Matters India reporter Darjeeling, May 26, 2017: An inter-faith group in Darjeeling has shown the way to harmonious and peaceful living among members of all religious beliefs amid news of rising incidents of intolerance and religious bigotry in the society. The Darjeeling Inter faith group on May 25 held aContinue Reading
Kochi, May 24, 2019: The police on Thursday informed the Kerala High Court that the interrogation of Fr. Paul Thelakkat and Bishop Jacob Manathodath, accused in the case relating to forging bank documents against Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church Cardinal George Alencherry, was required for conducting effective probe intoContinue 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
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 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
Gandhinagar, May 21, 2019: Not a single student from as many as 63 schools managed to clear the Secondary School Certificate examinations conducted by the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board, the results of which were declared here on Tuesday. The overall pass percentage was 66.97 per cent, slightlyContinue Reading
Ayodhya, May 21, 2019: In the holy month of Ramzan, a temple here hosted Iftar on May 20. Setting an example of communal harmony, people cutting across religious lines, sat together to relish the Iftar meal in the premises of Shri Sita Ram temple. Speaking to ANI, the priest ofContinue Reading
Kottar, May 21, 2019: Concern’s growing for Christians in India over the potential of a change to the country’s constitution. There are fears that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) want to change the law to make India a Hindu theocratic state. Bishop Nazarene Soosai of Kottar, southern India, saysContinue Reading
By Mujib Mashal and Suhasini Raj Gaindawas,May 15, 2019: Swati Yadav had lost count of the number of village campaign stops she had made since her morning began — was it 27, or 28? She was doggedly stumping for a parliamentary seat through 100-degree temperatures in the northern Indian stateContinue Reading