By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, June 22, 2020: The Telugu Catholic Church and Dalit activists have mourned the death of Father Bichapogu Anthaiah, director of Andhra Pradesh Social Service Forum. “I am deeply sorry to inform you that Father Bichapogu Anthaiah died this morning in Yeshoda Hospital due to cardiac arrest,”Continue Reading
Mumbai, June 21, 2020: The federal Health Ministry on June 21 said the Maharashtra government and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) have succeeded in bringing down the Covid-19 spread in Dharavi, Asia’s largest slums. “They have actively ‘chased the virus’ and aggressively conducted targeted tracing of suspects,” the ministry said.Continue Reading
Chandigarh, June 21, 2020: The Manohar Lal Khattar-led BJP government in Haryana has cancelled contracts with Chinese companies for installing pollution control equipment at two of its thermal power facilities, in the wake of heightened tension between the two neighbors. The contracts had been awarded by the Haryana Power GenerationContinue Reading
New Delhi, June 21,2020: In the wake of coronavirus pandemic, the kanwar yatra this year has been cancelled. The development comes after the chief ministers of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana discussed the matter via video-conference on June 20. All of them agreed that the annual kanwar yatra, which seesContinue Reading
Panaji, June 19, 2020: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on June 19 said the area around the Basilica of Bom Jesus in Old Goa will be upgraded under a Central government scheme. Sawant chaired a meeting to discuss the final detailed project report (DPR) on beautification of the church complex,Continue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, June 19, 2020: A group of Catholic women in India has urged the national body of major superiors in the country to conduct an independent probe to help unravel the mystery behind the death of a novice nun in a Kerala convent. “Today is theContinue Reading
New Delhi, June 18, 2020: The Supreme Court of India on June 18 disallowed holding the famous chariot procession in Pune, a coastal town in Odisha, eastern India. “The Lord Jagannath rath yatra (chariot procession) and activities connected to it will not be allowed this year due to the coronavirusContinue Reading
Lucknow, June 18, 2020: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is planning to make available the locally-made Gauri-Ganesh idols in the markets in place of the Chinese-made on the occasion of Diwali this year. To realise the Chief Minister’s wish, the state’s Mati Kala Board has started working. Sculptors fromContinue Reading
Valaur, June 18, 2020: Pastor Ramesh Jebaraj says he forgives the arsonists who destroyed his church in Tamil Nadu State, southern India. “We don’t suspect anyone in particular. People of all faiths come here to pray. Someone may have done it out of jealousy, but we forgive them” Pastor RealContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Malkangiri, June 17, 2020: A peaceful rally of Christians in Odisha’s Malkangiri on June 16 demanded justice for a teenage boy hacked to death two weeks ago. Suspected religious fundamentalists on June 4 killed Samaru Madkami in Kenduguda, a village in Malkangiri district. More than 350 peopleContinue Reading
