By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: Catholic laity groups in India have welcomed the news that the Vatican has initiated a probe into allegations against Bishop Kannikadass Antony William of Mysore. The Vatican has finally set up an enquiry commission to look into all the allegations against Bishop William, saysContinue Reading
New Delhi: Farmers organizations have condemned a Chennai’s school’s examination paper that disparages their agitation against new farm laws. An English language examination paper of Dayanand Arya Vidyalaya Boys’ school in Chennai’s Gopalapuram has labeled the protesting farmers as “violent maniacs” acting under “external instigations.” During a written English examContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi: The Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council has asked the state government to withdraw all steps it had taken on deep sea fishing off the coast. The act of the Kerala government to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with a foreign firm without consulting the fishermen communityContinue Reading
New Delhi: A Delhi court on February 23 granted bail to Disha Ravi, the 22-year-old climate activist arrested February 13 in connection with the “toolkit” case and charged with sedition and conspiring against the country. She was asked to provide two sureties of 100,000 rupees, as a bail condition. “ConsideringContinue Reading
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on February 22 granted bail for six months on medical grounds to Varavara Rao, who has been in jail for over two years in the Koregaon-Bhima case. “With all humility and human considerations, we are of the opinion that this is a fit case forContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis February 20 accepted the resignation of Cardinal Robert Sarah from the post of prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. The unexpected announcement ended the tenure of one of the Vatican officials most often seen as an opponent of theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: The All India Catholic Union [AICU] on February 18 joined opposition parties and activists to decry what it says was the “hounding” of young climate change and environment activists in the country. “Civil society is vital for healthy nation,” asserts the 101-year-old association ofContinue Reading
Sidhi : At least 45 people, including 20 women, were killed when a packed bus skidded off the road and plunged into a canal in Madhya Pradesh’s Sidhi district on February 16 morning, a senior official said. The accident took place near Patna village, around 80 km from the SidhiContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi: The body of a 45-year-old nun was found February 14 in a quarry in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Sister Jessina Thomas, a member of the Missionary Congregation of the Daughters of St. Thomas, was missing from St Thomas Convent at Vazhakala, a suburbContinue Reading
Mumbai: A key accused in the Bhima Koregaon case has moved the Bombay High Court after a US firm revealed that a hacker had planted incriminating evidence on his computer. A report by Arsenal Consulting, a digital forensic analyst from Chelsea, US, has debunked the electronic evidence gathered by India’sContinue Reading