New Delhi: Amnesty International has halted its operations in India and said it had to let go of its staff after its accounts were frozen in early September as part of what it called a “witch-hunt” by the government over its adverse reports. The government, however, says the global rightsContinue Reading
Imphal: A pastor was killed and more than 20 others, including women, were injured in a violent clash between two neighboring villages over a land dispute in Manipur’s Tengnoupal district. With tensions running high, district administration has imposed curfew prohibiting people moving out of their respective homestead under section 144Continue Reading
Guwahati: A total of 225,000 people in nine districts were affected and over 10,000 hectares of crops submerged on September 27 as fresh floods hit Assam, the state disaster management authority said. Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Morigaon, Nagaon, Majuli, West Karbi Anglong, Sivasagar, Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts have been affected, the AssamContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Darjeeling: A Radio journalist working with the first community radio in the Darjeeling Hills has staked his claim and snatched a place in the India Book of Records, 28 September 2020. Program Coordinator and founder member of Radio Salesian, the first Nepali language broadcasting Community Radio inContinue Reading
New Delhi: Religious Liberty Commission of Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI) has called on the Christian community in the country to pray for Christians in a village of a central Indian state. On September 22 and 23 several villages of Kondagaon in Chhattisgarh state, Christian families were attacked, and theirContinue Reading
Pilar: The Society of Pilar on September 26 celebrated 133 years of its foundation. On the occasion, Pilar Communication Centre, launched “Pilar Divya Sanchar,” the official YouTube channel of the Society of Pilar. The channel aims to foster peace, harmony and solidarity among people of various faiths and provide aContinue Reading
Ukhrul: Tangkhul Churches on September 24 fasted and prayed for Naga unity and for peaceful settlement of the Naga political issue. Briefing the media, Remember Rimai, convener of Tangkhul Community Inter-Denomination Churches leaders and a pastor of Union Baptist Church in Ukhrul town, highlighted the main objectives of holding theContinue Reading
Simdega: Seven tribal Christians were allegedly beaten, partially tonsured and forced to chant “Jai Shri Ram” (Hail Lord Ram) in a Jharkhand village for allegedly slaughtering a cow. The September 16 incident, reported to the police the next day, came to public only on September 25 when former zilla parishadContinue Reading
Palghar: Mumbai’s neighboring district, Palghar, is grappling with the Covi-19 pandemic with a mid-September tally of more than 29,000 cases. In a bid to provide for sustainable access to food and livelihood, the Mary Help of Christians Parish in Naigoan, run by the Salesians, joined local area leaders, government institutions,Continue Reading
Kandhamal: Officials in Odisha’s Kandhamal district have removed electric cables and ropes that villagers used to cross a river in Odisha’s Kandhamal district. The officials acted after videos and photos of people precariously perched on aluminum ropes while crossing the stream went viral on social media. More than 150 peopleContinue Reading
