghar: Mumbai’s neighboring district, Palghar, is grappling with the Covi-19 pandemic with a mid-September tally of more than 29,000 cases. In a bid to provide for sustainable access to food and livelihood, the Mary Help of Christians Parish in Naigoan, run by the Salesians, joined local area leaders, government institutions,Continue Reading
Kandhamal: Officials in Odisha’s Kandhamal district have removed electric cables and ropes that villagers used to cross a river in Odisha’s Kandhamal district. The officials acted after videos and photos of people precariously perched on aluminum ropes while crossing the stream went viral on social media. More than 150 peopleContinue Reading
Chennai: Celebrated singer Sripathi Paditha Arathyula Balasubramaniam died in a Chennai hospital after almost two months of treatment. He was 74. The death occurred at 1:04 pm on September 25, 2020 in the MGM Healthcare. Balasubrahmanyam was hospitalized in August after testing positive for Covid-19, and while he reportedly did wellContinue Reading
New Delhi: More than two dozen farmers’ organizations from across India, supported by 18 political parties, on September 25 took to the streets protesting the farm bills passed by Parliament. Punjab and Haryana are the epicenters of the protests, though the demand for legal guarantee of minimum support prices (MSP)Continue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, Sept 24, 2020: Police in Andhra Pradesh have launched an investigation after some miscreants disfigured statues of Mother Mary, Jesus and Child Jesus in a church. The parish priest of St Mary Magdalene Church at Mandapeta in East Godavari district found the statues desecrated onContinue Reading
By Vidhya Salluri Kathmandu, September 22, 2020: The Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd organized a nine-day online course on journalism to enhance its members’ communication skills. Around 20 nuns attended the September 13-21 course on “News Writing and Reporting” conducted by the National Institute ofContinue Reading
New Delhi, Sept 23, 2020: Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi died September 23 at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. He was hospitalized September 11 after he contracted COVID-19. He was 65. The leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party leader was a four-time Member ofContinue Reading
New Delhi, Sept 23, 2020: India witnessed 31 incidents of attacks on Christians in August this year. Majority of those attacks were reported from Uttar Pradesh in north and Chhattisgarh in central India, both states reporting 11 incidents each. The month saw a significant rise in such incidents as theContinue Reading