Beed, Dec 28, 2019: A case was registered in the Beed city of Maharashtra against actor Raveena Tandon, film director Farah Khan and comedian Bharti Singh on December 28 for “hurting religious sentiments” of Christians on a TV show. The complaint was filed by Ashish Shinde, who heads a localContinue Reading
By Jacob Peenikaparambil Indore, Dec 28, 2019: About 100 students and teachers from different states of India are attending in the 52th meeting of the Knit India movement that opened on December 28 in Indore, the commercial capital of Madhya Pradesh state. Knit India is a live-together of students, teachersContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec 28, 2019: After weeks of silence, leaders of the Catholic Church have commented on the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act and countrywide protests against it. On December 27, Cardinal Oswald Gracias, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, said the ongoing controversy andContinue Reading
Agnetz, Dec 28, 2019: Police in France have arrested a teenage boy for allegedly killing a suspected pedophile Catholic priest. Father Roger Matassoli was found dead with a crucifix rammed down his throat and signs of torture on his corpse in Agnetz, France. A court on December 27 remanded theContinue Reading
By John Longhurst Sexual abuse, Islamophobia and same-sex marriage are among the top religion stories of 2019, as decided by the Religion Newswriters Association. Leading the list is the groundbreaking investigation by the Houston Chronicle that revealed hundreds of victims of abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention and showed CatholicsContinue Reading
Bengaluru, Dec. 28, 2019: A Hindu politician’s plan to build the world’s tallest statue of Christ has run into trouble after some radicals raised objections. Doddalahalli Kempegowda Shivakumar, popularly known as D K Shivakumar and a leader of the opposition Congress party in Karnataka state, has pledged to build theContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 27, 2019: The Christmas celebrations in Kerala at some places witnessed some colors of the anti-Citizenship Act protest, but none could take away the merry cheers that the day brings. Kerala has been one of the states at the forefront of the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests. ThisContinue Reading
By Poorvi Gupta New Delhi, Dec 27, 2019: Nearly 70 percent Indian mothers have used smartphones to raise their children, according to a survey by YouGov, an Internet-based market research and data analytics firm. The firm has also found that eight out of 10 mothers feel that technology has madeContinue Reading
New Delhi, Dec 27, 2019: Countries around the world have promised gender equality by 2030, but in 2019 a new index showed that even the most advanced nations weren’t doing enough to reach that goal. Women are still paid around 20 percent less than men and make up fewer thanContinue Reading
By Prapti Sarkar California, Dec 27, 2019: Sandya Narayanswami breaks expectations and norms to live life on her own rules. At the age of 60, she got her pilot‘s license. She has two postdocs and a doctorate to her name already. In an interview with SheThePeople.TV, Narayanswami speaks on battlingContinue Reading