Chennai, May 28, 2019: Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit appointed Vaidehi Vijayakumar as Vice-Chancellor of the Mother Teresa Women’s University at Kodaikanal. Purohit, who is also the Chancellor of the University, said Vijayakumar would hold office for a period of three years. Vijayakumar had served Anna University and several overseasContinue Reading
New Delhi, May 29, 2019: The Delhi High Court on May 28 was moved for implementation of the national commission to review the working of the Constitution (NCRWC) proposal on population control and ‘two-child norm’ as a criteria for government jobs, aid and subsidies. A public interest litigation (PIL), filedContinue Reading
New Delhi, May 28, 2019: A cancer patient lodged in a Rajasthan jail moved the Supreme Court on May 28 seeking bail to fulfil his last wish of wanting to “die in the lap of his mother.” Aasu Jaif was arrested in a counterfeit currency case in 2018. In theContinue Reading
Ludhiana, May 28, 2019: A seveth gradern was stamped on his arm as his parents failed to pay school fees for two months in Ludhiana, Punjab. After the student was sent home with a defaulter stamp on his arm, the parents reached the school and lodged a complaint, following whichContinue Reading
Matters India reporter Darjeeling, May 26, 2017: An inter-faith group in Darjeeling has shown the way to harmonious and peaceful living among members of all religious beliefs amid news of rising incidents of intolerance and religious bigotry in the society. The Darjeeling Inter faith group on May 25 held aContinue Reading
Kochi, May 24, 2019: The police on Thursday informed the Kerala High Court that the interrogation of Fr. Paul Thelakkat and Bishop Jacob Manathodath, accused in the case relating to forging bank documents against Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church Cardinal George Alencherry, was required for conducting effective probe intoContinue Reading
Surat, May 24, 2019: At least 20 students were killed on May 24 after a massive fire broke out at a coaching center in Gujarat’s Surat. Videos posted by witnesses on social media showed several students jumping out of windows on the top floor of the building to escape theContinue Reading
Kochi, May 22, 2019: The internal feud in the Syro Malabar Church in Kerala, subsequent to the exposure of a land scam involving Cardinal George Alencherry, is turning murkier after a fresh row over forging documents against the cardinal. The Kerala Police on May 19 arrested an IIT Madras researcher,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kanpur, May 22, 2019: The Gandhi Peace Foundation, Kanpur chapter, on May 21 organized an inter-religious prayer for peace, harmony and goodwill. The program was held in the backdrop of a spate of hate crimes in the name of religion in the recent past beginning withContinue Reading
Karimnagar, May 21, 2019: A civic body in Telangana’s Karimnagar district has come up with a scheme to offer funeral services at a cost of just one rupee to help poor families perform the last rites for their loved ones. Sardar Ravinder Singh, mayor of Karimnagar, has announced that theContinue Reading
