Kanpur Catholics join anti-tobacco campaign
2015-05-26
About 250 members of the congregation signed the no tobacco pledgeContinue Reading
Delhi protests Dalit killings
2015-05-24
New Delhi: Civil society groups in New Delhi on Saturday joined women activists and others to protest mass killings of dalits in Naguar district of Rajasthan state. The dominant Jat caste allegedly killed three dalit people on Thursday triggering country wide condemnation. The Jat people allegedly mowed down the dalitsContinue Reading
Another Indian priest faces misconduct allegations in US
2015-05-23
Fr Samuel Punnoor has been placed on administrative leaveContinue Reading
Industrialists main troublemakers for indigenous people: Catholic bishop
2015-05-22
Jharsuguda: Heavy mining has disrupted tribal and dalit communities while rapid mining has led to serious environmental degradation and pollution, bemoans a Catholic bishop in Odisha, a state that accounts for nearly 17 percent of India’s total mineral reserve. “Heavy mining has the greatest effects on human, animals and plants.Continue Reading
“Hope it is not an ill thought humor,” says Teresa author on canonization news
2015-05-20
The Vatican has not confirmed plans for the canonizationContinue Reading
Slum-dwellers save “drink expenses” for Nepal victims
2015-05-19
They collected 75,000 rupeesContinue Reading
Nurse dies after 42 years in coma
2015-05-18
Mumbai: A nurse who went into coma after being raped 42 years ago, died on Monday. She was 68. Aruna Shanbaug was in the Intensive Care unit of Mumbai’s King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital. Doctors had said a few days ago that Shanbaug was suffering from pneumonia and was onContinue Reading
Priest beaten up by church youth after ‘green sermon’
2015-05-16
The priest scolded the youth for wasting electrictyContinue Reading
Another district bans use of “Father” for Christian priests
2015-05-15
The education officer’s circular was copied to the Vishwa Hindu Parishad alsoContinue Reading
Supreme Court faults Kejriwal, stops defamation diktat
2015-05-14
New Delhi — In a major embarrassment for Arvind Kejriwal, the Supreme Court has today suspended an order issued by his government that called for criminal defamation cases against the media. The top court pointed out that Mr Kejriwal has personally challenged criminal defamation cases against him on the groundsContinue Reading