By Matters India Reporter Bhagalpur, September 7, 2019: Police in Jharkhand state, eastern India, have taken into custody two Catholic priests and a catechist for allegedly indulging in forceful religious conversion. A message from Father N M Thomas, vicar general of the diocese of Bhagalpur, says the police of DeodardContinue Reading
Matters India reporter Guwahati, September 7, 2019: Speaking at the 8th annual convocation of Assam Don Bosco University Guwahati on September 7, Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi said, “The government of India wants to establish the country as an ‘AI Garage.’ The governor explained saying, “It means that if a companyContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar, September 7, 2019: When most Indian parents like to brag about their children studying medicine or engineering in a reputed university, a senior police officer in Odisha says the future really belongs to Arts students. “Generally, people study medicine or science not because they loveContinue Reading
Kolkata, September 7, 2019: A Universal Peace Rally was organized at Kolkata to honor Mother Teresa’s 22nd death anniversary, by the Indian Karate Association with the co-operation of the All Faith Forum, St Teresa of Avila Church, Mother House and Kolkata Police. The peace rally on September 5 began fromContinue Reading
Bengaluru, September 7, 2019: 1.55 am on September 7 came and went. It was time for the Vikram lander of Chandrayaan 2, India’s moon mission, to land on moon. Amid a stunned silence at the control room of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), India’s top space scientist K SivanContinue Reading
Mumbai, Sept 6, 2019: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said that the victory of the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance in the upcoming polls was certain and all efforts would be taken to ensure that Republican Party of India (Athawale) or RPI(A) candidates emerge victorious. The Republican Party of India (Athawale),Continue Reading
Matters India reporter Kolkata, Sept. 6, 2019 — Mother Teresa’s country man His Excellency Nehat Emini Charge d’Affaires of the Embassy of Macedonia in New Delhi visited Mother Teresa’s tomb in Kolkata a day after her 22nd death anniversary on September 6, 2019. H.E. Emini was accompanied by H.E. NamitContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Tellicherry, September 6, 2019: The youth movement of Tellicherry Catholic archdiocese in Kerala plans to start a campaign to boycott a leading Malayalam newspaper and its television channel that allegedly defame priest and nuns. The archdiocesan unit of the Kerala Catholic Youth Movement will launch theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, September 6, 2019: Students from two schools joined a walkathon organized by an eye hospital in Bengaluru, capital of Karnataka state. Prashant Siddanagowda, Assistant Commissioner of Police, flagged off the walkathon from Coles Road to Goodwill School organized by Dr Agarwal’s Eye Hospital to markContinue Reading
By Adolf Washington Bengaluru, September 6, 2019: Father Tom Uzhunnalil, a Salesian priest who spent 557 days in captivity in Yemen, on September 6 presented his autobiography to Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore. The 59-year-old priest conveyed his gratitude to the people of the archdiocese for their prayers for hisContinue Reading
