Panaji, April 22, 2019: The Goa government has put on high alert all churches in the western Indian state following the serial blasts in Sri Lanka that killed more than 200 people. The government has also directed hotels to maintain strict vigil on the tourist visiting the place, according toContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Mumbai, April 21, 2019: Cardinal Oswald Gracias, head of the Catholic Church in India, on April 21 expressed anguish over the bomb blasts in Sri Lanka. He rang his counterpart in Sri Lanka, Cardinal Ranjith Malcolm, to commiserate and said the Church in India “deeply saddened andContinue Reading
By D Solomon Gumla, April 18, 2019: A fact-finding team that probed the lynching of Christian Adivasis in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand has questioned the local police’s inaction and opposition parties’ silence. “The actions of the local police raise several questions. While the victims kept saying that theyContinue Reading
Bengaluru, April 17, 2018: Five million people lost their jobs beginning November 2016, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an overnight ban on high value currency, according to a new report. The timing of the start of the decline in jobs coincides with demonetization but no “causal link” can beContinue Reading
New Delhi, April 17, 2019: Thirty-five people died and several people were injured due to unseasonal rain, dust storm and lightning in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur and other parts of the country on April 16. According to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), ten people were killed in Gujarat.Continue Reading
New Delhi, April 17, 2019: National Capital, set to go for Lok Sabha polls on May 12, will have special booths for women to vote. These will also be solely managed by women, said an official. Delhi has a total of 2,696 locations which will have 13,816 polling stations, withContinue Reading
New Delhi, April 17, 2019: The Supreme Court on April 16 issued notices to the central government, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board and the Central Wakf Board on a public interest plea that said Muslim women should have unhindered access to all mosques across the country. Justices S.A.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, April 17, 2019: Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Joseph Suren Gomes of Krishnagar in West Bengal state. The Pope has appointed Archbishop Thomas D’Souza of Calcutta as the apostolic administrator of the diocese until the appointment of new prelate, according toContinue Reading
Dima Hasao, April 15, 2019: People at Semkhor village in Assam are facing acute water crisis. To meet their needs, the residents of the village collect water that drips from the mountains in pits. The government has kept changing over the years, but no one has helped the village inContinue Reading
Panaji, April 15, 2019: The BJP in Goa has approached the Election Commission seeking action against a Catholic priest, who reportedly said former chief minister Manohar Parrikar’s cancer was a punishment from God as he ignored complaints against coal pollution in a town in the coastal state. Parrikar died onContinue Reading