Thiruvanathapuram, Feb. 22. 2020: A day after the second complaint of sexual harassment against the deposed bishop of Jalandhar, Franco Mullakal, surfaced, Kerala nuns fighting for justice for the first complainant asked church authorities not to shield him and take action against him under the Canon law. The statement ofContinue Reading
New Delhi, Feb 22, 2020: A road in Shaheen Bagh in the national capital was reopened on February 22, some 70 days blocked it was blocked amid protests against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Shaheen Bagh in south Delhi has been the epicenter of anti-CAA protests in Delhi since mid-December followingContinue Reading
By I P Sarto Burdwan, Feb. 22, 2020: More than 100 lay leaders from Asansol diocese in West Bengal state on February 22 decided not to show any record if asked for data collection in connection with the National Register of Citizens (NRC). The lay leader along with 25 priestsContinue Reading
New Delhi, Feb 21, 2020: Most protesters at Shaheen Bagh have told the interlocutors that the Supreme Court should first decide on their demand for repealing the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Supreme Court lawyers Sanjay Hegde and Sadhna Ramachandran spoke to the women for the second day on February 20Continue Reading
Kolkata, Feb 21, 2020: A speaker told the women protesting the new citizenship regime at Kolkata’s Park Circus Maidan that she was “ashamed” that members of a community were having to endure such pain to demand the rights of a citizen. Theatre director-actor Rasika Agashe, who is married to filmContinue Reading
Khurda, Feb 21, 2020: On the occasion of Maha Shivratri, famous miniature artist L Eswar Rao crafted a miniature model of ‘Shiva Linga’ on a pencil nib and on the stone inside a small bottle. Rao is a native of Jatni village in Khurda district, some 20 km northwest ofContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb. 21, 2020: Another nun from Kerala on Feb. 21 accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal of sexual harassment, a day before a court in Kottayam is slated to hear his petition to be discharged of alleged rape of a religious woman. In her statement to the police, the nun, aContinue Reading
Coimbatore, Feb 20, 2020: At least 20 people were killed and several injured on February 20 when a Volvo bus of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) on its way to Ernakulam from Bengaluru collided with a lorry at Avinashi in Tamil Nadu. According to preliminary reports, the incidentContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, Feb 18, 2020: Around 30 women, including five Catholic nuns, representing 21 organizations in Maharashtra have pressed Sharad Pawar, the chairperson of the state’s ruling coalition, to get a resolution passed in the assembly against some controversial laws on citizenship. The representatives working among theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, February 18, 2020: The seven ‘innocent’ Christians of Kandhamal who have been released recently on bail from the Supreme Court of India after languishing in jail for 11 years were presented at the on-going biennial plenary of the Catholic bishops. Cardinal Oswald Gracias, re-elected presidentContinue Reading
