Guwahati, Jan 20, 2020: A Mumbai-based NGO collaborated with Directorate of Sainik Welfare in Assam to donate laptops to daughters of Veer Naris (Defense martyrs’ daughters) in the northeastern Indian state. Atharva Foundation on January 20 distributed 13 laptops to the daughters at a function in Guwahati. Sunil Rane, chairmanContinue Reading
Guwahati, Jan. 20, 2020: Stirred by the legacy of Assamese woman warrior Mula Gabhoru who fought against the Mughals to keep them at bay in the 16th century, hundreds of women hit the city streets in the northeastern Indian state to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Fearing implementationContinue Reading
Kolkata, Jan 20, 2020: Christians belonging to various denominations in Kolkata hit the streets of West Bengal state capital on January 20 to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the proposed nationwide National Register of Citizens (NRC). The protest rally started from St. Paul’s Cathedral and culminated atContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Jan 20, 2020: Jagat Prakash Nadda, a former student of St Xavier’s School, Patna, was on January 20 elected unopposed the national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party that heads the federal coalition government. Nadda emerged as the only leader in the fray followingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Jan 20, 2020: The steps of Delhi’s Jama Masjid resonated with Gandhi’s favorite hymn “Abide With Me” on January 18, the day Gandhi broke his fast in 1948 after the Hindu radical groups had signed a pledge to ensure the safety of Muslims inContinue Reading
Alappuzha, Jan 19. 2020: In a rare wedding ceremony held in a mosque, a Hindu couple tied the nuptial knot and exchanged vows in Kerala’s Alappuzha on January 19. The marriage hosted by the Cheruvally Muslim Jamaat mosque near Alappuzha, was held according to Hindu rituals in front of aContinue Reading
Kochi, Jan. 19. 2020: A circular from the Syro-Malabar Church on the alleged incidents of Christian girls in Kerala and other states being trapped in love and recruited by terror outfit IS was read out in many of its churches during the holy mass on January 19. In the circular,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Purnea, January 19, 2020: Jesuit Bishop Angelus Kujur of Purnea ordained as priest deacon Manoj Mario Hansda at St Peter’s Cathedral Purnea in Bihar. More than 75 priests, including Purnea vicar general Father Francis Tirkey, Kolkata Salesian provincial Father Nirmol Gomes and his successor and firstContinue Reading
New Delhi, Jan 17, 2020: Kerala Chief Secretary Tom Jose has said that denying burial of bodies at Malankara Churches is a violation of human rights. The chief secretary noted this in an affidavit filed in a contempt of court petition filed by Orthodox faction in the Malankara church disputeContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Jan. 17, 2020: Father Santosh Digal, a member of Matters India Editorial Board, has won the best reportage on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The annual award is given by the Indian Catholic Press Association (ICPA), a premier organization of Catholic journalists, dailies andContinue Reading
