By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: A group of civil society groups and others held a protest rally in Delhi on July 13 with regard to starvation death in Jharkhand. “We have made our statement on the issue. Today we in person as many as possible assemble at Jharkhand BhavanContinue Reading
Mumbai: Maharashtra has recorded 1,307 farmer suicides till the end of June this year, according to official data. This translates to an average of 7 cases every single day in the six-month span, despite a loan waiver declared last year. The state has recorded only 91 fewer cases than 2017.Continue Reading
New Delhi: College students in Mumbai could soon be getting a copy of Bhagavad Gita from the state government. According to News18, the Maharashtra Education Department has decided to distribute Bhagavad Gita to the students in 100 colleges in Mumbai that have been accredited A and A+. However, state EducationContinue Reading
Anantapur: Six workers died and two others were taken ill in a gas leakage at a multinational steel company in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur district on Thursday evening, police said. The incident occurred in Gerdau Steel plant on the outskirts of Tadipatri town. The gas leakage occurred in furnace wing ofContinue Reading
Close to 15,000 people died prematurely in Delhi in 2016 from illnesses linked to fine particulate matter pollution, according to a new study by researchers from India, Singapore and Thailand that assessed pollution-related deaths in 13 megacities in south Asia and China. Heart disease, stroke, lung diseases, lung cancer amongContinue Reading
New Delhi: An RSS leader and a senior BJP leader Thursday slammed the late Mother Teresa over the recent reports of a baby-selling racket being run in the Missionaries of Charity in Ranchi. This came after the West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said the Mother Teresa-founded charity was beingContinue Reading
Kochi: Priests of the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church, who allegedly sexually assaulted a married woman, can be excommunicated if the charges against them are proved, senior clergymen said Thursday. “Not only rape, adultery is also a sin in our faith and proving the charges is enough to excommunicate them,” theyContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Secunderabad: The Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI) will hold the National Health Convention in Secunderabad, September 28-29. The theme for the Convention is “Serving the Nation in Reaching the Unreached” as part of the overall five-year theme of “Action 2020: Re-positioning for the Future.” “WeContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram: A day after the Kerala High Court rejected the bail pleas of four priests who allegedly raped a woman for many years, police on Thursday arrested Father Job Mathew one of the four accused. He was taken into custody from Kollam (south Kerala) and efforts are on to nabContinue Reading
Ranchi: Four years ago, Om Praksh Singh, chairperson of Child Welfare Committee Ranchi, made a surprise visit to Sishu Bhawan run by Missionaries of Charity in Ranchi. Not only was he obstructed by the sisters at Sishu Bhawan but within months he was removed as the chairperson of the CWC.Continue Reading