By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec 28, 2019: After weeks of silence, leaders of the Catholic Church have commented on the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act and countrywide protests against it. On December 27, Cardinal Oswald Gracias, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, said the ongoing controversy andContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 27, 2019: The Christmas celebrations in Kerala at some places witnessed some colors of the anti-Citizenship Act protest, but none could take away the merry cheers that the day brings. Kerala has been one of the states at the forefront of the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests. ThisContinue Reading
Guwahati, Dec.26, 2019: Prayers for peace and understanding marked Christmas this year in the midst of subdued celebrations in light of the prevailing situation in the country and state. A Christmas message from the Assam Christian Forum said it all: “We humbly pray that peace returns to our land, andContinue Reading
Kolkata, Dec. 26, 2019: Christians in Kolkata on December 26 took out a silent rally to protest against the new citizenship law. The rallyists carried placards with slogans like ‘Don’t be silent, don’t be violent’, ‘We are all citizens’, ‘No NRC no CAA’ and walked a distance of 2 kmContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Guwahati, December 22, 2019: The Assamese society moaned her new martyrs on December 22nd in Guwahati walking in silent procession. Five protesters have been killed in the state so far as they were expressing their dissent with the Citizens’ Amendment Act. One of them was a 16Continue Reading
Guwahati, Dec. 26, 2019: A fifth-grade student in Assam has written an open letter to the UN Secretary-General over the violence that has gripped his state following protests against the newly amended citizenship law. The student’s emotional letter, written amid violence and curfew, urges the United Nations to intervene andContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata,Dec 26, 2019: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee attended the Christmas night services on December 24 at the Cathedral Church in Kolkata. On her first visit to the cathedral for Christmas, Banerjee inaugurated the crib – traditional nativity scene of Jesus birth. Banerjee has servedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Varanasi, December 26, 2019: Lenin Raghuvanshi, a rewound social worker from Varanasi, received from Rotary International’s Vocational Excellence Award in recognition of his extraordinary to life skills of youth and children. He received the award on December 21 during the 36th District Rotary Conference in VaranasiContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec 26, 2019: It is worth working for the promotion of human rights, says the winner of the first Youth Ki Awaaz (YKA) Award. It is important to work on human rights as the lack of awareness about their rights and duties makes peopleContinue Reading
By Jose Kalapura Patna, Dec 24, 2019: A Christmas Milan (gathering) in Patna noted that the Christmas message of peace to people of good is very relevant today when society is being divided and violence is committed in the name of religion. Some 200 people, mostly leaders from various religions,Continue Reading
