By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, Dec 22, 2021: It was a rainy morning in September and I was going to Bhawanipatna of Kalahandi district of the eastern Indian state Odisha after some interesting meetings with parish priests and youth of Koraput and Jeypore parishes. I got on a bus and satContinue Reading
By Shane J Alliew Kolkata, Dec 21, 2021: Running at 164 minutes, written and directed by T J Gnanavel, Jai Bhim, originally in Tamil is a legal drama film starring Suriya (Chandru), Lijo Mol Jose (Senggeni) and Manikandan (Rajakannu). Based on a true incident of 1993, involving a case foughtContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria, Mangaluru, Dec 21, 2021: The Karnataka cabinet led by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has approved the draft of the Anti-Conversion bill. The cabinet meeting was held at Belagavi (formerly Belgaum) on December 20, just five days ahead of Christmas. The government led by the Hindu nationalist BharatiyaContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, Dec 19, 2021: A Jesuit priest in Mumbai has petitioned the Bombay High Court for a judicial probe into Father Stan Swamy’s death in custody and remove the “odium of guilt” attached to the tribal activist. Father Swamy died July 5 as undertrial prisoner inContinue Reading
By Ram Puniyani Mumbai, Dec 19, 2021: In December, town planning committee of Ahmadabad Municipal Corporation specifically mentioned that stalls selling non-vegetarian items will not be allowed along public roads and in the 100-meter radius of schools, colleges and religious places. On these lines decisions were also taken by Vadodara,Continue Reading
Vatican City, Dec 19, 2021: Cardinal Peter Turkson, seen by some as a candidate to become the first African pope in about 1,500 years, has abruptly offered his resignation from a key Vatican department, sources familiar with the matter said. Cardinal Turkson, 73, from Ghana, has been a key adviserContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec 19, 2021: Consumer organizations from across India met in New Delhi December 19 to demand among other things and an immediate regulation that stipulates proper front of package labeling (FoPL). The labeling regulation was part of an eight-point charter of demands adopted byContinue Reading
By M.K.George Rome, Dec 19, 2021: You know who they are. In case you do not, it is time you found out. A friend of mine who works in an Indian central government office once told me. ‘You know a shocking change of mindset has happened in our office. FifteenContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Siliguri, Dec 19, 2021: A group of students of a Salesian college in West Bengal has organized a felicitation program for war veterans to mark the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh’s birth after a 13-day India-Pakistan war. “The National Service Scheme Unit II members of Salesian CollegeContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Sundargarh, Dec 18, 2021: One of the Congress party’s new spokespersons is a Catholic woman from Odisha who says her priority is to raise grassroots issues at the national level. “I feel honored that the party has trusted a person from a remote village with this importantContinue Reading
