Shillong: The war of words between two top national parties over the federal government’s tourism package for Meghalaya has drawn the church into the political ring in the election-bound state. On January 31, a day after Congress president Rahul Gandhi came down heavily on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) forContinue Reading

By Matters India Reporter Mumbai: A lay Catholic theologian urged Indian church to create awareness on girls, women’s rights. Virginia Saldanha, a theologian based in Mumbai was reacting to the latest result of the annual economic survey presented by the Federal Ministry of Finance of Government of India which saidContinue Reading

Kochi:  Cardinal George Alencherry has disapproved the investigation report submitted by the priests’ committee in connection with the controversial land deal in Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese. According to reports received by Mathrubhumi – a Malayalam newspaper, Cardinal Alencherry informed the meeting of the priests’ committee on Jan 30 that the report cannot beContinue Reading

Murshidabad : Thirty six people, including two children, were killed and several were missing after a bus with around 50 passengers crashed through a bridge railing and plunged into a canal in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district on January 29 morning, officials said. Nine injured passengers were admitted to the BaharampurContinue Reading