New Delhi, Sept. 18, 2019: The Union home ministry has amended rules on foreign funding under which office-bearers, key functionaries and members of NGOs receiving such grants will have to file an affidavit declaring that they had not been prosecuted or convicted in any act of religious conversion and forContinue Reading
Thiruvanathapuram, Sept. 18, 2019: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sept 17 strived to spring a surprise on the defence during the high-profile Sister Abhaya case trial. The agency produced a retired professor who had taught Abhaya at BCM College for Women, Kottayam, in the early 1990s as anContinue Reading
Patna, Sept 18, 2019: At least 18 people were killed in Bihar in lightning strikes during heavy rainfall since Tuesday, officials said on Sept 18 . According to the Bihar Disaster Management Department, lightning claimed altogether 18 lives with Gaya and Kaimur accounting for three casualties each, followed by Patna,Continue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Nangathur, September 18, 2019: We have been hearing a lot of stories of social media doing harms to people specially the youth. We have here a positive impact WhatsApp has made for villagers. A serious discussion on the village whatsApp about the future of the village leadContinue Reading
[Concluding part of the trilogy “Is Pope Francis a heretic?” And “Will Pope Francis be Assassinated?”] By chhotebhai Kanpur, September 18, 2019: Pope Francis reportedly has only one functional lung. So, is he asthmatic? With his energy levels at 82, that puts younger people to shame, I daresay that heContinue Reading
Guwahati, Sept. 18, 2019: Even as the National Register of Citizens (NRC) have become a nightmare for many people from the indigenous communities who failed to make the cut, the register has included 60 orphans brought up in Snehalaya Orphanage in Guwahati. These children were rescued without any valid documentsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter with inputs from globalsistersreport.org Dwaraka, September 18, 2019: More than 1,500 Catholic nuns from 34 congregations were among some 2,800 people who attended a prayer program in Kerala against alleged media criticism of religious life. “The aim of the meeting was to correct many baseless allegationsContinue Reading
Ceduna, Sept. 18, 2019: It may be a long way from their home in India, but Sisters from the Congregation of St Anne – Madras are staying true to their mission of ‘working for the betterment of women’ around the world with the opening of a new convent house inContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter New Delhi, September 18, 2019: Father Chetan Machado, a priest of Delhi Archdiocese, has been appointed to be the new executive secretary of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) – Office for Youth. “The youth is not just the future. Young people are the present andContinue Reading
K Kamalathal, the 80-year-old woman behind the viral video on social media, whose indomitable spirit helped her run a business single-handedly, is now offered complimentary LPG connection from the union government. She hails from Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore district and sells idlis for one rupee to the lesser privileged people. TouchedContinue Reading
