Thiruvananthpauram/Kochi: The Catholic Church, political leaders and family members of Father Tom Uzhunnalil, abducted by Islamic militants in Yemen last year, today thanked the governments of India and Oman for their efforts to secure his release. Catholic Bishops Conference of India president and Major Archbishop of Syro Malankara church BaseliousContinue Reading
The advice comes ahead of the Syro-Malabar archdiocese’s plans to get its 100,000 families networked through a mobile applicationContinue Reading
Pradhuman Thakur, a second grader, was found with his throat slit in a school washroom on September 8Continue Reading
Alappuzha: BJP’s intellectual cell convener T G Mohandas, who tweeted on August 22 that the St Andrew’s Basilica in Arthunkal was originally a Shiva temple, said that it would be better if the topic was dropped from public discussions. He had earlier asked Hindus, in his tweet, to reclaim theContinue Reading
By Agence France-Presse A team of six naval officers is starting a historic and grueling around-the-world mission on Sunday — the first circumnavigation of the globe by an Indian all-female crew. Lieutenant Commander Vartika Joshi, who is leading the voyage which will begin in the western state of Goa, toldContinue Reading
New Delhi: Around 50 organisations have come together in a civil society initiative under which volunteers will visit places where lynchings have been reported and meet the affected families. The month-long journey called “Karwan-e-Mohabbat” for “sharing pain, for atonement, for solidarity and for love” began from Assam on September 4Continue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram: The Catholic Church in Kerala is upset with the new liquor policy of the state’s LDF government, as closed bars are being allowed to reopen despite assurances from CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury to the contrary, a bishop said on Thursday. Expressing deep anguish, Bishop Mar Remigiose Inchananiyil, Syro-MalabarContinue Reading
Mumbai: Indian Christian Women’s Movement has condemned the “cowardly murder of “Gauri Lankesh, a journalist who challenged the right wing forces in India. “We salute Gauri’s courage and commitment to the democratic and secular values of our constitution. She went to the extent of putting her life on the lineContinue Reading
Mumbai: Parishioners on Wednesday filed a complaint with the Mahim police against the priest of St Michael’s Church in a dispute over installation of a CCTV camera in the women’s washroom. Lyn Fernandes and Karen D’Souza, who regularly visit one of Mumbai’s oldest churches, have sought charges under section 354Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Varanasi: A number of social activists protested the killing of the renowned lady journalist Gauri Lankesh in Varanasi on September 6. The social activists of Varanasi under the banner of Sajha Sanskriti Manch and NAPM, Joint Action Committee of the students of Banaras Hindu University alongContinue Reading
