Bengaluru, September 7, 2019: 1.55 am on September 7 came and went. It was time for the Vikram lander of Chandrayaan 2, India’s moon mission, to land on moon. Amid a stunned silence at the control room of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), India’s top space scientist K SivanContinue Reading
Mumbai, Sept 6, 2019: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said that the victory of the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance in the upcoming polls was certain and all efforts would be taken to ensure that Republican Party of India (Athawale) or RPI(A) candidates emerge victorious. The Republican Party of India (Athawale),Continue Reading
Matters India reporter Kolkata, Sept. 6, 2019 — Mother Teresa’s country man His Excellency Nehat Emini Charge d’Affaires of the Embassy of Macedonia in New Delhi visited Mother Teresa’s tomb in Kolkata a day after her 22nd death anniversary on September 6, 2019. H.E. Emini was accompanied by H.E. NamitContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Tellicherry, September 6, 2019: The youth movement of Tellicherry Catholic archdiocese in Kerala plans to start a campaign to boycott a leading Malayalam newspaper and its television channel that allegedly defame priest and nuns. The archdiocesan unit of the Kerala Catholic Youth Movement will launch theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, September 6, 2019: Students from two schools joined a walkathon organized by an eye hospital in Bengaluru, capital of Karnataka state. Prashant Siddanagowda, Assistant Commissioner of Police, flagged off the walkathon from Coles Road to Goodwill School organized by Dr Agarwal’s Eye Hospital to markContinue Reading
By Adolf Washington Bengaluru, September 6, 2019: Father Tom Uzhunnalil, a Salesian priest who spent 557 days in captivity in Yemen, on September 6 presented his autobiography to Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore. The 59-year-old priest conveyed his gratitude to the people of the archdiocese for their prayers for hisContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, September 6, 2019: James David Murray, a Christian businessman who was blacklisted and denied entry by the Indian government in June 2015, was finally able to return to India on September 4. This was possible after the federal Ministry of Home Affairs in JuneContinue Reading
By Saji Thomas Goeka Baria, September 6, 2019: Until a decade ago, Hatu Devi could not even think of going to a grocery shop near her house. The resident of Jalimpura village of Banswara district in the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan had to depend on her husband or otherContinue Reading
By Saji Thomas Mananthavady, September 6, 2019: The Franciscan Clarist Congregation, a 130-year-old indigenous congregation in India, a month ago dismissed Sr. Lucy Kalappura, a member, for violating the vows of poverty and obedience. It gave her 10 days to appeal to the Vatican against the order, which she did.Continue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, September 5, 2019: Does this question shock you? It should! Over the last couple of years I have been in regular correspondence with Rev Dr Valson Thampu. After retiring as principal of the prestigious St Stephen’s College, Delhi, he is now settled in Kerala. But he isContinue Reading