Christians in the Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh state are in a state of apprehension and fear, following repeated threats by self-styled Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) activists that they plan to demolish all ‘illegal’ churches in the district. Even though no serious incidents have been reported two days past the deadline, locals say that a […]
A tragic accident and death of a 14 year old student in a Jesuit run school in Williamnagar town of the North-eastern state of Meghalaya has caused a major stir in the Garo hills region. The incident took place on Tuesday September 24. Following protests, the principal of the school, Jesuit Father Melwyn Fernandes was […]
Nitish Kumar, a 16 year old boy (who, incidentally, is the namesake of the Bihar Chief Minister), from a village in Gaya district, is currently swathed in bandages at Apollo Burn Hospital in Patna. Over 55 percent of his body has no skin. His skin peeled off from the neck downwards, after ‘unidentified’ men on […]
A 21-year old tribal boy from the Ooladbari tea gardens of North Bengal, survivor of a near fatal accident, two years and nine months ago, can now lead a normal life, thanks to the intervention of two Salesian priests and an ‘angel’ from Italy. Darshan Oraon, abandoned by his parents, lives with his ailing grandmother […]
Never giving up the struggle for justice and reparation of those killed, displaced, and imprisoned on fake charges, these awards will keep the Kandhamal story alive – a bizarre bloodbath of right wing hate fomented in an Indian state whose founder was a Christian named Michael Madhusudan Das. National Solidarity Forum (NSF), comprising over 70 […]
Pope Francis on July 16 appointed Father Deepak Valerian Tauro, rector of St Albert’s College in Ranchi, as the auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of Delhi, according to a press release from Father Stephen Alathara, deputy secretary general of the Conference of Catholic Bishops in India. The 54-year-old bishop-elect is a priest of the diocese […]
Jesuit Father Abraham Enthemkuzy, (70) widely recognized as a management expert and also as the longest-serving director of Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur, one of the best management schools in India died earlier this week due to cardiac arrest. Father Abe, as he was known among confreres, was on born Nov 5, 1950. He […]
The demolition of a Catholic Church in the South Delhi region on Tuesday (July 12) morning has prompted widespread concern and condemnation among the Christian community. The Little Flower Church in Lado Sarai, belonging to the Syro-Malabar rite was demolished by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation citing encroachment on government’s agricultural land “by instalment of […]
It was a sweltering day in May, and Patna city was in the throes of the second wave of the Covid-19 Pandemic. Sister Dorothy Fernandez PBVM , the only Presentation sister in the state of Bihar, was knocking at the doors of the home for the destitute women in Padre ki Haveli. The home is […]
The Central government is to dispatch special medical teams to Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur as these three North-eastern States have been registering a high number of COVID-19 positive cases. The special medical teams are to evaluate the possible reasons the increase in the number of of COVID-19 cases in these states. The development has […]
Every evening, a group of 15 college graduates gather at the Newman school in a remote hilly village to learn a language with 48 vowels and 31 consonants, with four different tones. They are inspired by the vision of a middle-aged farmer, who wants to save his native dialect from extinction. Fifty-five year old Wanglung […]
As Covid 19 stalks the Northeast, Nagaland extends lockdown till June 30, Meghalaya works out a plan to have the Iewduh market open partially, and Assam is set to disallow home isolation for those who do not have proper space at their homes. Meghalaya registered 8 more Covid19 deaths and 495 new positive cases in […]
