By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Dec 23, 2021: Karnataka Legislative Assembly has passed the Anti-conversion Bill without serious resistance from the Opposition parties two days prior to Christmas. The “Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, 2021” was tabled on December 23 which has definite clauses against any sortsContinue Reading
By K P Sasi Bengaluru, Dec 22, 2021: Members of more than 40 organizations came to the streets of Bengaluru to protest against a bill passed by the Karnataka assembly to regulate religious convention in the southern Indian state. The December 21 rally demanded the withdrawal of “the Karnataka ProtectionContinue Reading
By Vivek Joseph Hyderabad, Dec 22, 2024: A Church NGO in Hyderabad has organized a day of singing, dancing and sharing as part of its Christmas celebration for the Transgender Community in the southern Indian city. More than 200 transgender persons, their allies and activists from the city gathered atContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Junagadh, Dec 20, 2021: A Catholic parish in the western Indian state of Gujarat has decided to put on hold external celebrations of Christmas to sympathize with the families that have lost their relatives in the Covid pandemic. “This year the parish has decided not toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec 22, 2021: Gaspar Delerock and his wife Shanti in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu donated blankets for the poor in Tripura, northeast, as part of celebrating their wedding’s silver jubilee. Ammu Urimainathan sent her contribution forgoing her Christmas dress and JosephContinue Reading
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
