By Matters India Reporter Secunderabad, June 1, 2019: The Andhra Pradesh Federation of Churches has welcomed a clean government promised by the southern Indian state’s new chief minister. “We are well pleased of your promise that your government would be revolutionary and would stand as an example and model toContinue Reading
By Keith Bradsher NEW DELHI, May 30, 2019: Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India won re-election last week with what seemed to be rousing support for his market-oriented economic policies — yet few in India can agree on just how much growth or unemployment occurred in his first term. TheContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Miao: May 31, 2019: Christians in a remote area of Arunachal Pradesh on May 31 organized a candle light prayer rally for the success of new council of minister of India. The rally by people in and around Miao in Changlang district coincided with the Feast ofContinue Reading
New Delhi, May 30, 2019: Narendra Modi has been sworn in as the Prime Minister of India Thursday after a landslide victory in the 2019 Lok Sabha election. With the cream-and-red sandstone dome of the Rashtrapati Bhavan in a backdrop, President Ram Nath Kovind administered the oath of office andContinue Reading
By Mujib Mashal Varanasi, May 30, 2019: It was 4 a.m. at the Yadav family home down a narrow lane in Varanasi, the constituency of the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi. Vijay Yadav, 30, cut buns and toasted them one by one on a gas stove with the help ofContinue Reading
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
