New Delhi, March 24, 2020: India has mounted the largest attempted lockdown yet in the coronavirus crisis, ordering 1.3 billion people to stay at home from midnight for three weeks to prevent a public health disaster. In a televised address on March 24 night, the prime minister, Narendra Modi, announcedContinue Reading
New Delhi, March 14, 2020: The Delhi Police on March 24 cleared the Shaheen Bagh protest site amid the coronavirus outbreak, bringing curtains down on the three-month-old agitation led by Muslim women against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act. A total of nine protesters, including six women, were detained and takenContinue Reading
Darjeeling, March 23, 2020: Darjeeling’s century-old bakery handed out free bread and bakery items to children on March 23, on the eve of West Bengal shutdown to contain coronavirus. Glenary’s Bakery and Restaurant has promised to continue to supply food to charitable organizations in the shutdown weeks ahead. Located atContinue Reading
Panaji, March 23, 2020: In a bid to curb spread of novel coronavirus or COVID-19, Goa Police on March 23 urged people not to visit places of religious worship in an appeal that said: “God resides in everyone”. “We therefore request all citizens particularly priests of all religious places toContinue Reading
Mirzapur, March 23, 2020: A 30-year-old native of West Bengal who worked as a laborer in Kerala has won 10 million rupees in lottery a week after he fled the southern Indian state hit hard by COVID-19. “I was staring at a bleak future the day I came from Kerala.Continue Reading
New Delhi, March 22, 2020: A petrol bomb was thrown on March 22 morning near a police barricade at Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh, heart of protests against Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA. Later a biker was seen throwing a crude bomb near Jamia University, about 2 km away from the protestContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Darjeeling, March 22, 2020: A community radio in the hills has come up with a novel way to instruct and entertain its listeners during the lock down and self-isolation caused by Covid 19 through radio plays on social issues. “We are holding a Radio Drama SeriesContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 21, 2020: A day after 12 people tested positive for coronavirus in Kerala, the police on March 21 filed cases against the authorities of three places of worship for conducting prayers and allowing crowds to gather in their premises despite directions not to do so, as part ofContinue Reading
Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, March 21, 2020: As the number of positive tests for coronavirus in India topped 150, members of the Missionaries of Charity – the order founded by St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta to serve the poorest of the poor – are working to keep those cared for inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporters New Delhi, March 21, 2020: Christians in India are banking on their faith as the country faces the challenge of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). Matters India spoke to some Christians across the country to know how they are trying to keep their faith amid the currentContinue Reading
