An Indian man from the northeastern state of Mizoram, who is believed to have headed the “world’s largest family”, has died, officials said. Ziona Chana, 76, who headed a Christian sect that allowed polygamy for men, has left behind 38 wives and 89 children. The sect, called Chana Pawl, wasContinue Reading
The issue of ”Love Jihad” has cropped up again in Kerala after reports that the Centre has denied permission to return to four women, who had gone from the state to Afghanistan along with their husbands and children to live in the “Islamic Caliphate” promised by terror organisation IS. FourContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Supreme Court said it would pass orders on June 15 on closure of proceedings in India against two Italian marines, accused of killing two fishermen off the Kerala coast in February 2012, and the disbursal of rupees 10 crore compensation to the heirs of the victims. ReferringContinue Reading
New Delhi: In the first five months of 2021, in 151 days of the current year, despite the serious pandemic situation, 127 episodes of violence against Christians took place in India: says to Agenzia Fides “United Christian Forum” (UCF), reporting the data obtained from the special “Toll-free number”, a telephoneContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on June 11 asked the Centre how it intended to take food to crores of migrant labourers who have no ration cards. “How will food reach migrant labourers without ration cards?” a Bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and M.R. Shah addressed Solicitor General Tushar MehtaContinue Reading
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on June 10 said Jesuit priest and activist Stan Swamy, arrested in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, shall remain admitted in a Mumbai based private hospital till June 18 as he is suffering from COVID-19. Swamy, 84, was on May 28 shifted from the TalojaContinue Reading
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on June 10 urged the minority community to adopt a “decent family planning policy” for population control to reduce poverty. All stakeholders in the community must come forward and support the government in helping reduce poverty in the community which is primarily dueContinue Reading
Mumbai: Eleven people, including eight children, were killed when a double-story apartment building collapsed on another structure at a slum in Mumbai’s Malad. At least seven others received injuries in the late night incident on June 9. Many are still feared trapped under the debris and evacuation operations are underway,Continue Reading
Kochi: After the Kerala High Court on May 28 quashed state “Government Orders, sub-classifying the minorities by providing merit-cum-means scholarship at 80 percent to Muslim community and 20 percent to Latin Catholic Christians and Converted Christians,” and saying “it cannot be legally sustained,” Muslims from the southern Indian state haveContinue Reading
New Delhi: Punjab, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala topped the national school index with Meghalaya and Ladakh at the bottom, the Union education ministry said. Five states and Union territories scored more than 90% for the first time and reached Level-2 or Grade I++ in the performance grading index (PGI) forContinue Reading