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Mizoram becomes dry state following new liquor law

Mizoram has once again become a “completely dry state” from Tuesday following a new liquor law that prohibits the sale and consumption of alcohol, a Minister said here. “The Mizoram Liquor (Prohibition) Bill, 2019 was passed unanimously in the state Assembly on March 20. The Bill, that received Governor JagdishMukhi’s assent before the parliamentary polls, […]

Indian bishops’ nationwide quiz ‘an exhilarating experience’

The Indian bishops’ office for education and culture has for the first time conducted a nationwide quiz involving about 30,000 Catholic school students. The event marked the 10th anniversary of the All India Catholic Education Policy. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India’s ‘Education Mastermind’ quiz culminated in the capital, New Delhi, on May 15 following […]

Constitution change disaster for Christians: Bishop

Concern’s growing for Christians in India over the potential of a change to the country’s constitution. There are fears that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) want to change the law to make India a Hindu theocratic state. Bishop Nazarene Soosai of Kottar, southern India, says that would be a disaster and that Christians “fear […]

Seminarian dies in road accident

A seminarian of Karnataka’s Bhadravathi diocese died in road accident near Shimoga, some 300 km northwest of Bengaluru, the state capital. Deacon Varghese Kannappilly died on the spot on May 27 when his motorcycle was hit from behind by a speeding jeep. The 26-year-old deacon, also called Vivin, was returning home after dropping a neighbour […]

Caste-driven honour killings still haunt India

Ratna Devi, who lives in a shanty home alongside the Yamuna River in New Delhi, remembers vividly how she and her husband were brutally assaulted by her family because she had married a socially poor Dalit man. The 33-year-old woman fell in love with the Dalit man in her home state of Haryana and married […]

Gracias applauds Modi for “emphatic” election victory

The head of the Catholic Church in India has congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his emphatic victory in the just concluded general elections. “On behalf of the Catholic Church in India, and on my own behalf, I extend my heartiest congratulations to you and to the Bharatiya Janata Party,” Cardinal Oswald Gracias, president of […]

Vaidehi Vijayakumar is VC, Mother Teresa Women’s University

Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit appointed Vaidehi Vijayakumar as Vice-Chancellor of the Mother Teresa Women’s University at Kodaikanal. Purohit, who is also the Chancellor of the University, said Vijayakumar would hold office for a period of three years. Vijayakumar had served Anna University and several overseas universities including Ryerson University, Canada as professor and has […]

Supreme Court suspends tax on priests, nuns

The Supreme Court of India has given temporary relief to priests and nuns who were asked to pay income tax for the salary they earn working in government-funded educational institutions. The top court on May 9 asked authorities to maintain the status quo of not collecting such taxes and agreed to hear an appeal against […]