By C M Paul Siliguri, Aug 8, 2025: The recent assault on a group of religious workers in Odisha and the earlier arrests of two nuns in Chhattisgarh have highlighted a growing and alarming trend of violence and harassment against Christian priests and nuns in states governed by the BharatiyaContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Coimbatore, Aug 8, 2025: Present day election system in India has always disturbed me. The alarming factors are: discrepancies in the electoral rolls, tampering of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) and the recent Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar. During the parliamentary election in 2019 and theContinue Reading
By Gisel Erumachadathu Guwahati, Aug 8, 2025: When violence remains an abstract headline, we may scroll past with momentary sorrow. But when it finds its way into the lives of those we know – those who stood beside us in prayer, laughter, or shared meals – the silence becomes unbearable.Continue Reading
By Sujata Jena Jaleswar, August 7, 2025: A mob of Bajrang Dal activists has assaulted two Catholic priests, two nuns and a catechist at a mission state of Balasore diocese in Odisha, an eastern Indian state. The Hindu radical outfit accused the Catholic group of indulging in religious conversion. TheContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Mumbai, August 7, 2025 — St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, has cancelled its annual Stan Swamy Memorial Lecture scheduled for August 9, following protests from the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), a student organization affiliated with the RSS. The lecture, titled “Migration for Livelihood: Hope amidst Miseries,” wasContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Kolkata, August 5, 2025 – A special NIA court in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, has granted conditional bail to the two Catholic nuns from Kerala and a tribal man who were arrested on charges of human trafficking and forced religious conversion, July 25, 2025. The bail was granted (AugustContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Aug 4, 2025: President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 4 led the nation to mourn the death of Shibu Soren, founding patron of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and one of India’s towering tribal leaders. He was 81. The former chief ministerContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Kolkata, August 4, 2025 – Innerverse India, a digital content studio, is offering its cinematic, voice-led audio stories to FM stations across the country—completely free of cost. Rooted in the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita and ancient Indian philosophy, these short-form episodes aim to address the emotionalContinue Reading
Rome, Aug 4, 2025: Pope Leo XIV has told more than a million Catholic youths at a closing Mass for a weeklong encounter with the next generation of faithful that they are “the sign that a different world is possible” where conflicts can be resolved with dialogue, not weapons. InContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Bilaspur, August 3, 2025 – In a dramatic twist to the controversial Durg conversion case, three tribal girls from Narayanpur have accused Bajrang Dal members and social activist Jyoti Sharma of assault, molestation, and coercion during a July 25 incident at Durg railway station. The girls—Kamleshwari Pradhan,Continue Reading
