By Mythreyee Ramesh Lucknow, Aug 20, 2020: At least 351 women employees of the ‘181’ helpline, run by the Uttar Pradesh government, have launched an indefinite protest in Lucknow against the non-payment of their salaries since July 2019. The previous government led by Akhilesh Yadav in 2016 started ‘181’ women’sContinue Reading
New Delhi, Aug 20, 2020: Several civil society groups and individuals have come together to express solidarity with Prashant Bhushan, a senior advocate and civil rights activist who was convicted for contempt of court. The Supreme Court on August 20 gave the 63-year-old Delhi-based lawyer three days “to reconsider” hisContinue Reading
New Delhi, August 20, 2020: For the fourth time in a row, Indore has been adjudged India’s cleanest city in the government’s cleanliness survey announced on August 20. The second and third positions in the category were won by Surat and Navi Mumbai respectively. Chhattisgarh has won the cleanest stateContinue Reading
By Vallari Sanzgiri Ranchi, Aug 20, 2020: A 30-year-old woman became the 12th woman to be killed after being branded as a witch this year in Jharkhand, eastern India. Geeta Devi was attacked by her relative Munshi Mahto along withsome 15 villagers on August 17 when she reached her in-law’sContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, Aug 19, 2020: Cardinal Oswald Gracias has cautioned the priests of his Bombay archdiocese to not let their guard down as they have resumed pastoral activities as the administration has relaxed lockdown norms. The cardinal’s caution came in the wake of some priests succumbing toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, Aug 19, 2020: As the number of coronavirus cases spike in the country, St. John’s Medical College, has now a special unit for treating Covid-19 patients. Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore on August 17 blessed and inaugurated the newly constructed and fully-equipped center that functionsContinue Reading
Jaipur, Aug. 19, 2020: As heavy rain washed away low-lying shanties and submerged cars in Jaipur August 14, the staff at the historic Albert Hall museum was busy in a different rescue operation. As water started filling the museum, housekeeping officials and guards hopped the stairs to the museum’s basementContinue Reading
By Jeffrey Gettleman and Suhasini Raj Chennai, Aug. 18, 2020: One of Senator Kamala Harris’s brightest childhood memories was walking down the beach hand in hand with her Indian grandfather. Her grandfather, P.V. Gopalan, had served for decades in the Indian government, and his ritual, nearly every morning, was toContinue Reading
Kolkata, Aug 17, 2020: A nonagenarian Salesian priest has beaten Covid to go back home from hospital. Father Peter Vincent Lourdes, 94, even hoisted the Tricolour on August 15, the Independence Day, before leaving the hospital. Father Lourdes was diagnosed with Covid-19 in July-end. He was put in home isolationContinue Reading
Mumbai, Aug 17, 2020: The Maharashtra government has honored a Divine Word priest for exceptional service to nation-building. The western Indian state’s Disaster Management Department conferred the ‘Corona Warrior’ Award on Father Richard Quadros, director of Sarva Vikas Deep, a social service center at Mangaon in Raigad district on AugustContinue Reading