Dhenkanal: About 20 villagers questioning Christians gathered for worship in a home in Odisha state, India were animists who worshipped objects in nature and other gods, but Hindu nationalists had led them there. “Why have you left your ancestral faith and begun following the Christian faith?” a few of themContinue Reading
The additional munsiff court in Kollam passed an order restraining the bishop Stanley Roman of Quilon from taking policy decisions with respect to spending funds, sale of diocesan properties and transferring priests and other staff of the institutions under the diocese. The order, which has similarities with the legal restrictionsContinue Reading
Bhubaneswar: AISECT, a top organisation in skill development and employment-linked training, has joined hands with the Maulana Azad National Academy for Skills (MANAS) to implement an entrepreneurship and skills development programme to train unemployed youth from the minority community in Odisha, s statement said on Tuesday. The initial phase ofContinue Reading
Chennai: Music maestro Ilayaraja sparked off a controversy by his comments on Jesus Christ during his recent visit to Google headquarters at Silicon Valley in the USA. While interacting with the staff, Ilayaraja allegedly said there was no evidence to prove Jesus Christ had resurrected. Around 30 people, including women,Continue Reading
Kolkata: The Greek community has long vanished from Kolkata. Besides the Greek Orthodox Church at 2A Library Road, the Panioty Fountain (named after Demetrius Panioty) at Curzon Park that is featured in Satyajit Ray’s ‘Paras Pathar’ still stands testimony to Kolkata’s Greek connection. Tucked behind the Metro construction at PhoolbaganContinue Reading
To counter the ‘anti-Christian’ tag and woo voters in the Christian dominated state, the saffron party in the run-up to the 13th Nagaland Legislative Assembly election, promised trips to Jerusalem if it was voted to power.Continue Reading
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
