Ranchi, July 26, 2020: Non-Christian Adivasis in Jharkhand, who worship Nature and are opposed to idol worship, seem upset at attempts by Hindu radical groups to collect soil from ‘Sarna Sthal’ for offerings at the proposed Ram Temple in Ayodhya on August 5. Following a meeting on July 24 ofContinue Reading
Thiruvalla, July 26, 2020: A Syro-Malankara archdiocese has allowed the district administration to use several of its institutions as Covid care centers as coronavirus infection continues to rattle the southern Indian state of Kerala. Archbishop Thomas Mar Koorilos of Thiruvalla says the archdiocese has allowed the administration of Pathanamthitta districtContinue Reading
By: Matters India Reporter Kozhikode, July 26, 2020: Police in Kerala have registered a case against Bishop Remigiose Inchananiyil of Thamarassery for breaking coronavirus restrictions. The Syro-Malabar prelate is among 40 people charged by the police for participating in a protest at the Forest Range Office in Thamarassery, near Kozhikode,Continue Reading
Dr George Jacob Kochi, July 25, 2020: The world has been at the mercy of SARS CoV-2 since late December 2019. Originating in the wet markets of China’s Wuhan through an inter-species transfer from bat to man, the virus managed to escape from its cage and become at its destructiveContinue Reading
Patna, July 25, 2020: Floods in Bihar claimed at least 18 lives and affected nearly 1 million people until July 24 in the northern parts of the eastern Indian state. Heavy rainfalls caused the rivers to swell, leading to breach in embankments at more than one place. The state governmentContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Thane, July 25, 2020: The Order of Preachers, or Dominicans, on July 25 lost its first member in India to Covid-19. “With deep regret I inform you that Father Simplicious (Khess) had a massive heart attack a short while ago. All attempts to resuscitate him haveContinue Reading
Kochi, July 24, 2020: Anujith, the 27-year-old man from Kerala, who had once saved the lives of hundreds of people by averting a rail accident, died in a bike accident on July 14. Even after his death, Anujith has displayed his heroics by pledging his organs for others. According toContinue Reading
Khunti, July 24, 2020: A young woman, constantly harassed for her Christian faith, has been murdered by unknown assailants in Redhadi, a village in the Khunti district of Jharkhand, eastern India. Suman Munda, a 25-year-old Christian, was discovered dead in a deserted place near her home on July 19 afterContinue Reading
By Ranjita Minj Ranchi, July 24, 2020: On July 26, the Daughters of St. Anne (DSA), the first indigenous women congregation in Jharkhand, will mark its 124th foundation day. The trailblazer behind the congregation was founder Mother Mary Bernadette Prasad Kispotta, the first tribal woman declared as the Servant ofContinue Reading
Kokrajhar, July 24, 2020: Driven by extreme poverty and lack of work during the Covid-19 crisis, a migrant laborer in Assam sold his 15-day-old daughter, but police rescued the baby, officials said on July 24. The man and two women have been arrested on the charge of human trafficking. DipakContinue Reading