By Matters India Reporter Patna: India has been witnessing a “great shift” in household savings from physical to financial assets, says a senior executive at a leading mutual fund investment company. The tendency to funnel savings into physical or non-financial assets—gold and real estate—was changing and an “increasing preference” forContinue Reading
Kochi: The Kerala police on October 31 arrested the Indian Catholic Forum general secretary Kennedy Karimpinkalay for allegedly threatening the nun and five others who stood with her in the rape case against former bishop of Jalandhar Franco Mulakkal. In the complaint, the victim and other nuns who supported herContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Muzaffarpur: The Bihar unit of a forum fighting human trafficking has demanded candidates for the state assembly election to pledge their support to a campaign to eradicate the social menace. The Collective Coalition against Human Trafficking (CCHT) October 30 launched “Bihar ka Sankalp” (Bihar’s oath) toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kalimpong: A retired priest of Darjeeling diocese, who contributed to Nepali liturgical music, passed away on October 29. He was 78. At the time of death, Father Leonard Tamsang was residing at Gianora Home Diocesan Home for the elderly priests, Kalimpong. He was a priest forContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna: A Jesuit college in Patna, capital of Bihar, October 29 organized a “know your candidate” event as a three-phase exercise is underway to elect the 243 members to its Legislative of the eastern Indian state. Some candidates of Digha, one of the assembly constituencies inContinue Reading
Pathanamthitta: Suffragan Metropolitan Geevarghese Mar Theodosius will take charge as the 22nd Metropolitan of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church on November 14. A decision to install the Suffragan Metropolitan, who currently holds charge of the church, as the Mar Thoma Metropolitan was made during a meeting of the episcopalContinue Reading
Vatican City: Malaysia’s first cardinal died Oct 28 at the age of 88. Cardinal Anthony Soter Fernandez died Oct. 28 at a home run by the Little Sisters of the Poor in the town of Cheras, according to a communique from the Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur. Fernandez, who served asContinue Reading
Kochi: The decision of the CPI(M)-led LDF government in Kerala to implement 10 per cent reservation in government jobs for the economically weaker section (EWS) among forward communities has created sharp divisions among the caste, religious and political organisations in the state. A crack is visible in the opposition Congress-ledContinue Reading
Bhubaneswar: To promote inter-caste marriages Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on October 27 launched a web portal that would help inter-caste couples get an incentive within 60 days of application. Launching the Sumangal portal, Patnaik also announced hike in the incentive from 100,000 rupees to 250,000 rupees. Patnaik said suchContinue Reading
Thulasendrapuram: A big banner of U.S. vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris welcomes visitors to Thulasendrapuram, a lush, green south Indian village that is praying for her Democratic Party’s victory in the Nov. 3 presidential election. The village, located about 320 km (200 miles) south of the city of Chennai, isContinue Reading
