By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain Burdwan, Jan. 5, 2010: Samima Khatun, the daughter of an imam from West Bengal’s East Burdwan district, has been awarded a travel grant to present her paper at an international conference in London. The conference is co-organized by Imperial College London and University College London. TheContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Nangathur, Jan 6, 2020: A remote village in Tamil Nadu recently witnessed a unique funeral service. Children of Pockisha Mary on December 31 distributed saplings of fruit-bearing trees to 120 residents of Nangathur to keep their mother’s memory alive. Mary died on December 29 following oldContinue Reading
Guwahati, Jan 5, 2020: Naresh Koch became the first ‘declared foreigner’ to die in captivity in the New Year. He happened to belong to the Koch-Rajbongshi community that has been demanding Scheduled Tribe along with five other indigenous communities in Assam, eastern India. Doctors at the Guwahati Medical College HospitalContinue Reading
By Tessy Jacob Sundargarh, Jan 5, 2020: The Hand maids of Mary, an indigenous congregation of Odisha, on January 4 celebrated 75 years of serving those at the grassroots. The jubilee celebration was attended by six bishops and hundreds of priests and nuns and lay people. Archbishop John Barwa ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Rupnagar, Jan 5, 2020: An apology to Cardinal Oswald Gracias, head of the Catholic Church in India, has not ended the woes of Bollywood actor Raveena Tandon, director-choreographer Farah Khan and comedian Bharti Singh. Police in Rupnagar, Punjab, have registered a case against the three forContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Jan 5, 2020: Indian Catholic Press Association (ICPA) will honor noted peace activist Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil for his bold writings against communalism and fundamentalism that is gaining ground globally. Former Supreme Court Judge Justice Kurien Joseph will confer the annual ‘Louis Careno Award forContinue Reading
Nashville (US), Jan 4, 2020: United Methodist Church leaders from around the world and across ideological divides unveiled a plan Friday for a new conservative denomination that would split from the church in an attempt to resolve a decades-long dispute over gay marriage and gay clergy. The proposal, called “AContinue Reading
Kolkata, Jan 4, 2020: The heads of some of Calcutta’s leading schools will participate in a walk against the CAA-NRC and the use of force to stifle dissent. A meeting at St Paul’s Cathedral on Jan. 3, chaired by the bishop of the Calcutta diocese of the Church of NorthContinue Reading
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Flash floods killed at least 43 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, the authorities said on Friday, after the city’s most intense period of rainfall since record keeping began more than 20 years ago. On Tuesday, parts of the city recordedContinue Reading
Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Jan3, 2020: A leading Christian activist in India is warning about a “heightened intolerance towards the Christian faith” after anti-Christian incidents in the country in late December. On Dec. 28, several men were arrested after being accused of posing for a photograph with their Bibles outside aContinue Reading
