Matters India reporter Darjeeling, May 18, 2019: The management of the Salesian College Sonada in Darjeeling has slashed admission fees by 50 percent in an effort to attract students of academic merit and lighten parents’ financial burden. “It is our continued effort to make higher education affordable for students whoseContinue Reading
Satna, May 17, 2019: Surabhi Gautam was in the tenth grade when she decided to become an officer of the Indian Administrative Service. Since then, she started ideal preparations and tirelessly worked hard day and night. Gautam hails from Amdara village in the Satna district of Madhya Pradesh, central India.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, May 17, 2019: Pope Francis on May 17 appointed Father Shyamal Bose as the coadjutor bishop of Baruipur diocese in West Bengal state. The announcement was made at 12 noon in Rome and at 3:30 pm, its corresponding time, in India, according to aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ranchi, May 17, 2019: A Jesuit priest and five others were on May 17 given life imprisonment for their involvement in the gangrape of five women nearly a year ago in Jharkhand, eastern India. Rajesh Kumar, Additional Judge of Khunti District Court, also awarded seven moreContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi Kochi, May 17, 2019: Several Muslim leaders in India have welcomed the Vatican’s Ramadan message as an inspiration to work for a world without violence, fear, hunger and ignorance. The greetings from the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue inspire “us to break our fast everyday with prayersContinue Reading
New Delhi, May 16, 2019: Controversy continues to dog prestigious St Stephen’s College in the national capital. Principal John Varghese on May 16 put out a notice banning any form of protests on campus. It also states that no journalist can enter the campus without his say so. The banContinue Reading
Rome, May 16, 2019: Galactic halos, that is. Not the angelic variety. It’s enthralling to the Vatican Observatory astronomer that those halos of stars that have fallen into one galaxy from another during collisions and mergers can provide clues to a galaxy’s multibillion-year history. Father Richard D’Souza, an Indian post-doctoralContinue Reading
Colombo, May 16, 2019: Sri Lankan authorities say Buddhist groups were likely to blame for a wave of anti-Muslim riots that swept the island in the second week of May in apparent retaliation for Easter bombings. The April 21 attacks, claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the LevantContinue Reading
Aizawl, May 16, 2019: Twenty-three girls from Nepal, who were victims of human trafficking, were rescued in Mizoram and handed over to Nepalese authorities, police said here on May 14. The teenage girls were handed over to Nepal government officials on Friday through the border transit of Kakarbhitta, along WestContinue Reading
Rome, May 16, 2019: Pope Francis took eight children rescued from crisis-hit Libya for a ride in his popemobile on May 15, the youngsters grinning and snapping photos as they whizzed round Saint Peter’s Square. The children, wearing T-shirts reading “Welcome, Protect, Promote, Integrate”, hailed from Syria, Nigeria and theContinue Reading
