Bengaluru: All India Imams Council has urged the Karnataka government to extend to Muslim clerics and Christian priests the Covid relief compensation now given to Hindu priests. The Karnataka “government should immediately declare compensation to the staff and priests of mosques and churches, who are distraught due to lock downContinue Reading
By: Ittoop Panikulam SVD Part of my curious daily morning ritual is to look for Sandeep Adhwaryu’s political cartoons. His cartoons are wise symbols that roar out volumes of truths to the viewers like me. And they are at the same time humorous and witty! The gap between words andContinue Reading
Ahmedabad: A coaching centre owner in Jasdan town of Gujarat’s Rajkot district was arrested for allegedly breaking COVID-19 norms after police found more than 550 students in his premises during a raid, the police said on May 24. The raid on the centre took place on May 23 and itsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Darjeeling: The first college Community Radio in North Bengal launched a creative initiative to mark 75th year of India’s Independence with what it calls ‘Azaadi Freedom Songs’ – a celebration of diversity and harmony. India snatched its freedom from British colonial rule on 15th August 1947.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Darjeeling: In spite of the pandemic times disrupting regular novitiate schedules, in the nine novitiates of South Asia region, this year has more novices making their first profession than last year. Starting from traditional 24th May date for the first professions, this year there are 120Continue Reading
Abuja: One priest has been killed and another kidnapped from a parish in northern Nigeria. Father Alphonsus Bello was killed and Father Joe Keke was abducted on May 20, by a group of armed men who stormed the parish of St Vincent Ferrer in Malunfashi, in the state of Katsina,Continue Reading
Valletta: “God is not just an idol, but a person like us,” stated Sam Thomas Alex, an Indian and one of seven testimonies organized by the Archdiocese of Malta. The program aimed at people from different countries, cultures, and languages, expressing their Catholic faith and their experience of the HolyContinue Reading
New Delhi: India is interested in ensuring that Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin gets the endorsements from the World Health Organisation without delay. Sources informed that top diplomats of the Ministry of External Affairs are studying the matter to ensure recognition from WHO and European Union for the indigenous vaccine which isContinue Reading
Surajpur: Chhattisgarh’s Surajpur district collector on May 22 apologised after a video of him hitting a man for a Covid-19 norm violation during the lockdown went viral on social media. Shortly after a video went viral on social media, the district collector apologized and blamed the man for his “insolentContinue Reading
Bhopal: A health worker in Madhya Pradesh is facing police investigation after she was seen in a video that purportedly showed her going door to door and asking people to pray to Jesus Christ to stay safe amid the Covid-19 pandemic. BJP legislator Rameshwar Sharma was among those who tweetedContinue Reading
