When Lauren Forthofer managed a bridal store, she often noticed mothers and grandmothers wishing their daughters and granddaughters would wear their own wedding dress instead of one from the store. “They’d just have the saddest look on their faces,” said Forthofer. “‘Are you sure you don’t want to wear myContinue Reading
By John Dayal New Delhi, May 24, 2019: In actual terms, Prime Minister Narendra Modi returns to Parliament in May 2019 with almost exactly the same number of seats for his National Democratic Alliance as he and his lieutenant from Gujarat, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah, had doneContinue Reading
Surat, May 24, 2019: At least 20 students were killed on May 24 after a massive fire broke out at a coaching center in Gujarat’s Surat. Videos posted by witnesses on social media showed several students jumping out of windows on the top floor of the building to escape theContinue Reading
Vatican City, May 23, 2019: A 77-year-old French-Spanish nun who taught impoverished women and girls in volatile Central African Republic has been decapitated, local authorities said May 22. The Vatican News website said Sister Ines Nieves Sancho was found beheaded on May 20 in the village of Nola, located inContinue Reading
Kochi, May 22, 2019: The internal feud in the Syro Malabar Church in Kerala, subsequent to the exposure of a land scam involving Cardinal George Alencherry, is turning murkier after a fresh row over forging documents against the cardinal. The Kerala Police on May 19 arrested an IIT Madras researcher,Continue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, May 22, 2019: Mumbai police have been ordered to investigate accusations that Cardinal Oswald Gracias and two auxiliary bishops covered up an accusation of clerical sexual abuse in 2015. The order came from a Special POCSO Court, which was established by the 2012 Protection of ChildrenContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, May 22, 2019: Homeopathic treatment has positive impact on patients of hypothyroidism, according to a retrospective observational study conducted by a Delhi-based clinic. The study at Dr. Kalyan Banerjee’s Clinic in Chittaranjan Park, south Delhi, analyzed the records of 2,083 patients from 2011 toContinue Reading
Rome, May 22, 2019: A 60-year-old Salesian priest was stabbed to death and another wounded in the Don Bosco center in southwest Burkina Faso. A former cook, who worked in the facility for seven years, stabbed to death Father Fernando Fernandez, a Spaniard, on May 17. He also wounded FrContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kanpur, May 22, 2019: The Gandhi Peace Foundation, Kanpur chapter, on May 21 organized an inter-religious prayer for peace, harmony and goodwill. The program was held in the backdrop of a spate of hate crimes in the name of religion in the recent past beginning withContinue Reading
Karimnagar, May 21, 2019: A civic body in Telangana’s Karimnagar district has come up with a scheme to offer funeral services at a cost of just one rupee to help poor families perform the last rites for their loved ones. Sardar Ravinder Singh, mayor of Karimnagar, has announced that theContinue Reading