By Matters India Reporter Hyderabad, Sept 7, 2020: Revival of grant-in-aid to Christian minority schools, land for cemeteries and stringent action against those attacking Christians are in an eight-point charter of demands that the Telangana State People’s Assembly on September 7 submitted to opposition parties in the southern Indian state.Continue Reading
New Delhi, Sept 7, 2020: With 96.2 percent literacy rate, Kerala became India’s most literate state, according to the latest figures released by the National Statistical Office. Delhi came in second with 89 percent literacy rate. Uttarakhand with 87.6 percent and Assam with 85.9 percent are placed in third andContinue Reading
By Vijaita Singh New Delhi, Sept 7, 2020: India’s Home Ministry has suspended this year the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) licenses of six NGOs, four of them Christians. An FCRA license is mandatory for a non-profit organization to receive funds from overseas. At least two U.S.-based Christian donors areContinue Reading
By Manju Devarapalli Hyderabad, Sept 7, 2020: A Capuchin seminary in Andhra Pradesh organized a seminar on the Indian Constitution to mark the death anniversary of Gauri Lankesh, a journalist who promoted secular values and liberal thinking. “The future priests should not be confined to the theology in theory butContinue Reading
Mumbai, Sept 6, 2020: More than 400 groups of artists, workers, activists and individuals from different backgrounds have come together to form a single united front for voices of dissent. Voices for dissent echoed from different parts of India as the ‘Hum Agar Uthe Nahin Toh’ (If We Do NotContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar, Sept 5, 2020: The death of eight migrant laborers in a road accident in central India on September 5 highlights the plight of the vulnerable group that has suffered the most in the lockdown, says an activist nun. “I am shocked at the accidental deathContinue Reading
Hyderabad, Sept. 5, 2020: The new secretariat complex to be built by the Telangana government in place of the recently demolished old structures in front of the picturesque Hussainsagar lake in Hyderabad will reflect religious harmony. Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Sept 5 announced that the new secretariatContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Sept 5, 2020: A church building was demolished at the dead of night by religious fanatics on September 2 in the southern Indian state of Telangana. The attack is the aftermath of a police complaint made against the fanatics who have been harassing theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Chennai, Sept 5, 2020: Discrimination against Dalit Christians in the church must end, says Dalit Christian Activist. “The Cross that the Dalit Christians carry following the commands of Jesus is made up of Iron. For that reason, we continue to face discrimination, while the Catholic ChurchContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Sept 5, 2020: The Catholic Church has deliberately sidelined Dalit priests for the appointment of bishops and other major posts, an online conference has alleged. Suitable Dalit priests are purposefully discriminated in the process of selecting bishops in the Catholic Church, says a press releaseContinue Reading
