CHURCH PROJECT HELPS INDIAN VILLAGERS ENJOY DRINKING WATER

CHURCH PROJECT HELPS INDIAN VILLAGERS ENJOY DRINKING WATER

Despite being surrounded by water, Varghese Mollykutty used to row a boat four kilometres along a narrow canal to a public water source to fetch a few pots of drinkable water for her family. She and her husband and two children live on a tiny island village, Kuttanad,...
INDIAN INNOVATOR SHOWS ‘ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES’ FOR CHANGE

INDIAN INNOVATOR SHOWS ‘ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES’ FOR CHANGE

He was born in the mountains, up in the northern Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir, where the air was then still fresh and the trees were green. Up there, in the small,
remote village of Ulaytokpo
in Ladakh, Sonam Wangchuk
went to school with other tribal children....
UNIFORM CIVIL CODE UNDESIRABLE: LAW COMMISSION

UNIFORM CIVIL CODE UNDESIRABLE: LAW COMMISSION

The Law Commission has suggested certain changes in marriage and
divorce laws that should be uniformly
accepted in the personal laws of all
religions, while holding that the
uniform civil code “is neither necessary
nor desirable at this stage” in the
country. The...
RANCHI JESUIT CALLS TREASON CHARGE ‘FABRICATED’

RANCHI JESUIT CALLS TREASON CHARGE ‘FABRICATED’

Indian Jesuit Father Stanislaus Lourdusamy says a treason charge linking him with militant Maoists is a fabrication being used to discredit his work for prisoners and tribal people. The 82-year-old Jesuit, popularly known as Stan Swamy, was charged along with eight...