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
Kurseong: Scores of people braved inclement weather in the hill town of Kurseong to protest against the gangrape of a teenage girl in faraway Hathras, Uttar Pradesh The protesters came from all walks of life and they held a candle light protest march October 2, the 151st birth anniversary ofContinue Reading
New Delhi: Bishop Franco Mulakkal has approached the Supreme Court requesting to review the order that rejected his discharge petition filed in connection with the nun rape case. He also submitted a plea requesting to hold the hearing of the review petition in open court. Bishop Mulakkal has demanded theContinue Reading
New Delhi: Researchers, including those from the Government of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, have conducted one of the largest analysis of COVID-19 epidemiology to date and have found that both cases and deaths due to the disease have been more heavily concentrated in the 40 to 69 year ageContinue Reading
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on October 1 dismissed a petition filed by Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused in the nun rape case, challenging the Kottayam Additional Session Court’s order rejecting his plea for deferring the cross-examination of witnesses until the COVID-19 pandemic is brought under control or to adjourn itContinue Reading
Mumbai: An over 100-foot high cross was removed from a hill behind a church in southern India by government officials, despite the protests of the parish priest. The incident happened on Sept. 23 at 6 a.m. in the morning in Gerahalli village in the state of Karnataka, about 40 milesContinue Reading
New Delhi: Amid the proliferation of misinformation, disinformation and the presence of social media platforms, media professionals are facing a “test of courage, character and journalism,” says R Rajagopal, editor of The Telegraph, Kolkata. On September 30, he was speaking as the chief guest at the virtual convocation ceremony ofContinue Reading
