Commission for Scheduled Castes/Tribes & Backward Classes
(CATHOLIC BISHOPS CONFERENCE OF INDIA)
CBCI Centre,1 Ashok Place, Gole Dakkhana, New Delhi110 001
Phones: (011)2336 2669 (011)2334 4470 Fax: (011)2336 4615, 2336 2669
Email:cbciscst@gmail.com,gcosmong@hotmail.com

Chairperson: Most. Rev. Marampudi Joji, Archbishop of Hyderabad
Member Bishops: Most Rev. Charles Soreng SJ, Bishop of Hazaribag, (Committee for Tribal Affairs)
Most Rev. A. Neethinathan, Bishop of ChinglepetExecutive Secretary: Fr. G. Cosmon Arokiaraj  read more »

Bangalore: The controversial Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Bill, 2010, passed by the Bharatiya Janata Party government amid protests, has been reserved by Governor H.R. Bhardwaj for consideration of the President.  read more »

Jose Pereira
PANAJI: The north Goa-based Xavier Centre of Historical Research (XCHR) on Thursday declined to capitulate to the continued pressures from Hindu right wing organisations and groups to withdraw 12 more paintings from its exhibition of paintings of scholar and artist Jose Pereira.On Wednesday, the activists of (Hindu Jagar Manch)HJS confronted Mr. Pereira at a function in Porvorim in north Goa, but his explanation, including recital of slokas, to back his source of epiphanies apparently failed to convince the motivated agitators  read more »

New Delhi, July 28, 2010
A woman from Manipur, nursing two-months-old baby was beaten and outraged her modesty by two men at Sikanderpur, Gurgaon last night. Two men who came to visit Mercy were also merciless beaten. People from North East India are severely facing racial attack and discrimination in Delhi and NCR continuously without any measurement taken by the government and police forces.  read more »

Over one thousand people march through the streets of Bhubaneswar to ask local authorities to ensure justice and peace after the anti-Christian pogrom of 2008. Dalits and tribal peoples complain of continuing discrimination by the Hindus.
Thursday, July 29, 2010By Asia News  read more »

New Delhi: A person changing religion should be required to undergo certain legal procedures to avoid any controversy regarding his or her faith, the Law Commission has said. Currently, a person is free to convert to any religion but there are no legal requirements to be fulfilled. Absence of legal proof of
conversion often leads to controversies and court battles over a convert’s religious status, particularly in marriages. www.indianlawcommission.nic.in  read more »