Coimbatore, June 12, 2019: India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) on June 12 searched various places in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore city following reports that some people there have links with those involved in the Easter Sunday church blasts in Sri Lanka. Raids were conducted by a team of NIA sleuths atContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Madurai, June 12, 2019: A hospital in southern India organized a month-long pan-India car rally to create awareness about child cancer. Four staffers of Meenakshi Mission Hospital and Research Centre (MMHRC) in Madurai took a month off from work and covered 30 cities across 15 states.Continue Reading
New Delhi, June 10, 2019:The axe has fallen on about 12 senior officers of the rank of Chief Commissioners, Principal Commissioners and Commissioners of Income Tax (I-T) Department under FR (fundamental rule) 56 (j) of Central Civil Services (pension) Rules. The officers include Ashok Agarwal, Joint Commissioner of I-T andContinue Reading
Jammu, June 10, 2019: A retired government official is among the six people convicted on Monday in connection with the rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua last year that outraged the country. The girl, kidnapped as part of a strategy to drive out theContinue Reading
Mattersindia Reporter Imphal, June 8, 2019: In what could be termed as yet another threat to the Catholic Church in Manipur, a hand grenade was found placed at the gate of retired Priests’ Home in Imphal, Manipur, June 6 morning. According to sources, when the driver went to open theContinue Reading
Chennai, June 9, 2019: Mirthulla and Diya are all set to pursue their dreams. The two transgenders will walk into a college along with other students to pursue higher education. Loyola College has given admission to the two in undergraduate courses. Nineteen-year-old Mirthulla will pursue Bachelor in Multimedia (BMM) andContinue Reading
By: Virginia Saldanha Mumbai June 8 : The present times, marked by divisive forces, terrorist attacks and religious intolerance provided the motivation for the National Council of Churches of India (NCCI) and the Indian Christian Women’s Movement (ICWM) to collaborate with the Centre for Studies of Society and Secularism (CSSS)Continue Reading
Nirmala Carvalho MUMBAI, June 6, 2019: Christian leaders in India have been outraged by comments by a government minister comparing religious conversion to exchanging sex for favors. Pratap Chandra Sarangi, who serves as the Minister of State for Animal Husbandry in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new cabinet, was speaking inContinue Reading
Mumbai, June 5, 2019: For Muslims in Malad, June 3 evening was not a routine affair. For the first time, instead of heading to a nearby mosque to break their Ramzan fast, they had another destination: Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Orlem that had organised an iftar. The churchContinue Reading
By: Felix Anthony Mumbai, June 5, 2019: Bishop George Pallipparambil of Miao, Arunachal Pradesh joined renowned spiritual leaders from different religions to discuss on environment protection for peace and harmony on World Environment Day at NSCI Dome, Worli, Mumbai. Organised by the Ahimsa Vishwa Bharti, headed by the leader ofContinue Reading
