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By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: The Indian Catholic Press Association (ICPA) will confer its prestigious annual “Louis Careno Award for Excellence in journalism” on Indian Currents for its bold stand against communalism and fundamentalism that has crept into our socio-political arena, over the past one decade and more, saidContinue Reading

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In 1946, a census was conducted to count the daily traffic footfall on the state-of-the-art Howrah Bridge. The figures registered were 27,400 vehicles, 121,100 pedestrians and 2,997 cattle. Contrast the above information with a 2007 report, which showed a daily flow of 90,000 vehicles, out of which 15,000 were goodsContinue Reading

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Bengaluru: The autobiography of Father Tom Uzhunnalil, a Salesian priest who spent 18 months in captivity in Yemen, was released at a function in Bengaluru, southern India. Cardinal Baselios Cleemis, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, released “By Grace of God” at St John’s Medical College where theContinue Reading

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Thiruvananthapuram: Police in Kerala on Tuesday arrested six people for allegedly attacking noted Malayalam poet Kureepuzha Sreekumar in Kollam district for criticising right-wing outfits, a senior official said. The six, including a panchayat member of the area, have been booked for voluntarily causing hurt and wrongful restraint, they said. “TheContinue Reading

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All the Christian missionary schools in and around Imphal, Manipur, remained shut indefinitely for the second day on Tuesday following threats from insurgents. Manipur’s Education Minister T. Radheshyam appealed to the insurgent group, Kangleipak Communist Party (Military Council) not to vitiate the academic atmosphere in the Catholic schools. Radheshyam said,Continue Reading

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Thiruvananthapuram: A couple in Kerala’s Kottayam district who waited 18 years to get their first children, a pair of twins, were dealt a heart-wrenching blow on Monday when the wife collapsed and died in hospital. The parents, identified as Shishupalan and Sheeba, 42 had waited 18 years for a childContinue Reading