Matters India Reporter Itanagar, October 19, 2025: In a sweeping show of cultural solidarity, over 10,000 indigenous faith followers from across Arunachal Pradesh converged in Itanagar for a peaceful protest rally demanding the enforcement of the Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, 1978. The October 18 event, organized by theContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Chhotaudepur, October 19, 2025 — In a bold move to safeguard the rights of children, Don Bosco Gujarat, in collaboration with Just Rights for Children, launched a 100-day campaign to eradicate child marriage across Anand, Vadodara, and Chhotaudepur districts. The campaign was inaugurated on 13 October 2025Continue Reading
Matters India Reporter Narukot, Gujarat, October 19, 2025 — In a blend of innovation and compassion, Don Bosco Narukot has launched the “School on Wheels” program—locally known as Paydani Patshala —bringing quality education directly to children in remote villages of Gujarat. Conceived by Salesian Fr Elson Barretto, Rector of DonContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Bankura, Oct 18, 2025: A group of Christian families in Kayamati village, under Jangal Ghati Police Station in West Bengal’s Bankura district, were recently subjected to threats, social boycott, and physical assault following accusations from fellow villagers linking them to a rise in local deaths. According toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Oct 17, 2025: In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court of India quashed five FIRs filed under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021, citing legal infirmities, procedural lapses, and lack of credible evidence. The FIRs, registered in Fatehpur district,Continue Reading
Dr (Sr) Mudita Menona Sodder RSCJ On 28th August 2025, I suddenly began experiencing pain in the right hand which has lymphedema. By afternoon the pain increased, and I could not use my right hand at all. I panicked, not because of dying or getting paralysed, but because of aContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Hyderabad, Oct 16, 2025 – In a spirited showcase of athleticism and fraternity, the Don Bosco Sports Academy of Shillong Province (INS) emerged champions at the inaugural All India Don Bosco Inter-Province U-17 Basketball Tournament held in Hyderabad on 10–11 October. The Shillong team is expected toContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Kolkata, Oct 16, 2025 — Smt. Debasree Mukherjee, IAS, Secretary of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), paid a special visit to Don Bosco Technical Institute, Park Circus, Kolkata, as part of her official tour of CSTARI, NSTI Howrah, and several government ITIs. Expressing aContinue Reading
ML Satyan Coimbatore, October 17, 2025: Just recently I hired an autorickshaw in Bengaluru. While traveling in the autorickshaw I noticed a printed caption above the driver’s seat. It read: “Price the Lord”. My mind said that there is a typo. The word “Praise” has been wrongly spelt as “Price”.Continue Reading
Allen Brooks October 13, 2025: After decades of marginalisation, the Adivasi and tea tribes of Assam have demonstrated renewed collective strength through massive rallies in Dibrugarh and Tinsukia in October 2025. These mobilisations, which evoked memories of the tragic Beltola mayhem in 2007, signal the community’s resolve to press forContinue Reading
