Category: National

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Doctor booked for failing to report sexual abuse

In the pic: Fr Edwin Figarez Story by the Staff Repoter – The Hindu: 31-12-2015. The police team investigating the sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl by a Catholic priest at Puthenvelikkara have booked a government doctor for failing to report a...

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Left-ruled Tripura makes yoga must for students

Agartala (Matters India): Tripura will become the second state after Gujarat to make yoga compulsory in schools. The state on Wednesday announced that yoga would be mandatory for students for students studying in Classes I to VIII from the new...

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Liquor in Kerala – Only for the rich?

Editorial in Hindu, December 30, 2015                              (Note:  It looks that the most iterate state in India is condemned to be practically illiterate when it comes to enforcing common sense rules for daily living. Have you heard of the success...

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Polinomics: The writing on the wall (Prophets of doom for Modi?)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi manages his personal Facebook and Twitter Account. (Representational Image)Deccan Chronicle, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta | December 29, 2015 (Note: The forthright criticism of Paranjoy Guha, sounds frightening: “Best-selling author Chetan Bhagat has presciently anticipated the BJP’s “worst...

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CCV Sent Birthday Wishes to Cardinal Gracias

(Note: Cardinal Oswald Gracias of  Bombay  celebrated  his birth day on Dec.24. He happens to be one of the outspoken prelates among the over 200 Indian bishops who spoke up publicly on a controversial issue like same-sex relations with which...

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Hindu radicals booked for abusing social activist

Mangaluru (Matters India): The Mangalore police have registered a case against Bajrang Dal Mangaluru city co-convener Puneet Raj Kottari and 21 others for allegedly abusing and threatening Vidya Dinker, a social activist and coordinator of Citizens’ Forum for Mangalore Development. The...

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Bishop of Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church dead.

Thiruvananthapuram (UCAN):  Zacharias Mar Theophilus, senior suffragan metropolitan of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church, died on Sunday at a hospital here, church officials said. He was 77. The bishop, who headed the Chengannur-Mavelikera diocese of the church, attended the...

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Strong Move Towards Indo-Pak Dialogue

By The New Indian Express Editorial,  26th December 2015 Prime Minister Narendra Modi never ceases to surprise. If his presence in Kabul on Friday morning ruffled feathers in Islamabad, within hours, he sprang a pleasant surprise on the latter. In...

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BJP to try Goa model to attract Kerala Christians

Thiruvananthapuram (Matters India): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP, Indian people’s party), considered to be pro-Hindu, is trying to win various Christian denominations in Kerala. The southern Indian state is getting ready to elect its 140-member legislative assembly in 2016. The...

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A vision for the church in India

Catholic clergy needs to evolve to keep up and meet new challenges as society changes. UCAN: Mumbai The world is at a tipping point and so is India with a majoritarian government in power with another idea of what India is....

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A year of joy and sorrow for Christians in India

Future canonization of a favorite nun, persecution, violence main highlights for the church in 2015. New Delhi (UCAN) : The year 2015 saw cases of persecution against Christians, including the rape of two nuns, with no concrete action taken against...

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Hindus, Christians celebrate Christmas in Meghalaya

Shillong (Matters India): Christians in Meghalaya Thursday celebrated Christmas with fervour and spirit, exchanging greetings and gifts with friends and relatives. Hindus also joined in the celebrations in this Christian-dominated northeastern state to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Bishops and...

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New law will not curb juvenile crime, church says

Parliament criticized for passing law in haste. New Delhi: (UCAN) Indian church agencies said lowering the age so that a child can be tried as an adult will not curb juvenile crime. "Lowering the age will not help. If a...

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Kandhamal riots report submitted to Odisha government

Bhubaneswar (Matters India) — The Justice A.S. Naidu Commission of Inquiry, set up by the Odisha government to probe the 2008 Kandhamal riots, presented its report to the state government on Tuesday. The Kandhamal riots had hogged international headlines for...

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Vijayawada gets new bishop

Vatican City: (UCAN) – The seat of the Vijayawada Diocese has been vacant since 2012. Pope Francis today appointed Fr. ‎Joseph Raja Rao Thelegathoti as the new bishop of Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh. Fr. Thelegathoti is currently serving as the Bangalore...

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Indian government assures justice for country’s Christians

Anxiety levels rise among religious minorities following spate of attacks. New Delhi (UCAN) India's government has assured the country's Christian community of justice and protection against persecution. "We have always been with the Christian community and will always remain with...

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Bengal assembly passes resolution on intolerance

With the draft of the resolution having a reference to "political intolerance", some Left leaders used it to attack the Trinamool govt.   Kolkotta – UCAN: Lawmakers of the ruling Trinamool Congress, and opposition Left Front and the Congress found...