Beijing , Mar. 29, 2019: A southern Chinese city is offering cash rewards for information about “illegal religious groups” as the ruling Communist Party continues to tighten its grip over faith communities. A notice posted on the official website of the Guangzhou Department of Ethnic and Religious Affairs said upContinue Reading
Shimla, Mar. 29, 2019: When Shyam Saran Negi exercised his franchise in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district in 1951, he created history by becoming Independent India’s first voter. More than 60 years on, he is a VIP of sorts as there is full media glare whenever he goes out to vote.Continue Reading
By Poonam Muttreja Gangtok, March 29, 2019: Everyone knows that Sikkim is a small extraordinarily picturesque mountainous state tucked away in the Himalayas in the northeast of India. That indeed it is. Even today, there are only around 650,000 people living in the state. However, much less known about SikkimContinue Reading
By: Troy Ribeiro Star Cast: Sharman Joshi, Stephen Baldwin, Shari Rigby, Manoj Mishra, Prakash Belawadi, Aditi Chengappa Director Aneesh Daniel’s The Least of These is based on a true story that documents the tragic death of an Australian Christian missionary and his sons in Odisha. Narrated from the local journalist,Continue Reading
By M I Khan Patna, March 29, 2019: Kanhaiya Kumar, former president of the Jawaharlal Nehru University students union, has created history collecting 4 million rupees in crowdfunding in just 40 hours for election expenses. Kumar of the Communist Party of India is the joint candidate of the Left parties’Continue Reading
March 28,2019: Religion is often viewed as a force that sows divisions between people. But the world’s most prominent religious leaders have come together to present a different vision of how faith can work in the world. In a rare move, major religious leaders ― from Pope Francis to theContinue Reading
Kolkata, March 29, 2019: A film based on a real-life story of Australian Christian missionary Graham Staines, who worked for the tribal poor and leprosy victims in Odisha, set to have a national theatrical release on March 29. Aneesh Daniel’s ‘The Least Of These: The Graham Staines Story’, that starsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 28, 2019: Social activists and others on March 28 condemned the arrest of noted economist Jean Dreze earlier in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand in the day. “Jean Dreze is a saint-economist, a potential Nobel awardee who lived in slums, written andContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Guwahati, March 28, 2019: The Catholic bishops of northeastern India have issued a seven-point guideline to help people choose right leaders. A pastoral letter addressed to Catholics of the region and issued by Archbishop Dominic Jala, president of the North East India Regional Bishop’s Council, called uponContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Berhampur, March 24, 2019: As a child, Sukria Nayak had struggled with a nagging doubt, “Can I compete with others?” The reason: He was a Dalit who lived in a remote village in Odisha, eastern India. “Coming from a village, studying in a school and thenContinue Reading