By Purushottam Nayak Simonbadi, Dec. 28, 2018: Four survivors of the worst anti-Christian violence in modern India were ordained as Capuchin priests on December 27. “God chose you like Moses to be faithful, responsible to lead the people,” Bishop Sarat Chandra Nayak of Berhampur, who led the ordination ceremony, toldContinue Reading
New Delhi, Dec. 27, 2018: The Lok Sabha on December 27 passed The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2018, after a heated debate. The opposition Congress and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) staged a walkout before the voting. The two parties through their floor leaders,Continue Reading
Mumbai, Dec. 27, 2018: Five people have died after a major fire broke out in a high-rise residential building December 27 evening in Chembur, one of Mumbai’s largest suburbs. The fire started on the 10th floor of building number 35 in the B wing of Sargam Society. The housing societyContinue Reading
By C V Joseph Bengaluru, Dec. 27, 2018: Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore has joined a survey being conducted on urban and homeless in Bengaluru, capital of the southern Indian state of Karnataka. Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (Great Bangalore Corporation) assigned the responsibility of conducting the survey in the WestContinue Reading
Dubai, Dec. 27, 2018: A church in Dubai has cut down on its golden jubilee celebrations and donated 10 million rupees (Dh542,643) to the flood-ravaged south Indian state of Kerala, church officials said. Announcing the details of the valedictory function of the 50th anniversary celebrations of St Thomas Orthodox CathedralContinue Reading
By Philip Mathew Bengaluru, Dec. 27, 2018: Sr. Lilly Chunkapura, 68, is the founder-director of Treatment Rehabilitation and Education of Drug Abuse, an addiction and counseling center, in Bengaluru, southern India. Chunkapura, a member of the Medical Mission Sisters congregation, founded TREDA in the early ’90s with the support ofContinue Reading
By Rajiv Theodore New Delhi, Dec. 27, 2018: It seems that Kerala is one hell of a tinderbox waiting for that spark to trigger a raging strike, earning the state yet another sobriquet—Hartals Own Country. The reason could be just anything—from Saddam Hussein being sentenced to death or opposing aContinue Reading
By Santosh Digal Sister Justine G. Senapati, an Indian member of Sisters of St. Joseph of Annecy congregation, is a social worker and human rights activist who has worked with the United Nations as Non-Governmental Organization representative. After a five-year stint with UN, she is soon to return to India.Continue Reading
By Rajiv Theodore New Delhi, Dec. 26, 2018: One of world’s biggest infrastructure projects, the US$90 billion Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) is chugging along at a steady pace, its tempo astounding cynics. At a recent interaction with Matters India, some top men behind the mega project’s steering wheel shared theirContinue Reading
New Delhi, Dec. 26, 2018: A fight between two homeless men over sleeping space on a footpath near Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) hospital in central Delhi area claimed the life of one of them late on Monday night. The body of the homeless man with multiple injuries on his faceContinue Reading