New Delhi: The Bajrang Dal has denied involvement in a controversial March 19 incident where two nuns and two students were forced alight from a train in Jhansi over an alleged forced conversion complaint and questioned by railway police. According to reports, Bajrang Dal activists and police questioned the nuns,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Chiang Mai: A webinar organized by the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) has stressed community engagement to defend the right to water for all people. “Churches together with other faith-based organizations and civil society movements can play a major role in raising awareness on the globalContinue Reading
By Anjuman Ara Begum Barpeta: Sixty-two-year-old Rejia Ahmed felt jittery as it was the first time that she had been to a public meeting. On March 8, Rejia was invited to preside over the daylong program to celebrate International Women’s Day in a remote Kandapara village in the Barpeta districtContinue Reading
Vatican City: As the world continues to adopt measures to combat the ongoing health emergency, the Office of Papal Charities, in response to Pope Francis’s numerous appeals that no one be excluded from receiving the Covid-19 vaccines, is taking action to accompany the most vulnerable. A statement released on MarchContinue Reading
Cairo: Dredgers have joined efforts to refloat Ever Given, a giant container ship grounded in the Suez Canal for over two days, and to free the waterway for other ships. As of March 24, the ship was partially refloated and placed alongside the Canal bank, said Gulf Agency Company (GAC),Continue Reading
By S.N. Sahu Bhubaneswar: In a significant development, the Naveen Patnaik-led Odisha government has passed a resolution in the state legislative assembly to include non-violence in the Preamble of the Constitution. The resolution was passed on March 23 that marked the commencement of a year-long celebration of the centenary ofContinue Reading
Shahjahanpur: While Covid-19 cases continue to rise across India, and many states have banned public celebrations and large gatherings in view of Holi, Shab E Barat, and Easter in the coming days, a town in Uttar Pradesh, is busy covering its mosques in plastic sheets. The local administration of ShahjahanpurContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Chennai: A Catholic priest died March 26 after falling from the terrace of a major seminary near Chennai where he was teaching for the past several years. According to a message from Monsignor L John Robert, administrator of Vellore diocese, Father Velanganni Vinothraj died because ofContinue Reading
By Suresh Mathew New Delhi: The ‘turncoat’ Christian leaders might pontificate portraying a picture of secular India under the BJP-rule. A section of the Church authorities might say that everything is hunky-dory for the Christians, and other minorities, under the saffron-rule. But the ground reality is far from what theyContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: The harassment of Catholic nuns in a train compartment allegedly by Hindu radicals has drawn condemnation from all sections of society in India. Two nuns and their two novices were taken off an express train and detained for questioning by railway police in Jhansi inContinue Reading
