New Delhi, March 6, 2020: Non-governmental organizations supporting public causes through recognized means of protest and dissent cannot be deprived of funds from foreign contributors and sources, the Supreme Court said on March 6 in a potentially key verdict. The top court said organizations that did not have a politicalContinue Reading
Bengaluru, March 6, 2020: All the accused in a case of sedition filed over a school play in Karnataka’s Bidar have been granted anticipatory bail by a court that said the case lacked enough basis. The play, themed on protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), “has not caused anyContinue Reading
By I P Sarto Burdwan, March 6, 2020: The social arm of Asansol diocese in West Bengal state has started a center to care for the special need children. The center named “Roshini” (light) was opened on March 4 at Ekpere, a village about 140 km northwest of Kolkata, theContinue Reading
Lucknow, March 6, 2020: The Uttar Pradesh government has put up hoardings in prominent intersections in state capital Lucknow, with names, addresses and photos of some of those accused of violence during protests against the citizenship law in Lucknow in December last year. The people named on the hoardings haveContinue Reading
By Maria Stephen Bhopal, March 5, 2020: More than 300 farmers and their organizations from 17 states who attended a Church-initiated conference have urged the Indian government to encourage organic farming and set up more seed banks. “The future of good farming has to be environment friendly,” asserted the MarchContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Partoma, March 5, 2020: More than 35,000 people who on March 5 attended a Marian festival in a village under Kandhamal district of Odisha prayed for the victims of the recent sectarian violence in the national capital. “The victims of the Delhi riot are suffering like whatContinue Reading
Bharuch, March 5, 2020: Vijay Kumar, a resident of the Tamil Nadu, has sought help from his friend Abdulkhuda Mohd Hanif Shaikh to build a temple. Shaikh, also from Tamil Nadu’s Paraipatti village, has been living in Gujarat’s Baruch for a decade. He has collected 300,000 rupees from his friendsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Secunderabad, March 6, 2020: The Federation of Telugu Churches (FTC) has rejected the Amendment Act (CAA), National Registry of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR). FTC also urged the federal and state governments across the country to scrap CAA, NRC, and NPR. “While we rejectContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 5, 2020: The leaders of more than 4,000 Jesuits in India have demanded immediate withdrawal of controversial moves on a process to determine citizenship in the country and called for initiating dialogue with all concerned. Attempts to appropriate “nationhood and religion” for majoritarianism,Continue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, March 5, 2020: Hundreds of Dalits, Tribals, Muslims and Christians from various parts of India gathered in New Delhi to protest against the implementation the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the National Population Register (NPR). The March 4Continue Reading
