Agartala: In an effort to help improve the quality of life of the poor and empower them, the Believers Church Diocese of Agartala organized a gift distribution program here for them that included blankets and income-generating items. Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar was the chief guest. The others present includedContinue Reading
New Delhi: India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on December 27 reiterated that her department would not spare any effort to get the release of an Indian Catholic priest abducted in Yemen earlier this years. The promise came a day after a video appeared in social media depicting a beardedContinue Reading
Many churches in Kashmir did not sing carols on Christmas to scale-down celebrationsContinue Reading
India is all set to build the world’s tallest statue in the Arabian Sea. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of this project on December 24. The statue is of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, a 17th-century ruler who fought against the Mughals and expanded the Maratha kingdom. HeContinue Reading
Kolkata: India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) has revealed that an Islamic State sympathizer it arrested six months ago had planned to attack the Mother House, the headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata. Managed by the order started by Saint Mother Teresa of Kolkata, the house attracts a largeContinue Reading
Bareilly: As Mother Teresa has become a saint this year, the Catholic diocese of Bareilly has decided not to observe annual programmes in any of their schools situated in the nine districts of both Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The money saved from it will be distributed among the poor. FatherContinue Reading
Communal issues cannot be raised in the garb of environmental concerns, the National Green Tribunal has said while junking a plea for banning the use of Christmas trees and prohibiting the making of Santa Claus costumes. The green panel, however, asked the Delhi government to ensure that there is noContinue Reading
The refugees were also given certificates for lifeskill training on the occasionContinue Reading
Pathanamthitta, Kerala: Yuletide reached Moozhiyar forests in Pathanamthitta district on Friday when Mar Baselius Kakkad Development Society (MBKDS) attached to the Syro Malankara Catholic Church celebrated Christmas with the tribespeople there. The society volunteers, led by its executive director Fr Christy Thevallil, called on the tribal families staying in theContinue Reading
The mood is sombre. Young and old are headed, under the weak streams of light thrown by their mobile phones, to the Tangkhul Lane Community Centre.Continue Reading
