New Delhi, July 10, 2019: National Confederation of Human Rights Organizations (NCHRO) organised a press conference on 7th July at the Press Club in New Delhi with Swetha Bhat, wife of Sanjiv Bhat and Shantanu Bhatt, son of Sanjiv Bhat as chief guests. Speaking to the press, Swetha Bhat, said,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, July 9, 2019: A Christian group that uses legal advocacy to protect persecuted Churches plans to organize special programs on August 22, the UN day to commemorate victims of religion-based violence. The Indian unit of the Alliance Defending Freedom has invited all Churches inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna, July 9, 2019: A talk on the ““Welfare of the Marginalized and the Oppressed” organized by a Jesuit college in Patna heard passionate pleas to fight for the rights of the LGBTQ community. Reshma Prasad, an activist of the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, July 8, 2019: The Supreme Court on July 8 rejected a plea seeking permission for Muslim women to enter mosques. Dismissing the plea from the Akhila Bharatha Hindu Mahasabha (All India Hindu grand council), a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said: “LetContinue Reading
Dimapur, July 8, 2019: Some former Don Bosco members and trainees have formed a group named the Salesians in the Secular World (SSW) for Nagaland. The members of the Catholic institution met on July 6 for the first time at the Aida conference Hall in Dimapur to officially form. “ItContinue Reading
Hyderabad, July 8, 2019: Several Muslim organisations in Hyderabad have held meetings to chalk out a plan to curb incidents of violence especially mob violence against Muslims in the wake of several incidents of lynching taking place in India in several states. Two consecutive meetings of representatives from various communityContinue Reading
Matters India reporter Sonada, July 8 — A Tibetan settlement school in the Darjeeling hills held its first annual cultural show as well as celebrated 84th birthday of the spiritual leader of the Tibetans in exile His Holiness Dalai Lama, 8th July 2019. “It is customary for us to extendContinue Reading
New Delhi, July 8, 2019: At least 29 people were killed and 17 wounded when a bus skidded off the six-lane Yamuna Expressway near Delhi and fell into a large drain. The 165-km-long expressway connects Noida with Agra in Uttar Pradesh. The state government-run bus, carrying 46 people, was goingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, July 8, 2019: More than 1,000 delegates from 319 parishes of the Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly have supported priests who oppose their archbishop, Cardinal George Alencherry, who is allegedly involved in a land scam. Members from official organizations of the Church bodies such as pastoral councilContinue Reading
Kochi, July 7 2019: A 40-year-old Christian priest was arrested on July 7 for allegedly sexually assaulting inmates of a boys’ home , police said. The arrest of Father George, alias Jerry Thareparambil, for alleged sexual abuse of young children at a boys’ home in Kochi in Kerala’s Ernakulam districtContinue Reading
