Yak owners of the country from Sikkim to Ladakh and beyond have a reason to celebrate. For the first time in Indian insurance history , the iconic Himalayan herbivores have been accorded recognition with an insurance policy. Thanks to the National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) . Long suffering yak owners can now get get financial […]
Social activists and human rights defenders have called for a nationwide ” Dark Resistance” campaign on Thursday, July 8, when lights will be switched off at 8 PM for a 5 minute period. The campaign will draw attention to the fate of thousands of undertrials, who like Father Stan languish in jails without bail or […]
The Bombay high court has ordered the extension of Fr Stan Swami’s stay in Holy Family Hospital, Bandra, and has shifted the hearing of his appeal against the rejection of his interim emergency bail till July 3rd. The Bombay High Court has extended the private hospital stay of 84 year old Jesuit priest and activist […]
A man with 39 wives and over 90 children in Mizoram. It’s fact stranger than fiction. But, there’s more. Even after doctors declared him dead, his family says that his pulse still exists. This was the situation till 11 pm on Monday, 14th June. The funeral of Zionnghaka aka Zion-a, who was declared dead by […]
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 […]
Jesuit father Stan is to be moved to Catholic-run Hospital for two weeks. The Bombay High Court on Friday (May 28) has directed the Maharashtra government to transfer the under-trial Jesuit Father Stan Swamy, 84, to the Holy Family Hospital from Taloja Central Jail and treat him. Jesuit father Cedric Prakash in a message said, […]
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, […]
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 […]
Even as India continues to report a daily covid-19 infection rate of over 350,000 and the media is replete with distress stories from all over the country, the Good News is that several Catholic dioceses and institutions have come forward to help the affected in whatever way they can. Only yesterday, somebody sent us the […]
