By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec 16, 2019: A Delhi Court on December 16 convicted Kuldeep Singh Sengar, a former legislator of Uttar Pradesh, in the two-year-old Unnao rape case. District and Sessions Judge Dharmesh Sharma passed the order against Sengar, who has been expelled from the Bharatiya JanataContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, Dec 16, 2019: Jesuit Father Felix Raj, vice chancellor of St Xavier’s University, Kolkata, on December 16, was given the Hall of Fame award of Australia for his outstanding contribution and lifetime achievements in the field of education and management. The award was given atContinue Reading
By Sunil Rosario Kolkata, Dec 16, 2019: The Archdiocese of Calcutta has honored the Loreto congregation for planting nearly 140,000 trees and adopting solar power for all their educational institutions. Sister Sabrina Edwards, provincial of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or Loreto Sisters, on December 14 received theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Palai, Dec 16, 2019: Tens of thousands of farmers converged in Palai to protest the deepening crisis in the agrarian sector in the southern Indian state of Kerala. The farmers came from 170 parishes of Ernakulam, Kottayam, and Idukki districts and first formed a protest wallContinue Reading
New Delhi, Dec. 16, 2019: Following anti-citizenship law protests that turned violent in south Delhi’s New Friends Colony area on Dec. 15 evening, Delhi Police personnel allegedly marched into the Jamia Millia Islamia University campus and brought about 150 students out of the premises. Many students said the detained studentsContinue Reading
Kolkata, Dec. 15, 2019: Towards the end of November this year, a solidarity festival was organised on the streets of Mominpur in southwest Calcutta. Called Calcutta 23: Celebrating Diversity, the two-day festival constituted talks and panel discussions and also a walk through the lanes and bylanes of Mominpur. Says SabirContinue Reading
KOCHI, Dec 13 2019: The Kerala high court on Dec 13 stayed further proceedings before Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Kakkanad against cardinal George Alencherry in the case related to Syro Malabar Church land-sale row. Justice Ashok Menon issued a stay for one month after considering during admission hearing aContinue Reading
New Delhi, Dec 13, 2019: The Supreme Court on December 13 asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to respond to a petition filed by two NGOs seeking a probe into alleged discrepancies between voter turnout and the number of votes counted in 347 constituencies in the 2019 Lok SabhaContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Dec 13, 2019: An annual Advent campaign in Mumbai is focused on children this year, with a special emphasis on protecting their rights. The Advent Campaign against Hunger and Disease is organized by the Center for Social Action of the Archdiocese of Bombay. “This project isContinue Reading
Berhampur, Dec 13, 2019: A campaign was launched in Odisha’s Berhampur on December 12 to demand acquittal of seven “innocent persons” who were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in connection with the murder of VHP leader Swami Lakshmanananda Saraswati in Kandhamal district in 2008. This campaign was formally launchedContinue Reading
