Guwahati – A week-long capacity building programme on integration of Community Learning Programme (CLP) in skill development for Community Radio leading to sustainability began at the Divine Word Centre, Borjhar near Guwahati airport, January 3. The programme is being organized by the Dr Anamika Ray Memorial Trust (ARMT) in collaborationContinue Reading
Anti-Maoist squad killed two elderly villagers on July 26, 2015Continue Reading
Panaji: The Roman Catholic Church in Goa is hosting a Mother Teresa International Film Festival later this week, which will screen Indian and international films based on the life and work of the Albanian-born saint. A press statement issued by the Diocesan Centre for Social Communications Media, Goa, said thatContinue Reading
Kerala has been pegged as a ‘Destination to Watch’ in 2017 by the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA), the U.K.’s largest and most influential body of travel agents and tour operators. Described as a ‘true haven for travellers’, ‘God’s Own Country’ is the only Indian entry on the listContinue Reading
Study aims at understanding those who use it, and finding programmes to help them de-addictContinue Reading
Kochi: The cash crunch following demonetisation has come as a blessing in disguise for the devout. Those who want to spend a week, month or year getting closer to god can now choose a church retreat of their choice, and a preacher they prefer, through a dedicated website devoted toContinue Reading
Guwahati: A tea labourer in Dibrugarh district in upper Assam committed suicide on Monday, with local Congress leader and former legislator Raju Sahu saying the man took his own life after failing to pay debts because of demonetisation. “Achyut Bhuyan, a worker of Piparatoli tea estate under Chabua police stationContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis has told bishops around the world they must adhere to a policy of zero tolerance for clergy who sexually abuse children and begged forgiveness for “a sin that shames us”. In a letter sent on December 28 but released by the Vatican only on Monday, FrancisContinue Reading
Puri: An elderly couple from Dalit community in Brahmagiri block, Puri district of Odisha, Eastern India, who were ostracised and driven away from their home 15 years ago, has written to the President of India seeking permission to end their lives. The couple—Bhim and Tara—has been residing in a makeshiftContinue Reading
It was December 24, 1996. The gathering at a church in Bandra saw Father Francis Miranda’s body taken away not in a coffin to the cemetery where it would have been laid to rest, but to JJ Hospital. The priest had wished to be “of service to mankind” in someContinue Reading
