Lucknow, June 18, 2020: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is planning to make available the locally-made Gauri-Ganesh idols in the markets in place of the Chinese-made on the occasion of Diwali this year. To realise the Chief Minister’s wish, the state’s Mati Kala Board has started working. Sculptors fromContinue Reading
Valaur, June 18, 2020: Pastor Ramesh Jebaraj says he forgives the arsonists who destroyed his church in Tamil Nadu State, southern India. “We don’t suspect anyone in particular. People of all faiths come here to pray. Someone may have done it out of jealousy, but we forgive them” Pastor RealContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Malkangiri, June 17, 2020: A peaceful rally of Christians in Odisha’s Malkangiri on June 16 demanded justice for a teenage boy hacked to death two weeks ago. Suspected religious fundamentalists on June 4 killed Samaru Madkami in Kenduguda, a village in Malkangiri district. More than 350 peopleContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, June 17, 2020: The Mumbai-based Association of Concerned Catholics has expressed anguish at the alleged refusal of Catholic priests to perform funeral rites for Covid-19 victims. “It is very sad that priests refuse to conduct funerals despite the fact burying the dead is one ofContinue Reading
Kochi, June 17. 2020: The Roman Catholic church recommends continuing the pious practice of burying the dead but an archdiocese in Kerala has allowed the parishes facing shortage of land to cremate the deceased infected by coronavirus. In a circular issued to parishes under it, Thrissur archdiocese of the Syro-MalabarContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, June 16, 2020: More than 50 activists have condemned the Delhi police holding a renowned civil rights defender as responsible for the recent communal riots in the national capital. In a solidarity statement, the activists accused the federal government of selectively targeting Harsh ManderContinue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, June 16, 2020: Burglars struck twice a Syro Malabar church in Delhi during the nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus pandemic. “This is the second time since the lockdown began that miscreants entered the church and took away the valuables,” Father Nobi Kalachira,Continue Reading
New Delhi, June 16, 2020: At least 20 Indian soldiers have died after a “violent face-off” with Chinese troops along the countries’ de facto border in the Himalayas late June 15, the Indian army has said. The incident occurred during a “deescalation process” underway in the Galwan Valley in theContinue Reading
New Delhi, June 16, 2020: The Delhi High Court has designated four special courts for holding trials in the cases relating to the violence and clashes that broke out in the north east district of the national capital in February this year. The high court has created two magistrate courtsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, June 16, 2020: The Kerala government on June 16 opposed a petition that Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar filed in the state High Court to get a rape case against him dismissed. The government told the southern Indian state’s apex court that the prosecution hasContinue Reading