Dima Hasao, April 15, 2019: People at Semkhor village in Assam are facing acute water crisis. To meet their needs, the residents of the village collect water that drips from the mountains in pits. The government has kept changing over the years, but no one has helped the village inContinue Reading
Panaji, April 15, 2019: The BJP in Goa has approached the Election Commission seeking action against a Catholic priest, who reportedly said former chief minister Manohar Parrikar’s cancer was a punishment from God as he ignored complaints against coal pollution in a town in the coastal state. Parrikar died onContinue Reading
Patiala, April 15, 2019: The Punjab police have registered a case against two of its two assistant sub inspectors and an informer in connection with money allegedly missing from the amount seized from a Catholic priest. The three reportedly “vanished” with an alleged amount of 66.5 million rupees after aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, April 15, 2019: The Allahabad High Court allowed a church to be reopened for the Holy Week, after it was closed since September last, said AC Michael, a church leader. On April 12, the Allahabad High Court directed the state to reopen the churchContinue Reading
Shillong, April 15, 2019: The first of the monthly Mei Ramew Farmers’ Market of 2019 which was organized by the North East Slow Food and Agrobiodiversity Society (NESFAS) on April 13 at the office’s premises at Laitumkhrah in Shillong saw the participation of three communities from Meghalaya and was aContinue Reading
Mumbai, April 11, 2019: The Thane sessions court on April 8 issued a notice to human rights and political rights activist John Dayal directing him to be present in the court on April 22 for hearing in a defamation case filed by a worker of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).Continue Reading
New Delhi, April 11, 2019: The ‘Committee for the Defence and Release of Dr. G.N. Saibaba’ came together on April 10 demanding the Delhi University Professor’s “immediate release on bail”. Stating that Mr. Saibaba, who is currently lodged in Nagpur Central Jail, is suffering from severe health issues due toContinue Reading
Kochi, April 11, 2019: A news and entertainment television channel led by a Catholic lay preacher is slated to go on air on April 28 in Kerala. Santhosh Karumathra, owner of Shekinah, told The Hindu on April 9 that it would take three months before the channel’s full operations couldContinue Reading
Chandigarh, April 10, 2019: Punjab Governor V P Singh Badnore on April 10 declined an invite from the British High Commission to attend the birthday celebrations of Queen Elizabeth-II in Chandigarh. The reason, the event fell on the eve of the 100th anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by theContinue Reading
By Shajid Khan Guwahati, April 10, 2019: A mob has thrashed a man for allegedly selling cooked beef at his eatery in Assam, northeastern India. The attackers also stopped Shaukat Ali, who is in his 70s, from going for namaz (Muslim prayers) and forced him to consume pork, a foodContinue Reading