Tamil Nadu

In an atmosphere of increasing animosity towards religious minorities by right-wing groups in India, the Madras High Court in Tamil Nadu state recently delivered a judgment stressing the need for religious tolerance towards other religious practices.

An Indian Jesuit priest, an ardent promoter of alternative medicine, died on February 3, at Dindigul Beschi Illam, Tamil Nadu, south India. He was 77.

A Catholic priest is at the forefront to reach out the people shunned away into the hilly regions of Kottar, in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

The death of a poet, philosopher and priest is mourned in south India.
Father A. Pitchaimuthu died on January 30 at Viruthachalam, Tamil Nadu, south India. He was 82.

The recent suicide attempt of the schoolgirl on January 9 helps the pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Tamil Nadu, south India, to spread hate speech and accuse the Christian schools of forced conversion.

Two unidentified men vandalised a statue of Saint Sebastian late on Sunday, January 23, in the premises of a church in Coimbatore.

A young man, Muthukrishnan has been receiving accolades for the humanitarian work done during the recent floods in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.