Mumbai, March 3, 2020: As many as 14,591 farmers committed suicide in Maharashtra between October 2014 and August 2019, state Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Vijay Wadettiwar said on March 2. He also said that 1,286 farmers ended their lives in 2019 in 11 districts falling under the Nagpur and AmravatiContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 2, 2020: Caritas India, the social service wing of Catholic Bishops, will hold a National Volunteers Conference for Catholic youth for social impact at the end of March in Delhi. The March 27 to 29 events will take place at Shofar Convention CenterContinue Reading
Bathinda, March 2, 2020: Former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on March 1 expressed grave concern over the communal riots in that claimed 42 lives, saying no one could think such incidents would take place after the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Appealing all to maintain communal harmony in the country,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 1, 2020: The diocese of Faridabad on March 1 conducted special prayers in all parishes for the restoration of peace and harmony in the national capital where communal riots killed scores of people and destroyed property worth millions. A day earlier, Archbishop KuriakoseContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Moodbidre, March 1, 2020: A Bengaluru-based Church organization has released a documentary on the impact of its rehabilitation services among those affected by 2004 tsunami. The film, titled “Sumana, Tsunami’s Daughter,” was released on Feb 29 at Moodbidre, near Mangaluru, in connection with an international conference onContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, March 1, 2020: Parishes under Mangalore Catholic diocese on March 1 organizing various programs during Sunday Mass as part of the southern Indian diocese’s observation of “No suicide day.” “Suicide cases have increased in a very alarming way in the region, especially among the young peopleContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram, March 1, 2020: The Vatican has for a second time rejected the appeal of a nun who was expelled from the Franciscan Clarist Congregation on “disciplinary grounds” in Kerala. Sister Lucy Kalappura has maintained that the disciplinary action against her was initiated only because she participated in a protestContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Kolkata, February29, 2020 — What once a pair of idealistic young people started out to chase as an utopian dream today has become a movement for humanity – Selfless Love Movement in the City of Joy, Kolkata. They celebrated the movement’s entering adulthood – 18 years onContinue Reading
New Delhi, Feb 27, 2020: The federal government on February 26 night notified the transfer of Delhi High Court judge Justice S Muralidhar to Punjab and Haryana High Court. The transfere notification came just hours after Justice S Muralidhar grilled the federal government, the state government and the Delhi PoliceContinue Reading
Kochi, Feb 27, 2020: Allegations of ‘love jihad’ have surfaced again in Kerala after a 24-year-old woman lodged a complaint of sexual abuse against her former employer. The police on February 25 arrested Ali Makkar, who runs Aleena Tours and Travels in Muvattupuzha in Ernakulam district, on charges of rape.Continue Reading
