New Delhi: The government, on Wednesday, said that it has cancelled the FCRA licence of close to 20,000 of the 33,000 NGOs operating in the country after they were found to be flouting certain norms laid out in the Foreign Contributions Registrations Act, 2010. The FCRA or Foreign Contribution (Regulation)Continue Reading
By Matters India reporter Thrissur: Federal Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has described culture of harmony, unity and tolerance as India’s DNA. Naqvi said this on December 27 while opening the grand Christmas celebration at Thrissur in Kerala, southern India. ‘Buon Natale’ (‘Merry Christmas), is aContinue Reading
Pune: The deputy director of education has sent a recommendation to the director of primary education requesting cancellation of the recognition given to Bishop’s School on Wednesday. Principal of Bishop’s School Frank Freese denied any knowledge of the proposal. On Tuesday, the Zilla Parishad sent a letter to the deputyContinue Reading
By Matters India reporter New Delhi: Caritas India plans to intensify its campaign on cancer during the Lenten season. The social service wing of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) uses the Lenten time to campaign on social issues and advocate changes. Father Frederick D’Souza, executive director of CaritasContinue Reading
By Santosh Digal Thrissur, Kerala: More than 100,000 people of different creeds participated at the Buon Natale (meaning merry Christmas) parade with message of harmony at Thrissur on Dec 27. The Thrissur Archdiocese in association with Thrissur Pauravali organized the event in connection with Christmas and New Year. Mukhtar AbbasContinue Reading
Agartala: In an effort to help improve the quality of life of the poor and empower them, the Believers Church Diocese of Agartala organized a gift distribution program here for them that included blankets and income-generating items. Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar was the chief guest. The others present includedContinue Reading
New Delhi: India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on December 27 reiterated that her department would not spare any effort to get the release of an Indian Catholic priest abducted in Yemen earlier this years. The promise came a day after a video appeared in social media depicting a beardedContinue Reading
Many churches in Kashmir did not sing carols on Christmas to scale-down celebrationsContinue Reading
India is all set to build the world’s tallest statue in the Arabian Sea. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of this project on December 24. The statue is of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, a 17th-century ruler who fought against the Mughals and expanded the Maratha kingdom. HeContinue Reading
Kolkata: India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) has revealed that an Islamic State sympathizer it arrested six months ago had planned to attack the Mother House, the headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata. Managed by the order started by Saint Mother Teresa of Kolkata, the house attracts a largeContinue Reading