Tripura tribal welfare minister Mevar Kumar Jamatia has written a letter to Union home minister Amit Shah demanding to place the Constitution (125th Amendment) Bill, 2019 on the floor of Parliament. He says that the 125th Amendment would empower the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution. Jamatia, […]
Even as some three thousand people across India from tribal groups and their supporters, attended a on June 9 organized a webinar to commemorate the 121st anniversary of Birsa Munda’s martyrdom, a question still hangs in the balance. The indigenous people are still being alienated and forced to give up their lands. Sister Lalita Roshni […]
North Bengal’s only Catholic run community radio broadcaster joins nine other non-government organisations in the Darjeeling Hills in a 15 week Wellbeing campaign to combat Covid-19. A group of ten Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) in the hills have come together to fight COVID-19 with a 15-week Wellbeing Campaign. Their slogans include: ‘Bring Back the Smiles,’ and […]
The Catholic community at large, who are concerned about the health and welfare of 84 year old Jesuit who has been a champion for the rights of tribal people – [still an ‘under-trail’ in prison on what many observers feel are trumped up charges]- are saddened at the news. Jesuit priest Stan Swamy, the 84 […]
Father Stan Swamy told a division bench of the Bombay High court to grant him interim bail to go back to his home in Ranchi. He interacted with the court via video conferencing, on Friday May 21; based on the court’s direction for video-conference interaction with the ailing Jesuit priest. Father Stan had difficulty hearing, […]
Who is purple, has a beehive hairdo and is absolutely fabulous? Thus ran the third editorial in The Indian Express on Friday, commenting on one of the mini-figures in a toy collection. And why? The iconic colours of the Pride flag are stepping into the Lego realm with its new ‘Everyone is Awesome’ set. The […]
The prosecution denies that Stan Swamy was taken to JJ Hospital for a check-up! It was for covid-19 vaccination, the lawyer claimed. The prosecution also indicates that 84 year old Stan is probably ‘fit and fine’ because ‘he has no complaints! Read below the main details of what happened today at the Bombay High Court […]
A message circulated in social media groups brought hope to Christians in India that there was some relief for 84 year old jailed Jesuit Stan Swamy, only to be dashed a few hours later. Jailed Jesuit tribal activist Father Stan Swamy was on May 18 briefly sent for a medical check-up to a hospital in […]
India’s ‘ longest serving Bishop’ , Dr. Philipose Mar Christostom, Metropolitan Emeritus of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian church , passed away on May 5. The funeral was held on Thursday, May 6. He had completed 103 years on April 27 this year. The Metropolitan Emeritus was ailing for a while and passed away at […]
If it was Father Gaston Roberge, who started Chitrabani in Calcutta and is known as the Communication Guru of Eastern India, it is Father Isaac Alappat who is the communication Guru of South India. The Catholic Church in South India bid farewell to one of its ablest communication gurus on Wednesday May 5th. Fr. Isaac […]
It’s not only the folks of Bengal who have has to suffer because of the election rallies during covid. So far 171 policemen from Mizoram, dispatched for election duty to West Bengal have been diagnosed with COVIDid-19. On May 5, local news sources revealed that 62 policemen, who recently returned from West Bengal after poll […]
Sir, Bihar is all set for corona vaccination. The Nitish Kumar government is fully prepared for the storage and distribution of the coronavirus vaccine in Bihar. At least 35 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccine can be stored at the state’s vaccine storage facility in Patna. The state vaccine store is located at Nalanda Medical College […]
