By Matters India Reporter Ranchi, June 1, 2020: The bishops of Ranchi have written to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren to treat public worship as essential services. Archbishop Felix Toppo and Auxiliary Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas requested the chief minister to request the federal government the church’s proposal to resume publicContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Chennai, June 1, 2020: Father Pascal Petrus of Archdiocese of Madras-Mylapore is the first death of a priest from coronavirus in Tamil Nadu. He was 70. Father Petrus, the parish priest of Choolai, died at 7 pm on May 30 in Tamil Nadu Government Multi-Super-Specialty Hospital,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Indore, June 1, 2020: All Christian denominations in India came together to pray for their nation on May 31, the feast of Pentecost. Members of various churches all over India met in churches, homes and wherever they were for the ‘Prayer of Hope’ during the coronavirusContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, May 31, 2020: The Right to Food (RTF) Campaign India plans to observe June 1 as “the National Day of Mourning” in memory of those who lost their lives because of reasons linked to the lockdown. Representatives of the campaign from Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Jharkhand, OdishaContinue Reading
Mumbai, May 29, 2020: The situation generated by Covid-19 in India remains worrying. The country is currently in tenth place worldwide for infections, with over 158,000 cases recorded, but there are fears that it can quickly climb this sad ranking to second place, after the United States. Many internal IndianContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Pondicherry, May 29, 2020: The Pondicherry government has intervened to arrange train for 30 students stranded in the south to return to their native places in Jharkhand. The students, including five women, were studying at Christ Institute of Technology at Ramanathapuram Revenue village in Pondicherry whenContinue Reading
New Delhi, May 28, 2020: The Supreme Court on May 28 ordered states to provide free food and shelter to lakhs of migrant workers stranded in various parts of the country due to COVID-19 lockdown. A three-judge Bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan also ordered that no fare either byContinue Reading
Panaji, May 27, 2020:The coronavirus crisis and the need to maintain social distancing has forced people in Goa to postpone their wedding ceremonies, which has also affected businesses of photographers, caterers and owners of marriage halls in the state. April and May is considered as the peak season for ChristianContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mangaluru, May 28, 2020: A Mangaluru-based NGO that promotes ecological and mental health has launched an online counseling platform with therapists and counselors spread all over India. The online portal, “AutumnMind.com,” an initiative of the Ecolink Institute of Well-being of Mangaluru, was opened on May 27Continue Reading
New Delhi, May 28, 2020: The current lockdown enforced due to Covid-19 pandemic is conveniently being used by the government to crush dissent, said the student leaders and activists during an online press conference over Zoom. The online presser was organized by student leaders to condemn the witch-hunt of activistsContinue Reading
