Ahmadabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has said that his government has applied for a patent to change the nomenclature of dragon fruit to ‘Kamalam.’. According to the chief minister, the word dragon for the fruit sounded inappropriate and so the Gujarat government had decided for the fruit to beContinue Reading
Dimapur: A church organization in Nagaland has asked people not to believe in the “prophecy” of a prayer center that the Covid-19 vaccines are “not the will of God.” “The Covid-19 mass vaccination… is not the will of God, for which all believers are told not to take it,” saidContinue Reading
Surat: At least fifteen people were killed after a truck ran over them in Kosamba city in Surat, Gujarat, ANI reported on January 19. “All the deceased are laborers and they hail from Rajasthan,” the news agency reported quoting police. Six others were also injured in the incident. They areContinue Reading
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on January 19 agreed to hear the appeal moved by Father Thomas Kottoor challenging the trial court verdict convicting him for the murder of Sister Abhaya. A Division Bench of Justices K Vinod Chandran and M R Anitha admitted Father Kottoor’s appeal. In his appeal,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai: Cardinal Oswald Gracias, head of the Catholic Church in India, on January 19 condoled the death of an Italian missionary nun who served the country for more than seven decades. Mother Giovanna Saveria Alberoni, former superior general of the Ursulines of Mary Immaculate congregation whoContinue Reading
By Omar Rashid Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Police have so far registered 17 cases under an ordinance to prohibit unlawful religious conversions promulgated in November 2020. As many as 14 cases registered under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020, relate to inter-personal relationships, marriages andContinue Reading
New Delhi: Women in more than 300 districts on January 18 asserted their rights as Indian farmers on Mahila Kisan Diwas. All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC) that organized the program highlighted that 75 percent of all agricultural work is done by women and that the three controversial farmContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi: The Kerala-based Syro-Malabar Church has urged the federal government to grant “the just demands” of farmers who have been protesting on the borders of the national capital for weeks. A statement from the Church’s media commission on January 17 noted that the farmers are protestingContinue Reading
Jamshedpur : Loyola School, Jamshedpur kicked off its platinum jubilee celebrations on its premises in Beldih on Jan 15 by conducting a small event, involving teachers, Jesuits, and members of the school’s alumni association. Although the school has a lot of plans for its platinum jubilee year, the celebrations willContinue Reading
Mumbai: Around 10,000 people marched towards Azad Maidan in Mumbai on January 16 in support of India’s farmers battling the three agriculture laws forcibly passed by the federal government. The farmers’ supporters walked from Islam Gym to the protest point at the call of a coalition of people’s and peasant’sContinue Reading