By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Sept 2, 2022: Human rights activists have expressed relief after the Supreme Court granted interim bail to Teesta Setalvad, who has been in jail since June 25 for alleged conspiracy to “destabilize the government” after the 2002 Gujarat communal riots. “A big relief indeed,” saysContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Sept 2, 2022: The Supreme Court of India on September 2 granted interim bail to activist Teesta Setalvad, in jail since June for alleged conspiracy to “destabilize the government” after the 2002 Gujarat riots. The interim bail would operate during the pendency of Setalvad’sContinue Reading
By Ram Puniyani Mumbai, Sept 2, 2022: Gujarat Carnage (2002) was one of the major acts of anti -minority violence. It was a catastrophe which took the degree of violence, hate and ghettoization to higher degree. Much before the violence the term, “Gujarat: Laboratory of Hindu Rashtra” was well popularized.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Sept 1, 2022: The Supreme Court has directed the federal to take a stand within three weeks on the issue of extending scheduled caste tag to Dalit Christians and Muslims and said that the day has come to take a call on issues havingContinue Reading
By Don Aguiar Mumbai, Sept 1, 2022: Countless times during the girls’ adolescence, usually around music preferences or sartorial choices, I got the sardonic question, “Dad, seriously?” Often these days one has that same reaction, listening to a number of national debates over topics that stir strong passions but weakContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Pilar, Sept 1, 2022: The Society of Pilar has conducted a unique interfaith program designed for teenagers. Around 60 twelfth grade girl students of Arts, Commerce and Science from the Guardian Angel Higher Secondary School, participated in the August 29-30 program titled “Seeds of Sadbhav” heldContinue Reading
By Vatican News staff reporter Vatican City, Sept 1, 2022: In his prayer intention for September, Pope Francis calls on all people of good will “to mobilize for the abolition of the death penalty throughout the world.” “Each day, there is a growing ‘NO’ to the death penalty around theContinue Reading
By Christopher Wells Vatican City, Sept 1, 2022: Pope Francis on September 1 warned against “worldly” approaches to the liturgy, saying liturgy must be directed to the Mystery of Christ while remaining close to daily life. He was addressing the Italian Association of Professors and Practitioners of Liturgy on theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kottayam, Sept 1, 2022: Mary Roy, an educator and a women’s rights activist, died September 1 after a brief illness in Kottayam, a town in the southern Indian state of Kerala. She was 89. She was survived by two children, son Lalit Roy and daughter ArundhatiContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Jalandhar, Aug 31, 2022: The diocese of Jalandhar has decided to close all its schools on September 1 to its concern over the attack on a church at Patti near Tarn Taran in the northern Indian state of Punjab. “We call upon everyone to work towardsContinue Reading
