By Jeffrey Gettleman Hyderabad, Dec. 31, 2019: All day, every day, at a certain point along a highway leading out of Hyderabad, people stop their cars and get out to peer over the guardrail. It was here, under a highway bridge, that four men torched the body of a youngContinue Reading
Kolkata, Dec. 31, 2019: Vandals allegedly linked to the RSS and BJP attacked a church in West Bengal on Dec. 28 A group of eight men hurled bombs with shouts of “Jai Shri Ram”, and when worshippers fled, entered the church and vandalised it. The incident occurred at Bhagwanpur inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: Four persons were arrested in Andhra Pradesh’s Srisailam town for reading the Bible at a park close to the Mallikarjuna Temple. The state police have reportedly acted against them on the charge of violating Andhra Pradesh Propagation of Other Religion in the places ofContinue Reading
New Delhi, Dec. 31, 2019: Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on December 30 called for the creation of a casteless society and said that the nation must give equal opportunities to everyone to reach their full potential and lead fulfilling lives. He was inaugurating the 87th Sivagiri Pilgrimage Meet at theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kanpur, Dec 30, 2019: Most civil society and human rights activists had fixed December 19 for a nationwide protest against the recently enacted Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the federal government’s proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC). Together they form a lethal combination, not just againstContinue Reading
Varanasi, Dec. 30, 2019: A day before social activists, intellectuals, students and research scholars took out a march in protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act at Beniabagh here, two policemen came knocking on the door of Fr. Anand Mathew who had just returned to Varanasi. They took out a pieceContinue Reading
By Jhinuk Mazumdar Kolkata, Dec 29, 2019: Accept differences and be tolerant, schools are telling students as the country’s current atmosphere of religious animosity creeps into classrooms. Some schools are talking to students about diversity, plurality, equality and freedom of choice while some others have conducted meetings with parents toContinue Reading
Kothamangalam, Dec. 29, 2019: This could be the first such incident when the Maghrib (evening) prayer was recited from a church and hundreds of Muslims offered Namaz in a church compound. It happened in Kothamangalam, in Kerala’s Ernakulam district on December 28. It was a massive rally organized by theContinue Reading
Ranchi, Dec 29, 2019: Within hours of being sworn-in as the chief minister of Jharkhand on December 29, Hemant Soren announced his government’s first cabinet decision to drop all cases against tribals in connection with the Pathalgadi movement of 2017. In a tweet posted by its Information and Public RelationsContinue Reading
Panaji, Dec. 28, 2019: Any attack on “Indian spirit” can damage the age-old secular fabric of the country, warns Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao of Goa. The prelate was addressing the annual civic reception on the occasion of Christmas in Panaji, the state capital. Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and severalContinue Reading
