Kochi: Federal Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on March 29 dismissed as wrong the allegations that two nuns belonging to a Kerala-based congregation were “attacked” during a train journey in Uttar Pradesh. Goyal accused Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of “making false statements” on the issue. “There was no attack onContinue Reading
Munnar: The British-era church at Old Munnar overlooking the valleys is getting a facelift. The 110-year-old church, presently under the CSI (Church of South India) Church, was constructed in Gothic style. The church is linked to a British cemetery, which was constructed much earlier. The authorities are keen on keepingContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has flayed a pastoral letter read in some churches of the Quilon diocese against the southern Indian state’s Left Democratic Front government. The sanctity of the pastoral letters will be questioned by devotees, the chief minister said March 26. They (a section of churchContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Bajrang Dal has denied involvement in a controversial March 19 incident where two nuns and two students were forced alight from a train in Jhansi over an alleged forced conversion complaint and questioned by railway police. According to reports, Bajrang Dal activists and police questioned the nuns,Continue Reading
Shahjahanpur: While Covid-19 cases continue to rise across India, and many states have banned public celebrations and large gatherings in view of Holi, Shab E Barat, and Easter in the coming days, a town in Uttar Pradesh, is busy covering its mosques in plastic sheets. The local administration of ShahjahanpurContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: The harassment of Catholic nuns in a train compartment allegedly by Hindu radicals has drawn condemnation from all sections of society in India. Two nuns and their two novices were taken off an express train and detained for questioning by railway police in Jhansi inContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on March 25 quashed hate crime proceedings initiated against Shillong Times editor Patricia Mukhim for a Facebook post. A Bench led by Justice L. Nageswara Rao agreed with Mukhim, a Padma Shri awardee, that her social media post was only an expression of truth inContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: Sister Jessy Kurian, a Supreme Court lawyer and former member of the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions, on March 25 urged the Nation Human Rights Commission to act against attackers of nuns traveling on a train. In a letter to the commission, a statutoryContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: Women groups in India on March 23 condemned the heckling and harassment of Catholic nuns traveling on a train from Delhi to Odisha. “We call on the Prime Minister and the Home Minister to track down the perpetrators of these crimes and punish themContinue Reading
Komirepalle: The men gathered on a recent evening as the sun slipped lower in the sky, turning the rice fields golden. There was disturbing news: Yet another person from the village had fallen mysteriously ill the night before. The sickness was always the same, the farmworkers said. Burugu Ravi wasContinue Reading