By Nilashish Chaudhary New Delhi, Sept 15, 2020: A Public Interest Litigation filed in the Delhi High Court has sought a declaration recognizing the right of same-sex couples to get married under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. The petition filed on behalf of activists and members of the LGBTQ communityContinue Reading
By Sanya Talwar New Delhi, Sept 15 2020: The Supreme Court on September 15 restrained a rightwing television channel until further orders from telecasting the remaining episodes of a controversial show. The bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud, Indu Malhotra and K M Joseph was hearing a petition filed againstContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, Sept 14, 2020: A renowned moral theologian and a priest of the Archdiocese of Calcutta died September 14. Father Mervyn Carapiet died suddenly, said condolence message from the Archdiocese of Calcutta. He was 87. Father Carapiet, a preacher, teacher and writer par excellence, was servingContinue Reading
Aizawl, Sept 14, 2020: Amid the shortage of hospitals in Aizawl, two local Presbyterian churches and a Young Mizo Association (YMA) branch have come to the help of the government in offering their halls to be used as COVID-19 care centres (CCC) where the infected people will be treated. RulingContinue Reading
Vasco, Sept 13, 2020: A parish in Goa has urged the state government to return a lake it had given to a municipal corporation for beautification. “The Vaddem Lake belongs to the Church,” says Father Gabriel Coutinho, parish priest of St Andrew’s Church of Vasco. In a letter sent onContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Jaipur, Sept 13, 2020: A mob of religious fanatics has threatened a Christian pastor in in the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan, Persecution Relief reported September 13. According to the inter-denominational organization dedicated to helping the Church in India, the mob on September 11 gathered outsideContinue Reading
By O Najiya Kannur, Sept 13, 2020: A nine-year-old orphan girl was allegedly raped by her teacher in Kannur, the northern district Kerala. The girl, a fourth grader, was allegedly raped by her teacher Padmarajan, who also happened to be a local leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party. A caseContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna, Sept 12, 2020: A Jesuit college in Patna, Bihar, has organized a webinar to help students and others tackle distractions during the coronavirus pandemic. “Covid-19 pandemic is making disruptions the new normal,” said Anant Kasibhatla, memory coach and a Limca Book of Record holder, wileContinue Reading
New Delhi, Sept 12, 2020: M Nageswara Rao, a former interim chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation, has stirred up a hornet’s nest with his tweet that called Swami Agnivesh’s death as “good riddance.” Agnivesh, an Arya Samaj leader who championed the rights of bonded laborers, died September 11Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhadravathi, September 11, 2020: The vicar general of Bhadravathi diocese in Karnataka state died of heart attack, four days after he tested negative for Covid-19. He was 54. Father Kuriakose (Shaji) Mundaplackal, a priest of Tellicherry archdiocese, was admitted in Muller Medical College Hospital Mangaluru onContinue Reading
