Nun-cardinal audio-clip misleading: Church official
2018-07-20
The nun speaks only about her difficulties in the congregationContinue Reading
Passports of 8 NRI husbands who abandoned their wives cancelled: WCD
2018-07-19
Passports of eight non-resident Indians (NRIs), who abandoned their wives and absconded, have been cancelled, a senior official of the Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) said today. An inter-ministerial agency of the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of Home Affairs hasContinue Reading
110,333 cases of rape in India in 2014-16: Govt in Parliament
2018-07-19
Rijiju said in Rajya Sabha that 38,947 cases of rape were registered in 2016, 34,651 cases of rape were registered in 2015 and 36,735 cases of rape were registered in 2014Continue Reading
Media Workshop alerts citizen journalists on fake news, peace journalism
2018-07-19
By Matters India reporter Mumbai – A group of citizen journalists from 42 centres in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh had a two day media workshop on ”fake news and journalism for peace” organised by Bosco Information Service (BIS) of Mumbai Salesian province, 18 and 19 July 2018. Dr.Continue Reading
Ecumenical leadership development training begins in Thailand
2018-07-19
By Matters India Reporter Chiang Mai: The month-long ecumenical formation and leadership development training course, Asian Ecumenical Institute (AEI) 2018, organised by the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) was inaugurated on July 16 at the CCA headquarters in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The AEI is aimed at training prospective church andContinue Reading
India’s Murderous Mobs
2018-07-19
The government has to make it clear that lynching and mobocracy will not be toleratedContinue Reading
Nun sexual abuse: Police record Cardinal’s statement
2018-07-19
Kochi: The Kerala Police team probing the case pertaining to the rape of a senior nun allegedly by Bishop Franco Mulakkal of the Jalandhar Diocese of the Latin Catholic Church questioned Cardinal Mar George Alencherry, head of the Kerala-based Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, on July 18 on the basis of the nun’s chargeContinue Reading
Women have right to enter Sabarimala temple : Supreme Court
2018-07-19
Tagging a woman’s right to enter the famous Sabarimala temple with her menstrual cycle is unreasonable, the Supreme Court’s Constitution Bench observed on July 18. The Bench, led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, asked whether the exclusion of women aged between 10 and 50 from entering a templeContinue Reading
Death penalty: Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith clarifies
2018-07-19
The Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith today clarifying his statement on the Government moves to implement the death penalty, said that what he meant was that the State should not bring back the death sentence, but that criminal minds that sought to destroy social peace and harm hundreds shouldContinue Reading
2.52 cr minority students availed scholarships: Naqvi
2018-07-18
New Delhi : As many as 2.52 crore minority students, half of them girls, availed three scholarship schemes being offered by the government, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said today. Naqvi said in Lok Sabha that scholarships are being given for the education empowerment of minority students, including girlContinue Reading