New Delhi, Aug 24, 2020: Activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan on August 24 refused to offer an apology to the Supreme Court for his two tweets against the judiciary saying what he expressed represented his bona fide belief which he continues to hold. An insincere apology would amount to the contempt ofContinue Reading
Varanasi, Aug 24, 2020: A 21-year-old Covid patient has died after jumping out of the fourth floor of a hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi. This was hours before he made a similar attempt to kill himself on August 23. At that time other patients intervened to prevent him from jumpingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, Aug 23, 2020: A Kolkata artist has come up with a new genre song dedicated to Mother Teresa of Calcutta to mark the saint’s 110th birth anniversary on August 26.. The new genre is called Folktronica – a type of music comprising various elements ofContinue Reading
New Delhi, Aug 23, 2020: Bloomsbury India has withdrawn the publication of a book on the 2020 Delhi riots following online uproar. “In view of very recent events including a virtual pre-publication launch organized without our knowledge by the authors, with participation by parties of whom the publishers would notContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug. 23, 2020: A young Dr Ashley Franclin, mother of a two-year-old child, is among the first batch of experts being trained as part of the recently formed ‘Covid Brigade’ to help Kerala tackle an anticipated coronavirus surge from next month, when, according to officials, up to 10,000 freshContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Bhubaneswar, August 22, 2020: A consortium of civil society groups in India has called for support to a two-week program to remember the victims and survivors of anti-Christian violence in Kandhamal, Odisha, 12 years ago. “Barely eight days after the celebration of Independence Day, India witnessed theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ranchi, August 22, 2020: The Roman Catholic Church’s medical college and hospital in Ranchi is at the frontline to serve coronavirus patients. The Constant Lievens Hospital and Research Centre (CLHRC) at Mandar, 30 km south of Ranchi, capital of the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, hasContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Aug 22, 2020: A neo-Christian group in New Delhi on August 21 launched a project to supply free oxygen to the poor and needy suffering from Covid-19. The Fellowship of Bethesda Christian Church, the main organization behind the initiative, collaborates with Bethesda Christian TrustContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Chhota Udaipur, Aug 21, 2020: The Don Bosco Development Society (DBDS), an NGO, has reached out 172,955 poor in western India, since April. Salesian Father Rolvin D’Mello, executive director of DBDS, told Matters India that they have joined several other NGOs and civil society groups toContinue Reading
Kohima, August 21,2020: Against the backdrop of rising concerns regarding a certain ‘Church of Almighty God’ or Lightning cult from China, the Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) has issued a cautionary notice on August 20. A statement from Rev Dr Zelhou Keyho, General Secretary NBCC stated that a cult, calledContinue Reading
