From The States

BJP increases seats in Kerala local body elections

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to make slow but steady inroads into Kerala, an unassailable bastion for the saffron party so far, results of the recently held local body elections indicate. Although the BJP failed to perform as expected in the Kerala civic elect-ions, it has significantly improved its 2015 tally, reports the Times […]

Nationwide post card campaign launched for Swamy’s release

A post card campaign was launched on December 10, the human rights day, to seek the release of Jesuit Father Stan Swamy and those allegedly accused falsely in the Bhima Koregaon case Under the campaign, the “Friends of Fr Stan Swamy” planned to send as many as 100,000 post cards to India’s Prime Minister and […]

Indian state to criminalize interfaith marriages involving conversion

A Catholic leader in India’s Madhya Pradesh State sees a political ploy in a government move to criminalize interfai-th marriages that involve reli-gious conversion. Archbishop Leo Cornelio of Bhopal, based in the state capital, said the state government’s proposal aims to appease the majority Hindu community rather than address any real issue. Leaders of the pro-Hindu Bharatiya […]

Stan Swamy given straw, sipper by jail authorities

The advocate of activist Father Stan Swamy, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, on December 4 told a special court that Swamy has been given a straw and sipper by the Taloja jail authorities. Swamy, 83, on December 4 filed three fresh applications seeking a direction to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to […]

Kerala bishops back Indian farmers’ protest

As negotiations failed to end the week-long protest by Indian farmers in New Delhi, more than 40 Catholic bishops in Kerala have sought government action to address the farmers’ plight. Federal agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar led the government team in negotiations lasting more than seven hours with 40 leaders of farmer unions on Dec. […]

Give what’s due to all communities: Cardinal Alencherry

Cardinal George Alenche-rry, head of the Syro-Malabar Church, says India is going through a period of transformation in the democratic practice and the balance of power between major political fronts, essential to a democracy, has been lost. But he is sanguine about pluralistic forces asserting themselves in a bid to cement the unity of the […]

People have a right to demonstrate peacefully: UN

“People have a right to demonstrate peacefully and authorities need to let them do so,” said Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary General of the United Nations on December 5, on being asked about the farmers’ movement that has continued despite talks with the Government of India. The comment is the latest addition to a […]

Promoter of Christian-Muslim relations remembered

Colleagues and friends of Ataullah Siddiqui have recalled the UK-based Islamic scholar’s contributions to the promotion of Christian-Muslim relations. They shared their experience with Siddiqui at an online event organized by the Delhi-based Islamic Studies Association on November 29. Siddiqui died on November 9 of cancer at Birmingham in the United Kingdom. He was 66. […]

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Pope: Red Cross’ humanitarian work shows that fraternity is possible

New Vatican document lists ‘grave violations’ of human dignity