Renovations of a historic church near Kochi was stopped after the Archaeology department intervened, on receiving requests from an action council to protect the heritage structure. Authorities at the St Louis Catholic Church in Mundamveli have said that they have stopped a move to make alterations inside the church after they received a stop memo from the State Archaeology Department.

Justice Bhuyan Calls for Protection of Dissent and Personal Liberty
Supreme Court Justice Ujjal Bhuyan has expressed concern over the growing trend of treating peaceful dissent and ordinary actions as criminal offences. Speaking at a


