Bengaluru, Jan 25, 2020: Karnataka’s Bharatiya Janata Party government has notified an act to prevent and eradicate black magic and other superstitious practices. The BJP had opposed the Karnataka Prevention and Eradication of Inhuman Evil Practices and Black Magic Act, 2017, when it was in the opposition. However, the partyContinue Reading
Rameswaram, Jan 25, 2020: A multitude of devotees thronged Rameswaram in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu to pay tributes to their forefathers. People from various parts of the country were seen on January 24 performing ‘tharpanam,’ a ritual to pay respects to their ancestors, along the sea coastContinue Reading
Rome, Jan. 25, 2020: Former nuns “abandoned” by the Catholic Church, including some who became prostitutes to survive, have been sheltered at a Vatican residence for more than a year, a Brazilian cardinal said. Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz confirmed the house’s existence at an undisclosed location in the VaticanContinue Reading
By Amrita Paul New Delhi, Jan 25, 2020: Virginia Woolf had once said, “For most of history, anonymous was a woman.” But when it came to the Indian Independence Movement, women walked shoulder-to-shoulder with men to help India receive its Independence. Here are six women who played a pivotal roleContinue Reading
By Matters India reporter Margao, Jan 25, 2020: Hundreds of people from various religions attended a protest meet organized by the Church against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the National Population register (NPR) in Margao, Goa’s commercial capital. “It is our common conviction that theseContinue Reading
By Maria Francis Bengaluru, Jan 24, 2020: The first time I heard about the YOUCAT was when some of my youth group friends came back from World Youth Day in Madrid, Spain, in 2011. YOUCAT stands for Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church. As a book, it is a manualContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Jan 24, 2020: St. Anne’s Girls’ High School Mandar, near Ranchi, won the National Inter-School Band Competition 2019-2020 in the girls’ category. Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of School Education and Literacy organized it on January 23 at Thyagaraj Stadium, New Delhi. RameshContinue Reading
Kolkata, Jan 24, 2020: Catholic churches under Calcutta archdiocese will read out the Preamble to the Constitution after Sunday service on January 26, India’s Republic Day. Archbishop Thomas D’Souza of Calcutta will send a circular to all 65 parishes in the city and the seven districts, conveying the decision toContinue Reading
Kaliyapettai, Jan 24, 2020: Tension prevailed in Kaliyapettai, near Uthiramer in Kancheepuram district, after Dravidar Kazhagam founder Periyar’s statue was vandalized by miscreants. Local people on January 24 found the face and hand of the statue damaged. Senior police officers visited the spot and conducted a preliminary inquiry. The statueContinue Reading
Riyadh, Jan 24, 2020: A Saudi health ministry affiliate on January 23 said there were no cases of coronavirus in the kingdom, denying earlier reports of an Indian nurse working in the Islamic kingdom being infected. Earlier, India’s Minister of State for External Affairs said an Indian nurse working atContinue Reading
