Panaji: The Goa government has formed a special committee, headed by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, for the timely maintenance and restoration of the 17th century Basilica of Bom Jesus, Deputy Chief Minister Chandrakant Kavlekar told the state Legislative Assembly on Jan.28 Kavlekar was responding to a Zero Hour mention madeContinue Reading
By Jacob Peenikaparambil Indore: The dignity of individual is the topmost universal value of the Indian Constitution, asserts Supreme Court lawyer M P Raju. Fraternity and dignity of the Individual are based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the lawyer told 270 participants of a webinar organized by Indore’Continue Reading
By I P Sarto Burdwan: The youth of a Catholic parish in West Bengal on January 26 took out a tractor rally to support the farmers’ cause. The youth of Ekpere parish under the diocese of Asansol went in procession praying and singing hymns for about 4 km on theContinue Reading
Dehradun: Shrishti Goswami, a 19-year-old girl, was designated as one-day chief minister of Uttarakhand on January 24, the National Girl Child Day. Speaking on the development, Goswami’s elated parents said, “Today we feel very proud, every daughter can achieve a milestone, we just need to support them. We want toContinue Reading
New Delhi: The eleventh round of talks between the federal government and farmers protesting the agriculture laws ended January 22 in a stalemate, as the previous ten did. The farmer leaders refused to accept the government’s latest proposal – to put the controversial laws on hold for a year-and-a-half. UnlikeContinue Reading
Vijayawada: In a distressing development for Andhra Pradesh, several Anglican schools, which did decades long yeoman service in taking free education to the most oppressed sections of the society, have shut down over the years. Even as these schools shut down one after the other, there was gross inaction andContinue Reading
Pune: A fire broke out once again at the Serum Institute of India hours after a massive blaze left five people dead on January 21 at the vaccine-maker’s Pune facility, at a building that is under construction. It is unlikely to hit the production of Covishield, the coronavirus vaccine developedContinue Reading
New Delhi: Bollywood once again has fallen into the cross hairs of India’s Hindu nationalist ruling party — and major Western streaming services like Amazon and Netflix increasingly find themselves caught in the middle. Two separate criminal complaints were filed with the police over the weekend against the makers ofContinue Reading
By: Matters India Reporter Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 20: The Privileges and Ethics Committee of the of the Kerala Legislative Assembly has recommended action against legislator P.C. George, for making derogatory remarks against a Catholic nun who has accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal of raping her. In September 2018, George had used obsceneContinue Reading
New Delhi: In a meeting with Catholic cardinal on January 19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he would not be able to help in the issue of Jesuit priest Father Stan Swamy’s incarceration at Taloja Jail in Maharashtra. “When we brought it up in the meeting, the Prime MinisterContinue Reading