By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Dec 3, 2022: The Kerala High Court has sought government opinion on a private firm’s demand for deploying federal forces to protect its under construction international seaport that is facing fierce protest from fisherfolk. The court direction came during the hearing of a contempt petitionContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Meerut, Dec 2, 2022: Seven people jailed for alleged religious conversion in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh languish in a jail after they failed to execute the bail order two weeks after a court granted their release. The District court in Meerut, a townContinue Reading
By M K George Rome, Nov 30, 2022: There is a simple sociological axiom. Any sub-system is in effect a microcosm of the larger system. Hence, what is happening in the larger system is likely to repeat itself in the sub-systems. Indian Nation faces issues of polarization and attempts atContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Nov 29, 2022: The Advent season is upon us. It is a preparation for Christmas, depending on our priorities. The Hindi word for Advent is Aagman. It is the same word used at airports for Arrivals. Advent means just that – the coming or arrival of somebodyContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, Nov 26, 2022: Hundreds of temporary teachers are on an indefinite strike demanding regularisation of their service in the eastern Indian state of Odisha. “We were employed by the government during 2003-2004 but the government sacked us in various false cases,” says a statement from theContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Berhampur, Nov 29, 2022: Thousands of devotees from eastern Indian state have flocked to the cathedral church of Berhampur diocese in Odisha to celebrate a Marian feast after two years. The Queen of the Mission feast was suspended because of the Covid-19 restrictions. The feast concluded onContinue Reading
Hong Kong, Nov 28, 2022: Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen was found guilty of failing to register a pro-democracy charity in the Chinese territory and ordered to pay a $512 fine. A court in the West Kowloon area of Hong Kong Nov.25 convicted Cardinal Zen, age 90, and other trusteesContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 28, 2022: The police in Kerala have registered a case against a Catholic archbishop, his auxiliary and 48 others in connection with violence during a protest against an under construction international seaport in the southern Indian state. The police and protesters clashed at VizhinjamContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Nov 27, 2022: The liturgy dispute in a Catholic archdiocese in Kerala took an ugly turn November 27 when its administrator was prevented from forcibly entering the cathedral church to offer Sunday Mass. Archbishop Andrews Thazhath, the administrator, came to St Mary’s Basilica Cathedral ChurchContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Gorakhpur, Nov 27, 2022: Cultural activists working for peace in northern India have organized a rally on harmony and reconciliation amid hate messages and violence against Christians, Muslims, Dalits, Tribals and women. The five-day rally that covered the eastern region of Uttar Pradesh state concluded NovemberContinue Reading
