By Felix Anthony Guwahati, March 4, 2020: The recent violence and pogroms across India leave us wondering if we are in a ‘controlled democracy,’ laments Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil, who recently won an award for journalism. In India has seen a steady erosion of the importance of the legislatures, both atContinue Reading
By Joanna Slater and Niha Masih New Delhi, March 4, 2020: Lying under a striped blanket, her face blank with exhaustion, Shabana Parveen described how she and her family had run for their lives. Rioters armed with rods and sticks surged into her lane in northeast Delhi last week lookingContinue Reading
New Delhi, March 4, 2020: Wired broadband internet services in the Kashmir Valley will be restored in full and access to social media websites will be permitted from March 4 evening, a senior official of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited said. However, mobile internet services will continue to be restricted, withContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Indore, March 4, 2020: A human development center in Indore, central India, celebrated its 20th anniversary on the occasion of the “International Waste Pickers’ Day.” More than 1,200 women, men, youth and children from the slums of Indore city associated with Janvikas (people’s welfare) Society, witnessedContinue Reading
Ranchi, March 3, 2020: The Church believes in an inclusive society, said Auxiliary Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas of Ranchi archdiocese. He was also the secretary-general of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI). Bishop Mascarenhas told The Telegraph, “The present chief minister (of Jharkhand) is a nice person and we are hopefulContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Moodbidre, March 3, 2020: More than 500 students of journalism colleges have pledged to promote “positive journalism” after attending a media conference on Climate Action. “Natural calamities are man-made disasters, so fighting climate change is everyone’s responsibility,” said Narottam Mishra, a media critic who opened the FebruaryContinue Reading
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
