Mirzapur, September 2, 2019: The government of Uttar Pradesh has filed a case against journalist who shot a video of students of a school eating rotis with salt as their mid-day meal. In its complaint, the Block Education Office of eastern Uttar Pradesh’s Mirzapur district has accused the journalist, PawanContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, September 2, 2019: More than 450 parishioners of Panaji’s Mary Immaculate Church on September 1 went on a cruise trip to Bom Jesus Basilica in Old Goa to keep alive a traditional thanksgiving pilgrimage. “This is the 165th year of the pilgrimage. It is handed downContinue Reading
Berlin, Sept. 2, 2019: The top UN refugee official has urged India to ensure that no one is left stateless by the exclusion of nearly 2 million people from a citizenship list in Assam state. Filippo Grandi, the UN high commissioner for refugees, voiced his concern in a statement issuedContinue Reading
Remembering the Jesuit priest who invited me to the cityContinue Reading
Sept. 1, 2019: As Asia Bibi sits free at last in a secret location in Canada, the Pakistani Christian woman who spent years on death row after a false blasphemy charge thinks of those left behind still facing the same ordeal. Nearly four months after the 54-year-old finally left PakistanContinue Reading
New Delhi, Sept. 2, 2019: Jawaharlal Nehru University is in the process of reviewing the position of all its emeritus professors who are above the age of 75 years. At least five such professors, including renowned historian Romila Thapar and sociologist T.K. Oommen, have received letters from JNU’s registrar askingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, September 2, 2019: The national Hindi convention of Small Christian Communities will be held at Kolkata October 25-27. The Archdiocese of Calcutta will host the event, which is expected to draw some 3,000 delegates from various parts of India. They will home stay at parishContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, September 2, 2019: More than 100 Christians protested against the growing attacks on churches nationwide in New Delhi. “Christians are persecuted in India. We are fighting for our fundamental Rights—right to worship as citizens of this country. Thus we are ambled here to protestContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna, September 2, 2019: The Archdiocese of Patna, Bihar, on September 1 inaugurated Inter-Religious Dialogue Institute Rajgir (IRDIR) to foster peace, harmony and solidarity among different religions in northern India. “It is our duty to spread good will and religious unity. This [IRDIR] is dedicated forContinue Reading
By Augustine Singh Kanjamendi, September 2, 2019: More than 150 leaders of Kandhamal and other parts of Odisha attended the memorial day of the persons martyred during 2007 and 2008 anti-Christian Kandhamal violence. Men and women from all denominations and other communities gathered at Catholic Church, Kanjamendi, on August 31Continue Reading