The passion of a pioneering Catholic nun for Guwahati’s third gender, championing their dignity, rights and recognition, has resulted in the first Church approved shelter for the Hijra community in Assam.The Catholic Church has started its first safe house for the marginalized transgender community in the Northeastern State of Assam this month. The opening of […]
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 […]
Will Cremation become an acceptable practice for Indian Christians? Graveyards are filling up, and congestion in the existing cemeteries have sparked heated debates. Some radical priests even want to dig up heritage tombs and make space for the dear departed. It’s interesting how the corona virus may soon break down resistance to the idea of […]
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 […]
Influx of Rohingya Muslim refugees has become a headache for security forces in the Northeast. In two separate incidents that came to light on Friday (Januray 15), some 12 Rohingyas were discovered and arrested. The Railway Protection Force (RPF) has arrested 10 Rohingyas from Agartala-New Delhi Rajdhani Express. NF Railway CPRO Subhanan Chanda said 10 […]
On Christmas Day, a dastardly act of vandalism took place in Bihar’s capital city. The Quila House Museum, probably the largest privately owned collection of artifacts and cultural treasures in the state, was broken into by a weapon wielding mob, that rampaged through the grounds and smashed priceless figurines and heirlooms. It’s surprising that this […]
Assam has now 34 districts! People in Bajali sub-division in Assam woke up this morning to find themselves in Assam’s newest district. Bajali has been carved out of Barpeta district. A notification was issued by the Govenor of Assam Jagdish Mukhi on Tuesday (12th January). With this Bajali has become the 34th full-fledged district of […]
Patna: Patna Archdiocese will bid farewell to their Metropolitan Archbishop Most Rev William D’Souza SJ and welcome the newly appointed pastoral governor the Most Rev Sebastian Kallupura following the official announcement by the CBCI on Wednesday, 9 December, 2020 at 4.30pm. Most Rev. William D’Souza S.J., who on attaining the age of 74, had sent […]
PATNA: In this covid-19 bound Bihar Assembly election, the Jesuits of Patna province took education and citizen’s awareness a step further , hosting a ‘Know your candidate event’ in the premises of one of Patna’s leading colleges. Prominent candidates of Digha assembly constituency on Thursday, October 29, made their cases, presented sharply divergent views, expounded […]
In a significant appeal to those who mentor the upcoming generation of journalists, news anchor, multimedia journalist and author Rajdeep Sardesai spoke of the importance of teaching media ethics as part of the journalism course. Journalism has changed dramatically over the past 30 years, and in the ‘age of mobile journalism’ youngsters looking at a […]
