New Delhi: Jessica Lal’s sister Sabrina Lal has said she has no objection to the release of Manu Sharma from Tihar Jail, where he has been serving life term after being convicted for murder. Sabrina said she held no grudges against Sharma now as the only thing she had everContinue Reading
Shimla: The ambitious project of the Department of Tourism and Civil Aviation to restore and conserve two landmark heritage structures, the Christ Church and the Catholic Church, faces the threat of being shelved with there being divisions among the Christian community over the management of the exhaustive work. The RsContinue Reading
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on April 22 promulgated the criminal law amendment ordinance, to provide stringent punishment, including death penalty, for those convicted of raping girls below 12 years. The President’s nod to the ordinance came after the federal Cabinet’s approval the previous day for tightening the lawContinue Reading
Mumbai: A popular song from the 1978 Bollywood film Don that describes the sights and sounds of Mumbai jests how ‘Bambai nagariya’ has a “Church-gate” but the church itself is missing. A little research proves that the shrine does indeed exist. St Thomas Cathedral in Fort, which gives Churchgate itsContinue Reading
Ballia: Christian missionaries are a threat to the unity and integrity of India, says a parliamentarian belonging to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. “Christian missionaries control the Congress. Sonia Gandhi, the mother of Congress president Rahul Gandhi works on the directions of these missionaries. These missionaries are a threat forContinue Reading
New Delhi: Forget horoscope, now a device can assist you in match making! The genius behind this invention is a German man based in Australia. The device, which has been launched in India recently by a matrimonial website called IITIIMShaadi.com, is based on the technology of a lie-detector. Delhi resident,Continue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Kandhamal: The Women Council of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India on April 21 distributed sewing machines to women of Kandhamal, Odisha, as part of it plan to help the victims of the worst anti-Christian violence in modern era. Ten women received kits containing scissors, needles, book,Continue Reading
New Delhi: The federal government on April 21 cleared an emergency executive order to introduce capital punishment for child rapists, a move that is seen as an effort to signal the government’s commitment to fight sexual crimes against young girls. The change was cleared at a meeting of the federalContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: Tuberculosis (TB) is taking a great toll on the lives of the poor in India and the Catholic Church is doing its best to prevent it, said Sister Nirmala Mulackal, SCN, executive director of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India-Coalition for AIDS and RelatedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bangalore: Snehadaan, the first Community Care Centre (CCC) for people living with HIVs in Karnataka State in South India run by the Camillians of the ‘Order of the ministers of Sick’ founded by St. Camillus around 450 years ago, is bringing hope and care to HIV/AIDSContinue Reading