Union Minister of State for Tourism, Alphons Kannanthanam has sparked a social media storm with his comments on the country’s controversial biometric identity scheme. Alphons Kannanthanam said Indians had no problem “getting naked” for a US visa, but object to the Aadhaar scheme over privacy concerns. It is not clear whatContinue Reading
Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai:Holy Week got off to a bumpy start this year in one part of India when Father Thomas Rajamanikam of St. Joseph’s Church in Indore rode a donkey in the annual Palm Sunday procession. St. Joseph’s parish is located in the Nanda Nagar section of the city, theContinue Reading
Anantapur: Members of Reservationala Parirakshana Samithi (RPS), a conglomeration of Left parties and people’s organisations, staged a dharna at the Ambedkar Square in the city demanding constitutional protection to rule of reservation. RPS district president M Sudhakar Yadav stated that a massive public meeting will be organised on April 10Continue Reading
Kochi: A meeting of the council of priests today decided to initiate steps to resolve the crisis in the Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese over alleged irregularities in a land deal involving Cardinal George Alencherry and some priests. The meeting of the presbyterial council of Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese was attended by 49 priests.In hisContinue Reading
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Bengaluru: Two days after the Karnataka government accorded minority religion tag to the dominant community Lingayats, Kodavas, a martial race from the coffee growing district of Kodagu has demanded that they should too be declared as a religious minority. On March 22, a memorandum was submitted to state minorities departmentContinue Reading
New Delhi: Celebrating the life of peace, unity and renewing their faith, an ecumenical movement organization marked its silver jubilee recently. Since its inception in 1993, Tangkhul Christian Fellowship Delhi has overcome several hurdles while executing the ideology of ecumenism among the community. The fellowship strives to develop closer relationshipsContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram: The Syrian Mar Thoma Church and the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church on March 22 lashed out at the Pinarayi Vijayan government in Kerala for deciding to open closed liquor vends. The Kerala Catholic Bishop’s Conference (KCBC) had also slammed the “liquor policy” of the Vijayan government. The Church headsContinue Reading
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The March 19-20 workshop addressed the topic, “The Effective Use of Social Media.”Continue Reading
