By Matters India Reporter Ranchi: The Catholic Archdiocese of Ranchi has urged its faithful to go for sober and modest celebration of Christmas in view of the difficulties posed by Covid-19 and lockdowns. “This year has been a difficult year marked by challenges, difficulties and suffering. COVID 19 and theContinue Reading
By Michael Howie Wight: British national is suffering from blindness and paralysis in a hospital in Rajasthan after being bitten by a snake while battling coronavirus, his family have said. Ian Jones was in intensive care on November 20 after being bitten by a black king cobra in a villageContinue Reading
Prayagraj: Seven people died and at least 15 are admitted to a hospital after consuming toxic liquor in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered action against those responsible under the stringent Gangster Act. The tragedy took place on Friday in Amilia village. Locals sayContinue Reading
Pratapgarh: Fourteen people, including seven children, died when their car collided with a stationary truck on the Lucknow-Allahabad highway, around 70 km from Pratapgarh district headquarters, an official said November 20. The accident took place the previous night when the victims were returning from a wedding function in the NawabganjContinue Reading
Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that marriage between first cousins is illegal. The court said that marriage which the petitioner (man) wants to perform with a girl, who is his first cousin, was also per se illegal. “The submission in the present petition that as andContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: The Church in India has bid farewell to Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Giambattista Diquattro who has been transferred to Brazil. The farewell was arranged through a virtual session, attended by 120 bishops from across the country. Archbishop Diquattro has spent almost four years of diplomaticContinue Reading
Bhopal: The BJP government in Madhya Pradesh government has decided to set up a “gau (cow) cabinet” for the protection and promotion of the cow, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced. “It has been decided to constitute a ‘gau cabinet’ for the protection and fostering of godhan (cow andContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai: Father Stan Swamy, who is in a Mumbai jail for more than one month, has sought prayers for a fellow prisoner who has become seriously ill. “Varavara Rao is very sick. Kindly, pray for him,” the octogenarian Jesuit told confrere over phone. Rao, an activist,Continue Reading
New Delhi: A disability rights group has written to the National Human Rights Commission chairperson demanding that the ailing and elderly Fr Stan Swamy, who is lodged in a Maharashtra jail over alleged Maoist links, be given the treatment and facilities he needs to survive. In the letter to NHRCContinue Reading
Kohima: A peaceful demonstration to protest the alleged false implication and jailing of the 83-year old social activist and Jesuit priest Rev Fr Stan Swamy SJ was held in Kohima on November 17. Updates from the organizers informed that the demonstration began with a prayer led by Rev Fr RichardContinue Reading