By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, September 2, 2019: More than 450 parishioners of Panaji’s Mary Immaculate Church on September 1 went on a cruise trip to Bom Jesus Basilica in Old Goa to keep alive a traditional thanksgiving pilgrimage. “This is the 165th year of the pilgrimage. It is handed downContinue Reading
New Delhi, Sept. 2, 2019: Jawaharlal Nehru University is in the process of reviewing the position of all its emeritus professors who are above the age of 75 years. At least five such professors, including renowned historian Romila Thapar and sociologist T.K. Oommen, have received letters from JNU’s registrar askingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, September 2, 2019: More than 100 Christians protested against the growing attacks on churches nationwide in New Delhi. “Christians are persecuted in India. We are fighting for our fundamental Rights—right to worship as citizens of this country. Thus we are ambled here to protestContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna, September 2, 2019: The Archdiocese of Patna, Bihar, on September 1 inaugurated Inter-Religious Dialogue Institute Rajgir (IRDIR) to foster peace, harmony and solidarity among different religions in northern India. “It is our duty to spread good will and religious unity. This [IRDIR] is dedicated forContinue Reading
By Augustine Singh Kanjamendi, September 2, 2019: More than 150 leaders of Kandhamal and other parts of Odisha attended the memorial day of the persons martyred during 2007 and 2008 anti-Christian Kandhamal violence. Men and women from all denominations and other communities gathered at Catholic Church, Kanjamendi, on August 31Continue Reading
Bhopal, September 1, 2019: Social activist Medha Patkar’s health has started deteriorating a week into her indefinite hunger strike to demand swift rehabilitation of thousands affected by floods in areas surrounding the Sardar Sarovar Dam. She launched the agitation — called the “Narmada Chunauti Satyagraha” — at Chhota Barda inContinue Reading
Kasganj, Sept. 1, 2019: A 41-year-old man has committed suicide in this Uttar Pradesh district and his family said that they had not eaten food since the past five days. The body of Pooran Singh was found hanging from a tree in a forest here on Saturday morning. Police suspectContinue Reading
Bengaluru, Sept. 1, 2019: Investigation is underway into the alleged sale of ‘defence’ land by the Church of South India (CSI) for the Bengaluru metro project and collecting Rs 60 crore compensation,” a police official said on Sunday. “We are inquiring into the Defence Ministry’s complaint that the CSI hadContinue Reading
Guwahati, September 1, 2019: More than 1.9 million people in Assam were left facing an uncertain future as the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) was released, 14 years after a decision on it was first taken and four years after the exercise to compile it began in full swingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Secunderabad, September 1, 2019: The Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI) in partnership with the Liliane Fonds (LF) of Netherlands organized the Mary Glowrey Liliane Brekelmans (MGLB) 2019 Disability Award. The awards are instituted to honor exemplary work in the field of disability by individuals andContinue Reading
