Shillong: The Meghalaya cabinet on November 4 approved the St Xavier’s University Bill, 2020. The draft bill was brought by the education department and the same was approved by the cabinet. The bill will be placed in the autumn session of the State Assembly on November 5. Speaking to mediaContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram: The CBI has stated it was the Crime Branch that destroyed the evidence in connection with the Sister Abhaya case. CBI DYSP Devarajan, who investigated the case on destruction of evidence as per court direction, informed the court that Crime Branch officer K Samuel, who probed the case, wasContinue Reading
Bangalore: Project Vision, an NGO, is organizing the ‘Voice of the Eye’, a global speech competition, and create awareness on the donation of their eyes. The theme of the completion is “An appeal for eye donation.” The objective of this competition is to inspire people to donate their eyes andContinue Reading
Yellapura: Claretian Father George Kannanthanam, a renowned social activist, on November 3 distributed survival kits to 550 Siddis tribal families in Sahyadri Forest in Yellapura, North Karanataka. Siddis tribes are the descendants of Bantu people brought to India as slaves from Africa by the Portuguese around the 17th century. “OurContinue Reading
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Jesuit Province will offer free online programs on Pope Francis’ latest new encyclical “Fratelli Tutti” (All Brother) for two months. The virtual programs that include recollections and retreats are joint ventures for retreat houses and spirituality centers of the province, said Jesuit Prashanth D’Souza, coordinator for anContinue Reading
Itanagar: Hundreds of Christians belonging to various denominations in Arunachal Pradesh November 2 staged a sit-in to demand “justice for Tawang church.” The sloganeering protesters, under the aegis of the Arunachal Christian Forum (ACF), demanded that the government of the northeastern Indian state approve land allotment for construction of churchesContinue Reading
Lucknow: A First Information Report has been registered against Urdu poet Munawwar Rana for allegedly defending the recent killings in France over a caricature of Prophet Muhammad, police said on November 2. Rana had made the controversial comments in an interview to a news channel after three people were killedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Meloor: For Geetha Meppully, having a decent house with some basic facilities was beyond her dream or imagination. But when it became a reality, the Hindu widow’s joy knew no bounds On November 3, a three-room house was handed over to her by some Claretian priests.Continue Reading
New Delhi: Alleged members of the Hindu Sena have defaced the signage outside the India Islamic Cultural Centre police said, adding that they have registered a First Information Report on their own initiative. Deputy Commissioner of police (New Delhi) Eish Singhal said the FIR was registered at the Tughlaq RoadContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: John Dayal, a veteran journalist and leading human rights activist, has been invited in a special way to the executive committee of the Editors Guild of India. The guild was created in 1978 in the post-emergency period, to protect the freedom of the pressContinue Reading