By Matters India Reporter Ranchi, May 28, 2020: Several activists and students have hailed the appointment of a professor of New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University, a tribal woman, as the vice chancellor of a university in Jharkhand. Jharkhand Governor Draupadi Murmu on May 28 appointed Sonajharia Minz to head theContinue Reading
Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, May 27, 2020: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) has expressed its “sincere prayers and sympathies” at the loss of life and the damage caused by Cyclone Amphan, which hit the Indian states of Odisha and West Bengal, as well as neighboring Bangladesh, last week. “TheContinue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, May 23, 2020: A Catholic bishop in a southern Indian diocese has set an example of social responsibility even during the lockdown. Bishop Prince Antony Panengaden of Adilabad in Telangana state rushed to Mittapally, a village in the Mancherial district, when he heard that aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Karimpan, May 22, 2020: Idukki diocese in Kerala has removed a parish priest after his explicit pictures with a married woman appeared on social media platforms. Father James Mangalasseril has been removed from the post vicar of St George Forane Church, Vellayamkudi, after “serious allegations wereContinue Reading
New Delhi, May 20, 2020: At least three people were killed on May 20 as Cyclone Amphan, one of the worst storms over the Bay of Bengal in years, pounded the eastern Indian states of Bengal and Odisha. The cyclone, whose eye was about 30 km in diameter, made landfallContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram, May 18, 2020: Several heads of shrines in Kerala have written to the state government seeking its permission to open temples, mosques and churches in a staggered manner. All places of worship in India are closed since March 25 after the federal government imposed nationwide lockdown restrictions to containContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, May 17, 2020: Most priests of Faridabad diocese in northern India have decided to give up one month salary as the nationwide lockdown has dried up church income. On May 17, the head of the Syro-Malabar diocese, Archbishop Kuriakose Bharanikulangara announced 50 percent reduction inContinue Reading
Lucknow, May 16, 2020: At least 24 migrant laborers were killed and more than 30 wounded on May 16 when trucks that carried them collided in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The accident occurred at around 3 am in Auraiya district, about 200 km from the state’s capitalContinue Reading
By Matters India Report Kottayam, May 12, 2020: A team of doctors from the forensic department of the government medical college hospital in Kottayam, Kerala state, has visited a convent where a novice was found dead in a well. The team on May 11 examined the spot, including the depthContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, May 8, 2020: Social activists in India on May 8 expressed anguish over the death of 16 people after a train ran over a group of migrant laborers in the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra. “Saddened deeply. It’s a clear sign of cruel discrimination ofContinue Reading