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Rally launched to promote communal harmony in Kerala‍

Leaders of various religious communities and social organizations have started a journey in the southern Indian state of Kerala to promote communal harmony and national integration. The journey named ‘Sarva Dharma Sadbhavana Yatra’ (Journey to foster goodwill among all religions, is an initiativ

Desperate Indians sell family gold to survive Covid cash crunch

In Mumbai’s jewellery bazaar, Kavita Jogani gingerly places her wedding bangles on the shopkeeper’s scales, one of the thousands of Indians parting with their most cherished asset – gold. It was not an easy decision – Jogani was desperate after her garment business took a severe hit in the past year and a half with […]

Indian Jesuits put off plan to name park after Stan Swamy

The opposition from Hindu nationalists’ organiza-tions has compelled a Jesuit-run institution in the southern Indian state of Karnataka to postpone the naming of a park inside its campus after late Jesuit priest and tribal rights activist Father Stan Swamy. The 140-year-old St. Aloy-sius College in Mangaluru had decided to hold the naming ceremony on Oct. […]

Hindu groups harass nuns, Christians in Uttar Pradesh

Some 50 Christ devotees attending Sunday service were attacked by Hindu radicals in the Mau district of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The activists of Bajrang Dal (party of the stout and strong) and Hindu Yuva Vahini, a youth group, paraded the Christians to the nearby police station where they were detained until […]

Stan Swamy Park: Hindu radicals oppose Jesuit college’s move

Some right wing Hindu groups in the southern Indian state of Karnataka have objected to naming a private park after Jesuit Father Stan Swamy, who died in judicial custody three months ago. The park is situated inside the campus of 140-year-old St Aloysius College in Manga-luru, a port city in the state. The college is […]

Indian Catholics to launch campaign against Terrorism, Narcotics

The laity council of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) will launch a nationwide awareness campaign against terrorism and the use of narcotics on Oct. 1. The Save the People camp-aign will see students and youths, religious, political organizations and sociocultural movements participate in a “conscientization process” over a period of three months, said […]