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Why justice still eludes the Sister Abhaya murder case

In the latest twist in the 30-year-old case, the Kerala HC grants bail to the two members of the clergy convicted in December 2020 ....

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A roller coaster 2020 for Kerala


A roller coaster 2020 for Kerala
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A roller coaster 2020 for Kerala. Image Source: IANS News
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 29 : With 2020 coming to a close, it can be said that the southern state of Kerala had its fair share of ups and downs in the current year amid the Covid-19 pandemic. From being feted for flattening the coronavirus curve to getting brickbats for the surge in cases, and several scams rolling out, Kerala saw it all in 2020.
Kerala s tryst with Covid-19
Kerala was the first state in the country where a person was diagnosed with Covid-19. It was on January 30, 2020, a student who came to the state from Wuhan in China was diagnosed with the disease. The state government announced that all those who had reached the state from China after January 15 were to undergo 14-day quarantine. This was news for the state. ....

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Priest, nun get life term for murdering Indian novice nun


Priest, nun get life term for murdering Indian novice nun
Convicted pair were accused of murdering Sister Abhaya to cover up their sex act
Father Thomas Kottoor being taken to jail on Dec. 22 after a court convicted him and a nun of murdering a novice nun some 28 years ago. (Photo supplied)
A court in southern India has sentenced a Catholic priest and a nun to life imprisonment for murdering a 19-year-old novice nun and dumping her body in a well more than 28 years ago.
The convicts, 71-year-old Father Thomas Kottoor of Kottayam Archdiocese and 57-year-old Sister Sephy, were present in the special court of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), a federal agency, when the sentence was announced on Dec. 23 in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala state. ....

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