By Purushottam Nayak Mohana, August 11, 2020: Christians groups in India have demanded the federal government to grant Scheduled Castes status for Christians and Muslims of Dalit origin. Bishop Sarat Chandra Nayak of Berhampur, an Indian Church official, says Dalit from the two communities observe August 10 as a “DayContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhopal, August 11, 2020: A Bhopal-based Christian federation has approached the Madhya Pradesh government for permission to conduct Sunday worship. The Rashtriya Isai Maha Sangh (National Christian Federation) launched a campaign to get support from the government authorities, its spokesperson Richard James said in a pressContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Siliguri, Aug 10, 2020: The social service center of Bagdogra diocese in West Bengal has been engaged on creating awareness on Covid-19 in Siliguri Sub-division ever since the India went into a lockdown to contain the coronavirus pandemic. “Our focus has been on educating villagers andContinue Reading
Mumbai, August 10, 2020: On a day when Mumbai was battling torrential rain, the highest in four decades, Kanta Murti Kalan stood for hours near an open manhole, on a waterlogged road, in Matunga. The 50-year-old woman was alerting people so that no one falls into the manhole. She wasContinue Reading
By Venzy Viegas Kolkata, Augt 10, 2020: Stella Maris-India (Apostleship of the Sea) has launched its Website and social media services for seafarers. The new Website — https://www.aosindiastellamaris.com — is aligned with a video message of Pope Francis containing his prayer intention released for August. The Pope invited prayers forContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, Aug 10, 2020: India’s leading philanthropists have come together to introduce a collaborative to ensure safety, security, and mobility for vulnerable migrant families across the country. The Migrants Resilience Collaborative (MRC) aims to reach out to more than 10 million migrant workers and their familiesContinue Reading
By Shalini Lobo Kozhikode, Aug 9, 2020: A church in Kerala’s Kozhikode district has been turned into a temporary relief camp after hundreds of people, mostly tribals, sought refuge there following a landslide in the hills of Kakkayam. The August 7 landslide destroyed a portion of the road, the onlyContinue Reading
Sikar. Aug 9, 2020: A 52-year-old auto-rickshaw driver was beaten up after he refused to chant “Modi zindabad” and “Jai Shri Ram” (Hail Lord Ram) in Rajasthan’s Sikar, the police said August 8. The two men who attacked him also pulled his beard and asked him to “go to Pakistan.”Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar, Aug 8, 2020: The Covid-19 pandemic has seriously affected people’s mental health requiring medical and psychological help, says a Catholic priest engaged in counseling. “The psychological impact of Covid-19 has begun to show now after the physical side effects such as deaths,” says Pandemic impactContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Darjeeling, August 8, 2020:A community radio from Darjeeling hills has been selected to collaborate with the Indian government’s department of Science and Technology to draft a nationwide policy. Radio Salesian is among 25 Community Radio Stations across India involved in the grassroots level consultation under theContinue Reading