By Matters India Reporter Guwahati, May 5, 2023: The situation in Manipur remains volatile with various groups vying for power and control, says the United Christian Forum of North East India that has called for prayers to bring peace to the troubled state. An emergency meeting of the forum heldContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, May 4, 2023: Christian women have joined groups supporting the Indian wrestlers who are seeking justice against sexual abuse within the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI). “It is with deep concern that we, women from the different Christian Churches in India, see the long struggleContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, May 4, 2023: The Indian Women Press Corps and Press Club of India on May 4 deplored police manhandling a woman journalist near the site of wrestlers protests. Sakshi Joshi, a digital media editor, had gone to Jantar Mantar, the popular protest site inContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, May 4, 2023:A forum representing Christians of all denominations in northeastern India on May 4 expressed anguish over the ongoing unrest in Manipur where the government has issued “shoot-at-sight orders in extreme cases.” The Manipur government imposed the curfew as communal clashes continued on theContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, May 4, 2023: The Syro-Malabar Church, a prominent Catholic group in India, says it opposes legalizing same sex marriage, as it is “a denial of human nature and an injustice to the family system and society.” “Legalizing same-sex marriage could lead to calls for theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Moirang, May 4, 2023: A Jesuit team was attacked by a mob May 3 in Moirang, a town in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur. The team was returning after house blessings to their residence in Moirang, some 45 km south of the state capital ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Imphal, May 3, 2023: Two churches were among several buildings torched May 3 as fresh violence erupted between Hill tribals and Meiteis of the Valleys in Manipur’s Churachandpur district. Tension has spread to other areas as the All Tribal Students’ Union Manipur organized a solidarity marchContinue Reading
By Fr. Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, May 3, 2023: Joseph Stiglitz, the 2001 Nobel Prize recipient in Economic Sciences, said, “Free speech and a free press not only make abuses of governmental powers less likely; they also enhance the likelihood that people’s basic social needs will be met. Secrecy reduces theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ghazipur, May 2, 2023: An 18-month-old girl and her mother were on May 2 granted bail eight days after they were jailed for indulging in alleged conversion activities in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The District Sessions Court of Ghazipur granted the bail toContinue Reading
By Isaac Gomes Kolkata, May 1, 2023: Today is May 1. It’s also called May Day or Workers’ Day and is also celebrated across the world as International Workers’ Day. Today is also a day to take stock of the challenges, deprivation and health hazards workers, particularly women workers, haveContinue Reading
