Guwahati, September 2, 2019: A 73-year-old doctor was thrashed to death for allegedly delaying to treat a worker at a tea estate hospital in Assam’s Jorhat. The management has been locked down the tea estate in Jorhat, some 300 km from Guwahati, Assam’s commercial capital, since the incident on AugustContinue Reading
Darwin, September 2, 2019: Hundreds of people rallied across Australia on September 1 to protest the possible deportation of a Tamil family. Coalition MPs are at odds over whether a Tamil family should be sent to Sri Lanka. The parents arrived by boat and their daughters were born in Australia.Continue Reading
Bhopal, September 1, 2019: Social activist Medha Patkar’s health has started deteriorating a week into her indefinite hunger strike to demand swift rehabilitation of thousands affected by floods in areas surrounding the Sardar Sarovar Dam. She launched the agitation — called the “Narmada Chunauti Satyagraha” — at Chhota Barda inContinue Reading
Kasganj, Sept. 1, 2019: A 41-year-old man has committed suicide in this Uttar Pradesh district and his family said that they had not eaten food since the past five days. The body of Pooran Singh was found hanging from a tree in a forest here on Saturday morning. Police suspectContinue Reading
Bengaluru, Sept. 1, 2019: Investigation is underway into the alleged sale of ‘defence’ land by the Church of South India (CSI) for the Bengaluru metro project and collecting Rs 60 crore compensation,” a police official said on Sunday. “We are inquiring into the Defence Ministry’s complaint that the CSI hadContinue Reading
Guwahati, September 1, 2019: More than 1.9 million people in Assam were left facing an uncertain future as the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) was released, 14 years after a decision on it was first taken and four years after the exercise to compile it began in full swingContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Guwahati, September 1, 2019: The annual meeting of the Regional Pastoral Conference of North East India concluded September 1 with a resolution to orient the youth to work for better Church and Society The three-day event at Don Bosco Institute, Kharguli, Guwahati, saw the participation of allContinue Reading
Vatican City, Sept. 1, 2019: Pope Francis has said he got stuck in a lift for 25 minutes at the Vatican and had to be rescued by firefighters. The pontiff apologised to the faithful gathered in St Peter’s Square on Sunday for showing up seven minutes late to his traditionalContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Secunderabad, September 1, 2019: The Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI) in partnership with the Liliane Fonds (LF) of Netherlands organized the Mary Glowrey Liliane Brekelmans (MGLB) 2019 Disability Award. The awards are instituted to honor exemplary work in the field of disability by individuals andContinue Reading
Lahore, Sept. 1, 2019: Under pressure, the government in Pakistan’s Punjab province has constituted a high-level committee to negotiate with Sikhs angry over the kidnapping and forced conversion of a teenage girl from the community. Jagjit Kaur’s family alleged that she was converted to Islam at gunpoint and forced toContinue Reading