Shillong: Veteran journalist Patricia Mukhim, the editor of The Shillong Times, has resigned from the Editors Guild of India, alleging that the top journalists’ body “defends” only celebrity journalists. In her resignation letter, copy of which is available with NDTV, Mukhim, a Padma Shri awardee, gave the example of howContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter [Note from the Editors: An earlier version of the report has wrongly identified the bishop. The error is deeply regretted.] Kochi: A Catholic bishop has reportedly regretted attending a marriage between a Catholic woman and a Muslim man inside a church. “I attended the mixed marriageContinue Reading
Jawhar (Maharashtra): The Don Bosco Development Society (DBDS), an NGO, is to train tribal youth residing in the forests and hills of different villages in the Jawhar block of Palghar district of Maharashtra, Western India. DBDS has undertaken the new project in collaboration with Bosco Samajik Vikas Sanstha, another NGO,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: A progressive Hindu group has expressed dismay and sadness over the arrest of a group of interfaith activists by the Uttar Pradesh police. “Faisal Khan has been working tirelessly over years for the cause of inter-religion peace and harmony,” says a statement from theContinue Reading
Gwalior: A police officer who had gone missing 15 years ago in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh was accidentally found by two colleagues on a footpath Gwalior. Suffering from mental derangement, he was found, in a completely disheveled state, shivering with cold. Deputy Superintendents of Police Ratnesh SinghContinue Reading
Mumbai: Temples and other places of worship will reopen in Maharashtra from November 16, the western state government has said, listing coronavirus safety measures such as masks, sanitizers and temperature checks that they will have to follow. Religious places have been closed in Maharashtra and other states since March butContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru: A couple working as bonded laborers in Bangapete was released after 25 years. Thanks to the persistent efforts of “Jeevika” (livelihood), a Bengaluru-based NGO that focuses on ending bonded labor in India. In 2003, Jeevika organization identified the couple–Krishnappa (66) and Rukkamma (53) working asContinue Reading
By George Cheriyan Tiruvalla: The Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church will install its new supreme head November 14 in a ceremony at the Church headquarters at Tiruvalla, Kerala. Bishop Geevarghese Mar Theodosius, who is currently the Church’s Suffrafan Metropolitan (second in command), will become the 22nd Mar Thoma Metropolitan toContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis on November 12 promoted and transferred Bishop Raphy Manjaly of Allahabad as the archbishop of Agra, the mother diocese of the Church in northern India. He succeeds Archbishop Albert D’Souza, who has headed the Agra Archdiocese since 2007. Archbishop D’Souza last year turned 75, the canonicalContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Darjeeling: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has lauded a Salesian priest’s book on the history of the Catholic Church in Tibet. “His Holiness was very interested to know the history of the missionaries to Tibet and the hazardous journeys and experiences they endured crossing theContinue Reading