Kidnapped Priest

A local court on Thursday awarded life imprisonment to a priest after convicting him for abducting and raping a college student.

Sitapur Hate Speech: The Uttar Pradesh police have started investigating a video in which a Hindu priest is seen allegedly threatening to kidnap and rape Muslim women while addressing a gathering outside a mosque in Sitapur district.

All 79 children and a driver kidnapped in west Cameroon were free on Wednesday, but a principal and one teacher are still being held by the armed men that took them, a priest conducting negotiations said.

Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who was freed after being kept in captivity allegedly by Islamic terrorists for 18 months in Yemen, today said he would go to the strife- torn country again for service, if God wishes him to do so.

Kerala Priest Tom Uzhunnalil, who was kidnapped last year during a deadly attack by Islamist militants in Yemen, thanked on Saturday all those involved in his release, and even had a kind word for his abductors for not harming him.

The Centre today said no ransom amount was paid to kidnappers for the release of Father Tom Uzhunnalil and underlined that the Ministry of External Affairs "works quietly without noise, but ultimately gets the work done".

A priest from Kerala who was kidnapped in Yemen last year has been rescued, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted this afternoon.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday said he will take up with Prime Minister Narendra Modi the issue of kidnapped Kerala Catholic priest Tom Uzhunnallil, who is at an undisclosed location in Yemen.

A Keralite priest kidnapped after an attack on a care home in Yemen's southern port city of Aden last year has appealed for help in a video recording carried by a Yemeni news website.

Sixty tiny tots, dressed as infant Jesus, have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his intervention for the early release of Father Tom Uzhunnalil, a Keralite priest who was kidnapped in Yemen last year by suspected ISIS militants.

Efforts are being made to secure release of priest Father Tom Uzhunnalil who has been kidnapped in war-torn Yemen but such attempts take time, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said in Lok Sabha today, while asking members to "keep faith" in the government.

The Kerala priest abducted in Yemen is safe and efforts to secure his release has reached its last leg, a government official said today.

Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who was abducted by a terror group in Yemen, is "safe" and efforts are underway for his early release, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj told a delegation of Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI), the organisation's spokesman said on Sunday.

A priest from Kerala, priest abducted by gunmen in Yemen last month, is safe and could be released soon, a Catholic group said today, quoting Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj.

There was "no verifiable information" about the fate of a priest from Kerala who was allegedly kidnapped by terror group ISIS in Yemen earlier this month, government sources said today.

A local court on Thursday awarded life imprisonment to a priest after convicting him for abducting and raping a college student.

Sitapur Hate Speech: The Uttar Pradesh police have started investigating a video in which a Hindu priest is seen allegedly threatening to kidnap and rape Muslim women while addressing a gathering outside a mosque in Sitapur district.

All 79 children and a driver kidnapped in west Cameroon were free on Wednesday, but a principal and one teacher are still being held by the armed men that took them, a priest conducting negotiations said.

Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who was freed after being kept in captivity allegedly by Islamic terrorists for 18 months in Yemen, today said he would go to the strife- torn country again for service, if God wishes him to do so.

Kerala Priest Tom Uzhunnalil, who was kidnapped last year during a deadly attack by Islamist militants in Yemen, thanked on Saturday all those involved in his release, and even had a kind word for his abductors for not harming him.

The Centre today said no ransom amount was paid to kidnappers for the release of Father Tom Uzhunnalil and underlined that the Ministry of External Affairs "works quietly without noise, but ultimately gets the work done".

A priest from Kerala who was kidnapped in Yemen last year has been rescued, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted this afternoon.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday said he will take up with Prime Minister Narendra Modi the issue of kidnapped Kerala Catholic priest Tom Uzhunnallil, who is at an undisclosed location in Yemen.

A Keralite priest kidnapped after an attack on a care home in Yemen's southern port city of Aden last year has appealed for help in a video recording carried by a Yemeni news website.

Sixty tiny tots, dressed as infant Jesus, have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his intervention for the early release of Father Tom Uzhunnalil, a Keralite priest who was kidnapped in Yemen last year by suspected ISIS militants.

Efforts are being made to secure release of priest Father Tom Uzhunnalil who has been kidnapped in war-torn Yemen but such attempts take time, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said in Lok Sabha today, while asking members to "keep faith" in the government.

The Kerala priest abducted in Yemen is safe and efforts to secure his release has reached its last leg, a government official said today.

Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who was abducted by a terror group in Yemen, is "safe" and efforts are underway for his early release, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj told a delegation of Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI), the organisation's spokesman said on Sunday.

A priest from Kerala, priest abducted by gunmen in Yemen last month, is safe and could be released soon, a Catholic group said today, quoting Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj.

There was "no verifiable information" about the fate of a priest from Kerala who was allegedly kidnapped by terror group ISIS in Yemen earlier this month, government sources said today.