Siliguri, Feb 23, 2019: Three year old Post Graduate Department of English at Salesian College Siliguri Campus hosted its first PG Students’ Conference on the theme ‘Voices from the Margins’ on 22 February 2019. “The conference aimed at providing PG students and young research scholars an academic platform for enunciatingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Feb 22, 2019: Targeted violence and hate crimes against the Christian community in India continued unabated in 2018, says Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI). The Religious Liberty Commission (RLC) of the Evangelical Fellowship of India has recorded 325 incidents where Christians have been targetedContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Feb. 23, 2019: The Archdiocese of Bombay says a BBC report on Cardinal Oswald Gracias about clerical sexual abuse did not give the full story on his response to an allegation against a priest of the archdiocese. In a Feb. 21 report, the BBC said theContinue Reading
By Robancy A Helen New Delhi, Feb 22, 2019: The most debated author of “Why I Am Not a Hindu and Post – Hindu India,” Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd becomes the first person to pen down his autobiography from a shepherd community. The book titled “From a Shepherd Boy to anContinue Reading
Dhaka, Feb. 22, 2019: Pope Francis has offered his solidarity and prayers to victims of a massive fire in the center of the Bangladeshi capital, which has reportedly claimed 78 lives so far. “His Holiness Pope Francis was saddened to learn of the loss of life and of the injuriesContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Guwahati, Feb. 22, 2019: The International Pilgrimage Revolution opened its first office in northeastern India on February 21 at Ullubari, Guwahati, Assam’s commercial capital. Archbishop John Moolachira of Guwahati blessed and Allen Brooks, former chairperson of the Minorities Commission of Assam, inaugurated the office. The international travelContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Miao, Feb. 22, 2019: The second edition of Namdapha Butterfly Meet got underway on February 21 at Miao in the Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India. The Society for Education and Environmental Development (SEED) opened its second edition of Namdapha Butterfly Meet (NBM) with painting andContinue Reading
Vatican City, Feb. 22, 2019: A leading US cardinal has called for new independent ways of reporting bishops who cover up the abuse of children by priests or who may themselves be abusers. Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, told senior church figures in Rome on February 22 morning thatContinue Reading
Bhubaneswar, Feb. 22, 2019: A newly converted Christian was beheaded in the eastern Indian state of Odisha allegedly by Maoists at the behest of Hindu radicals. The body and severed head of Anand Ram Gand were found on a road on February 11 at Raigarh Tehsil village in the NabarangapurContinue Reading
Pune, Feb 22, 2019: In yet another incident of assault on Kashmiris after the Pulwama terror attack, a 24-year-old journalist from Jammu and Kashmir was beaten up in Pune, Maharashtra. The local police, who earlier dubbed it as an incident of road rage, registered a case against the two suspectedContinue Reading