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
By Robin Gomes The Seven Sister States of India is a popular term for the 7 contiguous states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura prior to the inclusion of the state of Sikkim into the North Eastern Region of India. They share borders with China, Myanmar,Continue Reading
Nagpur, Oct. 8, 2019: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today described lynching as a “Western construct”, saying it shouldn’t be used to defame the country. Speaking at the annual Dusshera event in Nagpur, Mr Bhagwat said “… it is not that only a certain community targets people. The reverse also happens”.Continue Reading
Kochi, Oct. 7, 2019: A group of believers is kneeling before the tomb of Blessed Mother Mariam Thresia Chiramel in Puthanchira in Kerala’s Thrissur. Holding the Bible and rosaries in their hands, they pray before the saint in making—Mariam Thresia will be the fourth person to be canonised from Kerala.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Pune, October 8, 2019: ‘Saint Romero and Pope Francis: Revolutionaries of Tender Love’ is the latest book of Francis Gonsalves, Gujarat Jesuit priest, theologian, journalist and social activist. Formerly Principal of Vidyajyoti College, Delhi, and now Dean of Theology, Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pune, Gonsalves is also theContinue Reading
