By A C Michael Jhabua: People claiming to be members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) say they plan to demolish churches in the Jhabua district of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh on September 26. Auxiliary Bishop Paul Muniya of the Protestant Shalom Church in Jhabua, led aContinue Reading
By Xavier J Raj, SJ Rome, Feb 27, 2020: Around 200 Indians from various religions living in Italy met in Rome recently to pray for unity, integrity and protection of the constitutional values in their motherland. Even others who believe in unity, peace, integrity and democratic and secular values ofContinue Reading
GUWAHATI: President Ram Nath Kovind’s assent to the Bill against witch-hunting that the Assam Assembly passed three years ago has rejuvenated the campaign of a barely literate 65-year-old woman against superstition that has claimed scores of lives. “We can now tell the people that they cannot get away with killingContinue Reading
New Delhi: Ram Nath Kovind, a low-key lawyer-turned-politician, was elected Thursday as India’s 14th President, the first BJP member and the second Dalit to occupy the country’s highest office. The 71-year-old Kovind defeated joint opposition candidate Meira Kumar, a former Lok Sabha speaker, after garnering 65.65 percent of the votesContinue Reading