Bengaluru, Sept. 1, 2019: Investigation is underway into the alleged sale of ‘defence’ land by the Church of South India (CSI) for the Bengaluru metro project and collecting Rs 60 crore compensation,” a police official said on Sunday. “We are inquiring into the Defence Ministry’s complaint that the CSI hadContinue Reading
Guwahati, September 1, 2019: More than 1.9 million people in Assam were left facing an uncertain future as the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) was released, 14 years after a decision on it was first taken and four years after the exercise to compile it began in full swingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Secunderabad, September 1, 2019: The Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI) in partnership with the Liliane Fonds (LF) of Netherlands organized the Mary Glowrey Liliane Brekelmans (MGLB) 2019 Disability Award. The awards are instituted to honor exemplary work in the field of disability by individuals andContinue Reading
Bhopal, September 1, 2019: More than 400 people were injured during the Gotmar fair – annual stone-throwing festival – in Chhindwara district of Madhya Pradesh. At least 12 people – who were seriously injured – have been admitted to the government hospital at Pandhurna. Two people received eye injuries, saidContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, August 30, 2019: Groups representing laity and priests in the archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly have reacted with mixed emotions to the decisions of the Syro-Malabar synod. Archdiocesan Protection Committee, Laity Movement and Archdiocesan Movement for Transparency welcomed the synod’s decision to strip Cardinal Alencherry of theContinue Reading
Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Aug. 30, 2019: Catholic officials in India have rejected accusations that a retreat center in the southern state of Karnataka is promoting the conversion of Hindus. Sharan Pumpwell, the secretary of the ultranationalist group Vishwa Hindu Parishad, called for the state government to shut down the DivineContinue Reading
By Vindu Goel and Karan Deep Singh New Delhi, Aug. 30, 2019: It’s the morning rush hour at Nawada metro station in India’s capital, and dozens of electric rickshaws are jockeying to get through the narrow gate into the parking lot. Once inside, each one stops to let its fourContinue Reading
Avinash Giri When he heard reports that a Hindu mob was attacking Christians in his community, Parikhita Nayak fled his village in Kandhamal, Orissa (eastern India) along with his wife and two daughters – both less than ten years of age – but he didn’t know what lay ahead. OnContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, August 30, 2019: The Vatican Congregation for Oriental Churches has expressed grave concern over the “sad events” in the management of the Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly in Kerala, India. The “attitudes of some priests and laity have provoked and continue to cause a lot ofContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Kolkata, August 28, 2019: A secular group in West Bengal state’s South 24 Parganas district has put up a statue of Mother Teresa at the heart of a village market to uphold secularism. An inter-religious gathering on August 27 watched as the statue of the world renownedContinue Reading