By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, January 7, 2020: Jesuit-run Indian Social Institute (ISI) is organizing a three-day International Consultation on “Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities” from January 17-19. Delegates, who are working in the field of protecting and promoting the human rights of persons with disabilities will attendContinue Reading
Kottayam, Jan 7, 2020: The hearing in the case against Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar, who was accused of allegedly raping a nun, has been deferred to January 25. The hearing was postponed after Bishop Mulakkal failed to appear before Kottayam Additional District Sessions Court on January 6. Instead ofContinue Reading
Kolkata, Jan. 6, 2020: The time has come “once again” for Christian schools to make “Indian society more humane and uphold constitutional values”, a bishop said at a service preceding a four-day conclave of the heads of all Anglo-Indian schools in India on Jan.4. “We (Christian schools) have made theContinue Reading
Kohima, Jan. 6, 2020: Kevizelie Pienyü is a successful beekeeper today in Nagaland. Son of Zasilhou Pienyü from Nerhema village, he graduated from Kohima College in 2014. He was one of the recipients of District Level Award for Best Beekeeper 2019 during 2nd Nagaland Honey Bee Day last year underContinue Reading
Alappuzha, Jan. 6, 2020: Kerala mosque has opened its gates and coffers for a Hindu wedding, complete with lamps and rituals, to help out a poor family and set an example at a time many fear that India’s secular fabric is under threat. Anju and Sharath Sasi will get marriedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, Jan 6, 2020: Around 200,000 people are expected to attend the 27th ‘Grand Cultural Gathering of Indian Indigenous Peoples’ in Mumbai. “The expected mass community attendance is going to be one of the unique events in the world,” said Ashok Chaudhary, an organizer. The JanuaryContinue Reading
New Delhi, Jan 5, 2020: Masked goons, armed with sticks and stones, on January 5 barged into Delhi’s prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University campus and beat up students and teachers, spreading chaos and terror. Around 30 students, all from Left-backed groups, and 12 teachers were injured. The Left students and theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Nangathur, Jan 6, 2020: A remote village in Tamil Nadu recently witnessed a unique funeral service. Children of Pockisha Mary on December 31 distributed saplings of fruit-bearing trees to 120 residents of Nangathur to keep their mother’s memory alive. Mary died on December 29 following oldContinue Reading
Guwahati, Jan 5, 2020: Naresh Koch became the first ‘declared foreigner’ to die in captivity in the New Year. He happened to belong to the Koch-Rajbongshi community that has been demanding Scheduled Tribe along with five other indigenous communities in Assam, eastern India. Doctors at the Guwahati Medical College HospitalContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Rupnagar, Jan 5, 2020: An apology to Cardinal Oswald Gracias, head of the Catholic Church in India, has not ended the woes of Bollywood actor Raveena Tandon, director-choreographer Farah Khan and comedian Bharti Singh. Police in Rupnagar, Punjab, have registered a case against the three forContinue Reading
