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
By Adolf Washington Bengaluru, Dec 24, 2019: More than 20,000 people on December 23 converged at a mosque in Bengaluru to protest the newly enacted Citizenship Amendment Act. More than 35 NGO too joined the protest. Various groups teamed-up at different corners on the roads voicing their protest. People beganContinue Reading
Chandigarh, Dec. 23, 2019: After 38 years, the bell atop Shimla’s landmark Christ Church on the Ridge will ring in Christmas. “We had been listening to the bell and the chimes since childhood but they stopped ringing 38 years ago. The church did not have adequate funds for repair,” saysContinue Reading
Miao, December 21 : The Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conference (FABC) has appointed Bishop George Pallipparambil of Miao Diocese, Arunachal Pradesh, to lead the Office of Evangelization in Asia for a period of three years starting from 1 January 2020. The appointment of Bishop PK, as he is fondly calledContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, Dec 23, 2019: The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI), the national body of the Latin rite bishops in the country, will open extension of its secretariat in Goa. Shanti Sadan (house of peace) is coming up at Benaulim, nearly 40 km south ofContinue Reading
