By Matters India Reporter Hyderabad: Civil society has come out in large numbers to help people affected by floods in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad. “The rains have caused massive devastation and great suffering to the people in Hyderabad,” says Father Varghese Theckanath, director of the Montfort Social InstituteContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai: Bhanu Rajopadhye Athaiya, a colossus of costume design who became India’s first Oscar winner for her work in Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi (1982), died October 15 in Mumbai. She was 91. Her daughter Radhika Gupta said Athayiya died in her sleep. “In 2012, she was diagnosedContinue Reading
Guwahati: Assam’s education minister says the government money cannot be used to teach Quran in madarsas, Islamic schools. “In my opinion, teaching Quran can’t happen at the cost of government money, if we have to do so then we should also teach both the Bible and Bhagavad Gita. So, weContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Darjeeling: Radio Salesian 90.8 FM will start broadcasting one hour radio program in Lepcha language from October 24. The program is prepared by three Lepcha radio journalists who have just undergone one month of intense training with Radio Salesian. The formal launch is scheduled at 10Continue Reading
Shillong: A legislator in Meghalaya belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his intervention for the release of Jesuit Father Stan Swamy now lodged in a Mumbai jail for alleged Maoist links. Sanbor Shullai, who presents South Shillong constituency in the northeastern state’sContinue Reading
New Delhi: A group of Catholic nuns along with 20 orphans was among those rescued as flood waters ravaged the southern Indian city of Hyderabad. “A community of Sisters of Navajeevan Vikas with 20 orphan children was stranded without food and water. Just managed to reached them now,” Brother VargheseContinue Reading
Lucknow: The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has barred officials from giving public statements on the Hathras gangrape and murder case if they are not directly connected with the investigation. The court said that the restraint order was necessary to avoid “unnecessary speculation and confusion among the masses,Continue Reading
Secunderabad: Father Mathew Abraham, director-general of the Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI), has been reappointed to his current post. The current term of the present CHAI Director-General, Father Abraham, a Redemptorist priest, is due to end in April 2021. Based on the officially prescribed internal processes, the CHAI NationalContinue Reading
Chennai: Indian activists and politicians in Goa are opposing a plan by the federal government to turn the southwestern state known globally for its pristine coastline and dense forests into a coal transportation hub. Locals and activists protested against three infrastructure projects – the expansion of a highway, railway andContinue Reading
Jamshedpur: A young Adivasi activist from Jharkhand wants climate education introduced in school curriculum. “Our core belief is that every young person is a powerhouse of change and if it is well exploited by providing opportunities it can radically revolutionise the entire planet,” Ashish Birulee made this call at aContinue Reading