By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, April 24, 2019: All the Latin rite dioceses in India will organize special prayers to show solidarity with the Church and people of Sri Lanka. “To pledge our closeness and solidarity with the victims of the multiple bomb blasts that took place in Sri LankaContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, April 24, 2019: A faulty electronic voting machine on April 23 prevented Syro Malabar Major Archbishop Cardinal George Alencherry from voting. The cardinal arrived at 6:45 am at his booth to cast his vote. Polling was scheduled to begin at 7 am. “He was theContinue Reading
New Delhi, April 24, 2019: The Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for the serial bomb blasts in Sri Lanka that killed over 300 people. The terror group also released on April 23 a picture of eight terrorists through its propaganda ‘Amaq’ news agency. “The executors of the attack thatContinue Reading
By Niha Masih Malogam, April 23, 2019: In the fading afternoon light, Gammar Bam glanced down nervously at a fast-flowing river in a corner of northeastern India. His team had already driven eight hours on one-lane mountainous roads and shaky bridges. Now they were trekking on a slippery path huggingContinue Reading
By Apoorva Mandavilli April 23, 2019: Three years ago, Siddamma’s mother-in-law developed pale patches on her arms. But Siddamma, 32, did not get along with her, and did not pry. A year or so later, she noticed that her husband had similar marks on his back — but he wasContinue Reading
C.M. Paul The book Mahatma GANDHI – A Journalist and Editor edited by Dr Mrinal Chatterjee and Snehasis Sur is a tribute to the father of the nation on his 150th birth anniversary from Press Club, Kolkata – oldest Press Club in the subcontinent established in 1945, as it celebratesContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ching Mai, April 23, 2019: The Christian Conference of Asia on April 21 offered solidarity and sympathy to the victims of earthquakes that hit the Philippines on two days. A second major quake on April 23 rattled the Philippines after an earlier 6.1-magnitude earthquake that leftContinue Reading
By Robancy A Helen New Delhi, April 23, 2019: Aspirants to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examinations need strong determination, hard work and perseverance to succeed, says Sayyed Riyaz Ahmed, a successful candidate from Maharashtra. Candidates from disadvantaged sections, vulnerable people, and socially vulnerable groups such as historically downtroddenContinue Reading
London, April 23, 2019: A British father whose entire family were killed in the suspected terror attack in Sri Lanka has paid tribute to his “talented and thoughtful” children and his “brilliant, loving” wife. Ben Nicholson said his wife Anita, 42, son Alex, 14, and daughter Annabel, 11, had beenContinue Reading
New Delhi, April 22, 2019: The Delhi Police have strengthened security in churches across the capital in the wake of bomb blasts at three churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka that claimed the lives of 290 people and left more than 500 injured during Easter celebrations on Sunday. AContinue Reading