By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Nov 24, 2019: The Conference of Catholic Bishops’ of India (CCBI) – Women’s Commission held a conference in New Delhi to revitalize the role of mothers in the Church. “The purpose of the conference was to build a strong and united Church through faith-filledContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Kolkata, 22 November 2019 — It is rare that a Police Officer entertains city’s elite music aficionados. It happened at the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) when it held an unique evening when Officer Indrajit Basu enthralled the audience with his flute recital on 22 NovemberContinue Reading
New Delhi, November 24, 2019: The Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI) and the National Alliance and Central Network of Evangelicals in India called on the Christian community to observe the Nov 24 as the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (IDOP). “An estimated 100 million Christians face persecutionContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Guwahati, Nov. 24, 2019: The Delhi-based International Human Rights Council has announced an “Ambassador for Peace” Award for retired Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil of Guwahati. The Award will be conferred on 9th December 2019 in New Delhi in the presence of invitees from all over the country andContinue Reading
Vijayawada, Nov 23, 2019: The Election Commission in Andhra Pradesh has ordered an enquiry by its scrutiny committee into the caste status of Vundavalli Sridevi, a legislator belonging to the ruling party. Sridevi was elected from a seat reserved for the Scheduled Caste category on the ticket of the YuvajanaContinue Reading
By C V Joseph Bengaluru, Nov 23, 2019: The Prison Ministry India (PMI) has completed 25 years bringing succor to thousands of the lost, least and the last languishing in various jails in the country. More than 420 volunteers of the voluntary organization which functions under the Catholic Bishops’ ConferenceContinue Reading
Sulthan Bathery, Nov 2, 2019: The Human Rights Commission in Kerala has ordered a probe into the death of 10-year-old Shehla Sherin from snakebite at her school. Shenin’s classmates in Sulthan Bathery, in Wayanad district alleged that school authorities did not take the girl to the hospital on time, despiteContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, Nov 21, 2019: A multi-specialty hospital in Bengaluru, southern India, on November 20 launched the state-of-the-art treatment for Huntington Disease, a genetic disorder that causes nerve cells in the brain to break down. The “Center of Excellence,” the first of its kind in India, catersContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, Nov 21, 2019: Pope Francis has appointed Monsignor Antonysamy Savarimuthu as the new bishop of Palayamkottai diocese in Tamil Nadu state. The bishop-designate is a priest of the same diocese. The appointment was announced at 12 noon on November 20 in Rome and 4:30 pm,Continue Reading
Guwahati, Nov 20, 2019: The Assam government on Wednesday announced that it will gift 10 grams of gold to every adult bride, if she has studied at least up to class 10 and her marriage is registered. There are some other conditions as well to avail the benefit of theContinue Reading
