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
Matters India Reporter Raipur, August 3, 2025 — On August 2, the Chhattisgarh unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sparked outrage by posting a controversial cartoon on its ‘X’ (formerly Twitter) account. The post, which was quickly deleted after a significant backlash, targeted two nuns recently granted bail inContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Bilaspur, August 2, 2025: A National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Bilaspur on Aug. 2 granted bail to three individuals, including two Catholic nuns from Kerala, arrested on July 25 over allegations of human trafficking and forceful religious conversion. The accused—Sister Preeti Mary, Sister Vandana Francis, andContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, Aug 3, 2025: A group striving to uphold the values of the Indian Constitution has condemned increasing attacks on religious minorities in the country. The Citizens for the Constitution (CFTC) has sounded alarm at “a growing pattern where the state appears to be complicit withContinue Reading
By C. M. Paul Siliguri, August 2, 2025 — The events at Durg Railway Station on July 25 were meant to be just another act in the long-running political theatre of intimidation orchestrated by the Bajrang Dal—another “conversion racket” bust to feed the Hindutva narrative. But what unfolded instead isContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Kolkata, August 1, 2025 — Don Bosco School, Park Circus, partnered with International STEAM Research (ISR), USA, to host two-day MuseVention 2025 interdisciplinary event from July 31 to August 1. From disaster mitigation drones to Formula 1 simulations, crop management models to architectural cityscapes, over 500 studentContinue Reading
