New pope has a Kerala headache as schism widens at Syro Malabar ChurchA crisis unfolds within Kerala's Syro-Malabar Church. Disputes over liturgical practices spark unrest. Archbishop Joseph Pamplany faces opp...
18 May, 2025, 01.48 PM IST
India, Asia key to future of world and church: Vatican officialA high-ranking Vatican delegation visited Goa Governor P.S. Sreedharan Pillai. The delegation attended the exposition of St. Francis Xavier...
27 Nov, 2024, 04.23 PM IST
Prohibition of Child Marriage Act applies to all Indian citizens irrespective of religion: Kerala HCThe Kerala High Court has ruled that the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 is applicable to every Indian citizen, regardless of their...
28 Jul, 2024, 05.36 PM IST
SC to examine if nuns, priests working as teachers entitled for IT exemptionThe Supreme Court has agreed to examine an important legal question regarding income tax exemption for nuns and priests working as teachers...
19 Jan, 2024, 11.57 AM IST
Kochi blasts shake Jehovah's Witnesses, a minority Christian group spread across the globeJehovah's Witnesses are a Christian religious organisation with roots in 19th-century America. Their prayer meeting in Kochi was disrupted ...
29 Oct, 2023, 08.20 PM IST
PM Modi to visit Kerala for two days, BJP to organise mass roadshowThe BJP state unit in Kerala, which is making all arrangements to accord a grand reception to the PM, shared a poster on Facebook announcin...
19 Apr, 2023, 04.50 PM IST
Wish you a Meri Christmas! Here's how ancient India celebrated Christ’s birth'Burra Din' as it came to be called in India was celebrated very differently indeed in Syria-and it was not even on December 25! The animal...
24 Dec, 2022, 01.03 AM IST
Arundhati Roy's mother Mary Roy passes awayShe was a noted educator and social worker. Her legal fight ensured equal rights for Syrian Christian women in their ancestral property.
01 Sep, 2022, 03.03 PM IST
Community service must be made compulsory for students: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu"Today, there is a dire need to inculcate the spirit of service from a young age in the youth of this country. Once this pandemic is behind...
03 Jan, 2022, 12.49 PM IST
Swaminathan Aiyar's open letter tells Owaisi what to do to bring Muslims on par with others in education"Many critics say Muslims are backward because they rely on low-quality madrassa education, so the solution is madrassa reform. Sorry, but ...
30 Aug, 2020, 10.45 AM IST
Faith, enterprise take centre stage as Sangh Parivar lays siege to KeralaThe Sangh Parivar is grabbing all opportunities to raid into the Left’s and Congress’s Hindu vote base.
07 Apr, 2019, 03.48 PM IST
Why these Kerala nuns are saying amen to yogaInstructor Lincy Varghese says several working women, especially from Christian families, have approached her for special sessions in the e...
08 Apr, 2018, 10.20 AM IST
Kerala 'love jihad' case: The day choice was killedMy own outrage flows from my family history. My mother, a devout Hindu, ended her days as a sannyasin at the Sivanand Ashram in Rishikesh.
05 Dec, 2017, 11.04 PM IST
Church attack figures in UPA rule match those under NDAThe comparative data cited in the report is certain to generate controversy and escalate tensions between BJP and its opponents.
07 Apr, 2015, 11.17 AM IST
Vishwa Hindu Parishad now opposes Santa Claus giving chocolates to kids during ChristmasThe VHP and its backed outfits have also said they want idols of Godess Saraswati, the Hindu deity of learning, installed in missionary sch...
26 Nov, 2014, 11.44 AM IST
Include spiritual values in education curriculum: L K AdvaniEducation should not be confined to teachings of rulers and war heroes. It should also include the messages of great saints and gurus, Adva...
31 Dec, 2012, 03.58 PM IST
- Cong MP loses seat over fake SC claim
In a major embarrassment for Congress, the Kerala high court has disqualified AICC secretary Kodikunnil Suresh from the membership of Lok S...
27 Jul, 2010, 04.55 AM IST