New Delhi, Jan 15, 2020: A couple of hours after BuzzFeed News’ editor-in-chief Ben Smith posted a tweet quoting Satya Nadella on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, the Microsoft’s global CEO issued a more nuanced statement on the subject. “Every country will and should define its borders, protect national security andContinue Reading
By F M Britto Raipur, Jan 15, 2020: Father Xavier Kodathala, the seniormost priest of Raipur archdiocese, died Jan 15 morning in a car accident. The 87-year-old priest was driving his car to the bank in Raipur city, the capital of Chhattisgarh. “It seems he hit a vehicle and wasContinue Reading
Guwahati, Jan 15, 2020: Assam is celebrating the Magh Bihu, its harvest festival, on January 15. People across the state busied themselves with lighting the meji — bonfires fed with bamboo, leaves and thatch — to seek the blessings of the gods right from dawn, as in the past OnContinue Reading
Kochi, Jan14, 2020: The Kerala High Court (HC) on Jan 13 stayed for two months the criminal proceedings in a case relating to sale of land owned by the church against Cardinal George Alencherry pending before the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Kakkanad. The stay order came on a petition filedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, January 14, 2020: Jesuit Father Felix Raj, vice chancellor of St Xavier’s University, Kolkata, was honoured with Xavier Ratna Award by the Xavier Institute of Engineering, Mumbai on January 11 at its 11th Convocation. Father Raj was the Chief-Guest for the Convocation and delivered theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Jan 14, 2020: The Workers India Federation (WIF) ended its ninth annual general body meeting in Delhi on January 14 expressing its concern over the promulgation of the new labor rights by the federal government. The January 12-14 meeting, which was held at theContinue Reading
Kochi, Jan 14, 2020: The Kerala High Court has issued notice to a bishop and a priest accused in a case relating to the alleged forgery of documents for defaming Cardinal George Alencherry, Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church. The notice was issued on January 13 to Father Paul ThelekkattContinue Reading
Kochi, Jan 14, 2020: The issue of land deals has come up for discussion during the Synod session of the Syro-Malabar Church now underway at the Church headquarters in Kochi. Nine bishops of the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese raised the issue on January 13 when a suggestion came up that the SynodContinue Reading
Bengaluru, Jan 13, 2020: Hindu organizations in Karnataka’s Kanakapura town on January 13 took out a protest rally against the construction of a Jesus Christ statue in a village. Around 1,000 members of the Hindu Jagaran Vedike (Hindu awakening forum) and two other groups staged the rally alleging that theContinue Reading
New Delhi, Jan 12, 2020: People of different faiths came together on January 12 to participate in a ”sarva dharma sambhava” – a multi-faith prayer ceremony – at Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh, where anti-citizenship law protesters have been demonstrating for almost a month now. The inter-faith ceremony had a traditional Hindu-styleContinue Reading
