Agra, July 26, 2019: A team of investigators from Prayagraj has questioned some officials of the St Paul’s Church School, located in Agra’s civil lines area. The police team went to the Bishop’s House on July 25 to meet Church of North India Bishop Prem Prakash Haavil and his secretary,Continue Reading
By Hanson D’Souza Sambalpur, July 26, 2019: Khristo Jyoti Mohavidyaloyo (Light of Christ College), regional theology seminary, Sambalpur, organized a field study trip for the 18 second-year students of theology to Kandhamal district of Odisha, July 18-21. The focus was on ‘Theological Reflection on Dalit Reality post-Kandhamal Violence.’ We wereContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Rameswaram, July 26, 2019: More than 100,000 people belonging to different communities on July 24 participated in a chariot festival attached to a famous church in Tamil Nadu’s Rameshwaram city. “Although it’s a Christian festival, people from other religions participate in it. It is only becauseContinue Reading
By Akshaya Kumar Sahoo Bhubaneswar, July 26, 2019: Odisha is fast turning out to be one of the most unsafe places for minor girls and boys. As many as 602 children, including 502 girls, have gone missing in the first six months of the current year. The state government toldContinue Reading
Abuja, July 26, 2019: A pregnant woman and a child were among four people killed in attacks by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria’s Plateau State mid July. The attackers targeted the villages of Ancha and Tafigana in the Bassa Local Government area, as reported by news site Nasoweseeamonline. Margaret Wakili,Continue Reading
New Delhi, Jul 25, 2019: Authorities in India’s northern Uttarakhand state are investigating whether sex-selective abortions were carried out in 132 villages in one of its 13 districts, where not a single girl was born since April. The investigations follow official revelations that among 216 births over the past threeContinue Reading
Ghaziabad, July 25, 2019: A woman hailing from the city has alleged of not being allowed to enter a temple because of her caste. Speaking to reporters about the incident, the woman named Shakuntala said, “I went to the temple early in the morning and was performing rituals. When IContinue Reading
By Heather Preston New Delhi, July 25, 2019: Concerns have been raised over a suggested rise in sex-selective abortions in a part of India. Not a single girl has been born in a district of Uttarakhand in northern India since April, while 216 newborn boys have been recorded. Authorities suspectContinue Reading
Meerut, Jul 25, 2019: Member of Parliament Sadhvi Prachi has asked ‘kawarias’ to boycott ‘kawars’ made by Muslims, triggering a controversy. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader made the controversial appeal while inaugurating a transit camp in Daha village under Baghpat district. The sadhvi, who represents Bhopal constituency as a BharatiyaContinue Reading
Lucknow, July 25, 2019: The contentious issue of triple talaq (divorcing by pronouncing the word talaq three times in one go) has been included in the syllabus of sociology at Lucknow University. The decision, however, invited sharp criticism from the Muslim clerics, who said that it would “paint a wrongContinue Reading