By Matters India Reporter Shirva, October 12, 2019: A 36-year-old Catholic priest of Udupi diocese in Karnataka has reportedly committed suicide for unknown reasons. Father Mahesh D’Souza was found hanging from a ceiling fan in his room in Shirva in Udupi district. He was serving as assistant parish priest ofContinue Reading
New Delhi, October 11, 2019: Being the British High Commissioner in India can be a hectic job, and a 22-year-old woman from Gorakhpur experienced this when she held the post for a day. Ayesha Khan won the chance to step into the diplomat’s shoes as she topped the ‘High CommissionerContinue Reading
New Delhi, Oct. 10, 2019: The National Council of Churches in India has issued a statement condemning the reference to the Bible by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat, in order to justify the term “mob lynching”. In a statement on October 10, 2019, the NCCI said Bhagwat had misquotedContinue Reading
New Delhi, Oct. 10, 2019: India has slipped 10 rungs to end up at the 68th rank on the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual global competitiveness index, due to a marked improvement in the economies of some other countries. Singapore has emerged as the star performer replacing the US asContinue Reading
By Hanson D’Souza Sambalpur, October 11, 2019: After 11 years of anti-Christian persecution, Kandhamal violence survivors still experience trauma and the fear of impending further attacks said the latest research. “The trauma and fear of the violence is still lurking around. The affected people of Kandhamal even today have theContinue Reading
Kohima, Oct. 11, 2019: Christ King Higher Secondary School Kohima, the first Catholic missionary school started by the Salesians of Don Bosco in Nagaland in February 1969 celebrated its golden jubilee today with Minister for Higher & Technical Education and Tribal Affairs, Temjen Imna Along as the special guest. TheContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter October 10, 2019: A voluntary organization working in more than 50 countries on October 10 launched its first youth program in India to empower adolescent girls through digital media content. The launch of “Chhaa Jaa” (Go Forth and Shine) was to mark the International Day ofContinue Reading
Muzaffarpur, October 9, 2019: Police in Bihar on October 9 ordered closure of a sedition case filed against 49 acclaimed artists and intellectuals who had written to the prime minister about various social issues. Police spokesperson Jitendra Kumar said the chief of the Muzaffarpur district police has termed the caseContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, October 9, 2019: The Vanishing Girls Campaign of the Indian unit of the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF India) will conduct on October 11 a musical program to celebrate the International Day of the Girl Child. “Asmita Theatre,” a well-known theater group of the nationalContinue Reading
By Joanna Slater New Delhi, Oct. 10, 2019 — India is marking the 150th birthday of Mohandas Gandhi, the man known as the father of the nation, and across the country there are exhibits, commemorations, marches, prisoner releases and even a 1,000-foot-long greeting card. But the celebrations this week maskContinue Reading
