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
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, September 11, 2020: A priest from the Archdiocese of Bombay has been felicitated by the Governor of Maharashtra for his service during the coronavirus pandemic. Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari honored Father Fitzgerald Fernandes at Raj Bhavan at the Covid Warriors Ceremony on September 11. HeContinue Reading
By Lidwin Fernandes Mysuru, September 11, 2020: An Ursuline Franciscan nun has been appointed by Mysuru District Legal Service Authority as panel advocate for free legal aid clinic. Sister Jenifer Pinto of the congregation’s of Mysuru Province will provide as a free legal advisor in the Taluk office at Mysuru,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhopal, Sept 11, 2020: The future of India looks grim as Facebook is being widely used to inject hatred and spread communal violence within the country, alleges Shibu Thomas, founder director of Persecution Relief, an inter-denominational organization dedicated to helping the Church in India. In aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ahmednagar (Maharashtra), September 11, 2020: A Salesian NGO has built a new check-dam at Ujjani-Pimpalgaon in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, Western India to address the agrarian distress of farmers. The Don Bosco Development Society (DBDS) through its implementing partner, Bosco Gramin Vikas Kendra (BGVK) is currently implementing theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Peratta, September 10, 2020: Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Tellicherry Social Service Society (TSSS), a social work wing of the Archdiocese of Tellicherry, continues to build houses for the poor in Kannur and Kasargod districts of Kerala. On September 9, a new house built by TSSS wasContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Varanasi, Sept 9, 2020: Two Dalit right activists from Varanasi are among 30 selected for awards for promoting Dalit rights. Ang Madad Foundation, a NGO based in Bhagalpur, Bihar, September 8 announced the awards to be given at the end of September. Lenin Raghuvanshi and ShrutiContinue Reading
