Church Properties Damaged in Karnataka On 18 May in Kundupur, properties of two churches were allegedly damaged by unidentified miscreants. Our correspondent Rev. Noel Kotian reported that an ornamental pot at the entrance of the Holy Rosary church was found broken and a signpost leading to St. Antony Church in Koteshwar also was found uprooted. …
Christians beaten up, 10 hospitalized in Chhattisgarh On 16 June, a mob of Hindu extremists brutally beat up Christians and 10 believers including two women who were later rushed to the hospital in Sirisguda, Bastar town, Jagdalpur. According to our correspondent, Rev Akhilesh Edgar, about 100 Christians who were denied rations for two months for …
New Delhi: “The National Human Rights Commission has seen with concern several recent media reports on sexual assault in different parts of the country violating human rights of victim girls and women. Wherever and in whatever number these incidents have happened, the Commission deplores all such acts, which have a direct bearing on human rights, including …
Over 50 dalit people have complained to Tiruchirapalli district Collector about police harassment following a dispute over their participation in the annual car festival of a church in the Periyavarseeli village.The villagers came from the neighboring Pokkattakudi Seshasamudram near Lalgudi town on May 13 after police allegedly beat them up over the weekend. The trouble …
John Malhotra Former Lok Sabha Speaker Purno A Sangma, who is contesting the July 19 election for the office of the President, had hardly anything satisfactory or substantial to say about Kandhamal killings, massacre of Graham Staines and anti-conversion law during an interview last week. Appearing on CNN-IBN’s Devil’s Advocate, Sangma was quizzed on his …
Dr. John Dayal New Delhi: Geneva is not the usual place for a government to reassure its people on their future security, but India does have a golden opportunity there during the United Nations-conducted Universal Periodic Review (UPR), which takes place towards the end of May 2012. In a manner of speaking, the UPR, which every …