By Matters India Reporter Guwahati, May 18, 2022: Nine people have been killed and more than 660,000 people affected by floods in Assam’s 27 districts. More than 48,000 people have been shifted to 248 relief camps. More than 100,000 people have been affected in Hojai and Cachar, the worst-hit districts.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, May 17, 2022: The Syro-Malabar Church on May 17 condemned attempts by certain political leaders to discredit Christians and their leaders to gain temporary electoral success. The Kerala-based Oriental Catholic rite’s Public Affairs Commission noted that the southern Indian state was known for its greatContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Palakkad, May 17, 2022: On Ramzan day this year, Sachin,a resident of Pothukallel in Kerala’s Palakkad district, was surprised to receive an overseas phone call. The caller introduced himself as Abukutty from Velumbiampadath, Nilambur, in Palakkad. After initial pleasantries Abukutty asked Sachin to to to hisContinue Reading
By Rani Punnaserril Benaulim, May 15, 2022: Unemployment and economic inequality force young people to migrate massively and the Church should address their needs at various levels, says a recent Church seminar. The Commission for Migrants of the Conference of Catholic Bishops in India (CCBI) that organized the May 11-12Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, May 10, 2022: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on May 10 detained ten people, including six government officials, for allegedly taking bribes to allow non-government organizations to receive overseas funds. The arrests took place a day after the agency cracked down in 40Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, May 10, 2022: India’s classical music world on May 10 plunged into grief when Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, veteran santoor maestro, died of cardiac arrest in Mumbai. The 84-year-old was also suffering from renal ailments. A family source said Sharma “had a severe heart attack atContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kayamkulam, May 9, 2022: A young woman on May 9 gave up her attempt to die by suicide after a swarm of wasps attacked her atop a mobile tower. A video on social media shows an unnamed woman, dressed in salwar-kameez, climbing the tower with aContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, May 9, 2022: People in Karnataka began from May 9 to get up at 5 am to pray, sing or curse. Muslims in the southern Indian state start their day with Azaan announced through loudspeakers fit atop mosques. Hindus, on the hand, use the public addressContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, May 4, 2022: The Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (ISPCK), a Protestant group, and Jesuit-managed Vidyajyoti College of Theology have published a book on synodality. Archbishop Anil J. T. Couto of Delhi released “No Synodality Without” May 3 at a function organized byContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, May 2, 2022: A court in Kerala has awarded 18 years of rigorous imprisonment to a Catholic priest for sexually abusing four minor seminarians. The Additional Sessions Court dealing with POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) cases on April 29 found Father ThomasContinue Reading