By Matters India Reporter Bhopal, Nov 16, 2019: Abdul Jabbar, who fought to get justice for of the victims of the world’s worst industrial disasters, died after prolonged illness on November 14. He was 61. The death occurred just 18 days before the 35th anniversary of the Bhopal gas tragedy.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Nov 15, 2019: A college in Darjeeling hills has won an international award for Faculty Orientation and Strategic Planning. Salesian College Principal Father George Thadathil and CEO of Leadership Inc Hong Kong Mark J. Pixley were awarded IAF Silver Medal International Award by itsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, Nov 16, 2019: On a stopover in Kolkata on the last leg of his first visit to northeastern India, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon, Myanmar, met with leaders of various religions in Kolkata. The cardinal expressed happiness over interfaith unity, harmony and brotherhood heContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Guwahati, Nov 16, 2019: Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Myanmar has spent a week in India’s northeastern region. He concluded the visit on November 13 with a concelebrated Mass in the Salesian Provincial House, Guwahati, Assam. The cardinal, president of the Federation of Asian Bishops ConferencesContinue Reading
New Delhi, Nov 15, 2019: The Central Bureau of Investigation on November 15 conducted raids at the Amnesty International India’s Bengaluru and Delhi offices. The human rights organization offices were raided over the alleged violation of rules involving foreign funding, sources said. For the last few years, Amnesty International hasContinue Reading
Bhubaneswar, Nov 15, 2019: A government booklet describing Mahatma Gandhi’s death as an “accident” has triggered a row in Odisha, with political leaders and activists demanding an apology from state Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and immediate steps to correct the “blunder.” The two-page booklet “Aama Bapuji: Eka Jhalaka” (Our Bapuji:Continue Reading
By Aishwayra S Patna, Nov 14, 2019: A cattle trader was lynched for allegedly refusing to pay extortion money in a village near Katihar in Bihar, eastern India. Mohammad Jamal was attacked on November 11 night as he was on his way to sell cows about 30 km from Katihar,Continue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Nov 13, 2019: Cardinal Oswald Gracias, archbishop of Bombay and president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, has issued a message to participants of the 21st national convention of the Catholic Nurses Guild of India. The prelate hailed health workers as “custodians and servants ofContinue Reading
By Adolf Washington Bangalore, Nov 13, 2019: Sporting a white cap and a cricket jersey, Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore hit the first ball at a cricket match of the priests of his southern Indian archdiocese. The ground of the Holy Ghost Church in Davis Road was filled with priests,Continue Reading
Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Nov 13, 2019: “Strengthening family bonds” was the theme of the golden jubilee of St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Sambalpur, Odisha. The diocese was established in 1951, but the Church in the area was undeveloped, mostly serving the local marginalized tribal community. However, the diocese experienced huge growth,Continue Reading
