By Matters India Reporter Ponkunnam: India’s Home Minister Amit Shah has assured Christians that he would take action against attackers of Catholic nuns who were traveling on a train in Uttar Pradesh. The minister was responding to an appeal from Member of Parliament Alphons Kannanthanam at a public function inContinue Reading
Union Minister of State for Tourism, Alphons Kannanthanam has sparked a social media storm with his comments on the country’s controversial biometric identity scheme. Alphons Kannanthanam said Indians had no problem “getting naked” for a US visa, but object to the Aadhaar scheme over privacy concerns. It is not clear whatContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who spent 18 months in captivity of Islamic militants in Yemen, arrived in New Delhi on September 28 . “I thank God for giving me a day like this,” Father Uzhunnalil said soon after he arrived in the national capital byContinue Reading
It is also advisable for ministers and those in high offices to master the delicate and responsible art of speaking sensiblyContinue Reading
Mattersindia Reporter Shillong: The BJP has appointed newly made tourism minister from Kerala, Alphons Kannanthanam, for the upcoming Meghalaya polls, September 6. Kannanthanam was a seminarian of late Bishop Abraham Alangimattathil of Kohima-Imphal diocese. He was a student of Philosophy at the Christ the King College Shillong early 1970. SpeakingContinue Reading
Christians in Kerala couldn’t care less if one of them is sworn in as a minister; they are bothered only about the welfare of India as a wholeContinue Reading
If a BJP-ruled state like Goa was eating beef, there should be no problem in KerelaContinue Reading
He is the first Kerala BJP leader in the Modi CabinetContinue Reading
It was as if Mother Teresa’s soul had seeped into each and every one of the millions who had gathered at St. Peter’s Square. For a few unbelievable hours, it was as if the world had evolved, had become one, had magically transcended the lethal squabbles that have come toContinue Reading