By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, March 23, 2022: Tension has prevailed in a Catholic school in Mangaluru, Karnataka, after it refused to let hijab-wearing students into classrooms. The decision of St. Raymond’s School in Vamanjore on the outskirts of Mangaluru was in accordance with the order of the state government asContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Feb 6, 2022: The government of Karnataka has issued an order to ban religious dress in educational institutions to help maintain harmony in the southern Indian state. The February 5 move came after a dress code controversy in educational institutions divided some coastal districts of theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, Jan 31, 2022: The government of Karnataka on January 31 conferred a Catholic center with the best NGO award for working among leprosy affected people in the southern Indian state. Sumanahalli (the village of good heart) Society, started by Bangalore archdiocese 45 years ago, wasContinue Reading
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Bill, 2020, which was adopted by the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on December 9, seeks to ban slaughtering of all cattle, including cow, calf, and even bull. With respect to he/she buffalo, it seeks to ban their slaughter if the animalsContinue Reading
New Delhi: Ahead of Assembly polls in the state, the Congress government in Karnataka Monday agreed to recommend that Lingayats be considered part of a separate religion, ANI reported. The 12 th -century social reformer, Basavanna, founded the Lingayat community, which had distanced itself from Hindu Veerashaivas because the latterContinue Reading
Bengaluru: The National Human Rights Commission has expressed ‘grave’ concern over alleged farmers’ suicides in Mandya district of Karnataka over low payment by sugar mills and issued a notice to the state government seeking a reply within four weeks. Mandya, known as the ‘sugar bowl’ of Karnataka, has seen aContinue Reading