Bengaluru: In a freak accident in Bengaluru, an airborne firecracker fell on the head of a 12-year-old boy at a church, killing him on the spot. The impact was so strong that the boy’s skull cracked open and his brain spilled over. The incident occurred on January 14 night. TheContinue Reading
Matters India reporter Darjeeling — How can a community radio take initiatives toward building people to people friendship between neighbouring countries? A college community radio in Darjeeling hills has shown how a small jesture at promoting understanding and fellowship through people to people initiative can go a long way toContinue Reading
Korba: A 40-year-old man was killed by a wild elephant in Chhattisgarh’s Korba district, officials said Sunday. The incident took place late Saturday evening in Kartala forest range when the victim, identified as Kalashram Rathiya, was heading towards Beharchua village on his bicycle, Korba Division Forest Officer (DFO) S VenkatachalamContinue Reading
New Delhi: As icy winds and cold conditions swept Delhi this winter, authorities in the national capital failed to persuade more than 1,100 homeless people to temporarily move to night shelters, according to official data. The Delhi government has been informed that roughly 1,167 people scattered across the city haveContinue Reading
Kochi: On the basis of bishops’ committee report on the controversial land deal, the synod of Syro-Malabar Church, which concluded here on Saturday, has given more powers to the auxiliary bishops. The synod also decided that cardinal Mar George Alencherry make any further deals with those party to land dealsContinue Reading
By : Smitha George Kochi: The five- member committee of bishops led by Archbishop Mathew Moolakkattu constituted to study the controversial land deal in Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese , has made its recommendations to the Synod of Syro-Malabar Church. It recommends that the auxillary bishops take more responsibility of the day-to-day activitiesContinue Reading
Known as the messiah and liberator of Bihar Dalits, Father Dr. Jose Kananaikil is no more. He was 83. He has been ailing for the past five years. The death came at 7.45 PM, Friday Jan 12. His body will be buried in XTTI Cemetery, Digha, Patna, tomorrow, Sunday, Jan 14. Fr. Jose belongedContinue Reading
New Delhi: The triple talaq bill, unilaterally drafted and brought by the Narendra Modi government, is politically motivated, feels the Muslim intelligentsia cutting across sectarian lines and schools of thought — but they are happy that the controversy has created awareness in the public mind about the evils of theContinue Reading
New Delhi: Four senior Indian supreme court judges have gone public with an extraordinary warning that India’s chief justice is mishandling sensitive cases and endangering the court’s integrity and the country’s democracy. The four judges- Justices Kurian Joseph, Jasti Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi and Madan Lokur- the most senior members of theContinue Reading
Mangaldoi, Assam: Two couples – one Hindu and the other Muslim – whose babies were accidentally swapped soon after birth over two years ago, have decided to keep the child they have been raising, and moved a local court to settle the matter. The issue came to public notice last weekContinue Reading