By Matters India Reporter Ranchi, July 6, 2023: The incident of an upper caste Hindu urinating on a tribal man in a central Indian state has been widely condemned by indigenous people in the country. Amrit Horo, a youth leader of the Ranchi archdiocese, says the incident has brought shock,Continue Reading
Ranchi : Every morning the daily market area of Ranchi is occupied by scores of women coming from rural areas in the periphery of the city. They put their shops by the roadside selling leaf made items, primarily dona-pattal (a term used for leaf bowls and plates). Women also sellContinue Reading
By Mohammed Afroz and MD Tabrez Alam New Delhi: Jharkhand is considered one among the richest states in contemporary India because of its mineral resources and historical legacies of the commercial and cultural wealth of the past. Despite having an industrialized state, it continues to face the challenges of socioeconomicContinue Reading
Ranchi: The Jharkhand government has conceded the demand of tribal communities to create a separate Sarna Code for them in the eastern Indian state. The government led by the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha convened a special assembly session to create the Sarna Code and send the proposal to the federal government.Continue Reading
Ranchi: Tribal groups have held protest marches across the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand in support of long-pending demands for a separate Sarna code ahead of the 2021 national census. Marches took place October 15 in several parts of Ranchi, the state capital. The marches in Ranchi, held under theContinue Reading
Simdega: Seven tribal Christians were allegedly beaten, partially tonsured and forced to chant “Jai Shri Ram” (Hail Lord Ram) in a Jharkhand village for allegedly slaughtering a cow. The September 16 incident, reported to the police the next day, came to public only on September 25 when former zilla parishadContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Latehar, Aug 26, 2020: A Montfort educationist, who has spent four decades among the poorest of the poor in eastern India, has won the best teacher award given by an NGO. Brother K J Markose works at Birsa Munda High School Janho-Barwaiya, Manika, Latehar district, Jharkhand.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Chatra, Aug 26, 2020: Two members of a neo-Christian sect were allegedly beaten a Hindu radical group when they prayed over a sick person in a village near Chatra town in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, Persecution Relief reported August 26. One Lakhan, a memberContinue Reading
Jabalpur, July 21, 2020: The Church of North India (CNI) on July 21 took disciplinary action against its bishop Chotanagpur diocese. The action after Bishop Basil B Baskey of Chotanagpur decided to withdraw from the CNI and make the diocese autonomous. The Protestant diocese of Chotanagpur covers the eastern IndianContinue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, June 2, 2020: A Christian NGO has moved to the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, after serving lockdown victims in the National Capital Region. “Most of our benefactors are in Jharkhand and when the lockdown started our school children were denied one time meal aContinue Reading