By Manoj Anand Guwahati, Nov 3, 2019: The Meghalaya government on November 3 made it mandatory for visitors to register their names with its offices if they intend to spend more than 24 hours in the northeastern Indian state. The Meghalaya cabinet amended the Meghalaya Residents Safety and Security ActContinue Reading
By Misha Bhatt Mumbai, Nov 3, 2019: The management of Eastern Coalfields Limited on November 3 rescued around 70 laborers trapped inside a coal mine for more than 15 hours. “Due to the malfunction of both steam-powered and electric-powered lifts, these workers were trapped. Later we rescued around seventy laborersContinue Reading
By Sanjoy Dey Ranchi, Nov 3, 2019: Nearly 498,000 senior citizens and disabled people in Jharkhand can exercise their franchise from homes first time when the eastern Indian state goes to poll. Elections for the 81-member legislative assembly in the tribal-dominated state will be held in five phases, beginning NovemberContinue Reading
By Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ Not many in India (and for that matter in most parts of the world) would have heard of ‘Rupert Mayer’; whenever his name crops up, the spontaneous response invariably is “Rupert who?” In a nutshell, Rupert Mayer was a great German Jesuit, who demonstrated unflinchingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter London, Nov 3, 2019: Catherine of Siena College attached to the London-based University of Roehampton says it has special grants for Asians who want to study its new three short term courses. The college has “many bursaries for Asian students and we will be delighted toContinue Reading
By Michael Gryboski Various groups across the world have joined the annual International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Churches in various countries, including India. Overseen by the World Evangelical Alliance, the international prayer event took place on November 3. It will be held again on November 10. This year’sContinue Reading
Singapore, Nov 2 2019: Eighty-one-year-old Sister Gerard Fernandez, who for four decades has counseled prisoners in the country’s death row, has been included in the yearly list of BBC’s most influential women from all over the globe, joining a varied group that includes US Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Swedish climate changeContinue Reading
Rome , Nov 2, 2019 :Pope Francis celebrated Mass Saturday for the souls of the dead in Rome’s Catacombs of Priscilla, saying the place of a Christian is in the safety of the hands of God, whatever the outside circumstances might be. “The souls of the just are in theContinue Reading
New York, Nov 2, 2019: When it comes to the question of who is a true Indian, the country”s Hindu children are more likely than their Muslim peers to connect their faith to their national identity, according to new research from the University of California, Berkeley. “Our results indicate thatContinue Reading
By Purushotham Nayak Kandhamal, Nov. 2, 2019: Catholics of Kandhamal, Odisha, prayed for the victims of anti-Christian violence on November 2, the All Souls Day. Father Pradosh Chandra Nayak, vicar general of Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, led the Mass at Our Lady of Charity Church in Raikia. The areas had recordedContinue Reading
