Karachi : A girl and her fiance were gunned down today, allegedly by the girl’s maternal uncle after spotting them chatting in Pakistan’s Sindh province, in the latest case of honour killing, a media report said. The girl, identified as Nazeeran, was speaking with her husband-to-be Shahid in Nayi WahiContinue Reading
New Delhi: A 29-year-old man was arrested for allegedly stealing money from a donation box of a church in Lutyens Delhi, police said today. A prayer programme was being held at the CNI Church, Pandit Pant Marg here Wednesday. Around 6pm, a man was standing there with a Bible inContinue Reading
Syed Firdaus Ashraf As a student of journalism in the early 1990s, I once attended a Dalit rally where speaker after speaker spoke about the atrocities Brahmins had unleashed against the Dalit community. After the rally, I called on my journalism guru, the venerable M V Kamath, who happened toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar: It was a big day for Kandhamal: press conference and book release took place on Jan 4 at Odisha capital Bhubaneswar, Eastern India. Goldman prize laureate Prafulla Samantara released the revised edition of the investigative book that exposes the Kandhamal fraud and travesty of justiceContinue Reading
Matters India reporter Darjeeling — A college community radio in Darjeeling hills plans to set out on a historic “Indo-Nepal Friendship Tour” with a team of Radio Journalists visiting 7 institutions in Nepal managed by alumni of Salesian College Sonada (SCS) to mark its 80th year celebrations as well asContinue Reading
By Lanu Ignatius Guwahati; In a historic development northeast India gets its first Skill Development Center of Excellence, an initiative through industry-academia participation under government facilitation when Electronics Sector Skill Council of India (ESSCI) signed an MoU with Assam Don Bosco University, Guwahati to jointly set up a state ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru: Several human rights activists, writers, lawyers and others paid their rich tributes to Jesuit Father (Doctor) Ambrose Pinto who died of cancer on Jan 3. He was 67. He was an illustrious educationist, intellectual, writer, social activist, and promoter of justice and peace. The funeralContinue Reading
Kochi: A petition has been submitted to the Inspector General of Police (Ernakulam Range), seeking police probe into the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese land row. The complaint has been lodged by a person named Polachan Puthuppara seeking an inquiry specifically into the alleged cheating and corruption in the land deal. This is the firstContinue Reading
Mangaluru: A 32-year old man, said to be a “Hindu activist”, was hacked to death by a four member gang who intercepted him while he was riding a bike at nearby Katipalla Wednesday, police said. The deceased has been identified as Deepak, an executive in a mobile SIM cards distributionContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bangalore: Jesuit Father (Doctor) Ambrose Pinto passed away Jan 3 at 7 am at Mallya Hospital. He was suffering from caner of bladder. For long years he was the Principal of St Joseph’s Arts and Science College. After his retirement he was the Principal of StContinue Reading