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.

India’s poor deserve better than this
Concerns are being raised about whether the needs of poor and marginalized communities in India are receiving enough attention in current government policies. Observers say