Ottawa, May 13, 2019: The Canada police have arrested an Indian priest for alleged inappropriate behavior with a woman. The priest has been identified as Father Toby Devasia, vicar of St Mary’s Syro Malabar Church at King Edward Avenue, London in Canada. The arrest took place on May 9. LondonContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Nagapattinam, May 11, 2019: A church in Tamil Nadu was destroyed in a suspicious arson attack, Matters India learnt on May 11. According to Shibu Thomas, founder of Persecution Relief, the incident occurred on April 24 at Thittacherry, Nagapattinam. Member of the “Jesus with us” hadContinue Reading
New Delhi, May 10,2019: The Supreme Court has stayed a Madras High Court judgment that ruled that salaries received by missionaries and nuns of Catholic Church are liable to be subjected to Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) under Section 192 of the Income Tax Act. The bench of Justices AshokContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Pondicherry, May 10, 2019: Indian Church needs a synod to search together in order to revitalize her service to God and for poor, says Capuchin Father Nithya Sagayam, a theologian and social activist. “A new collective discernment process focusing on the roots and wings of missionaryContinue Reading
It’s Saturday in Bhutan and Lotay Tshering has just completed urinary bladder repair surgery on a patient at the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital. But Mr. Tshering is no ordinary doctor. During the week, he also happens to be Prime Minister in the Himalayan kingdom famous for measuring citizens’Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Cuttack, May 9, 2019: The Supreme Court of India on May 9 granted bail to Gornath Chalanseth, one of the seven innocent Christians languishing in jail for a decade due to the alleged Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a hardline Hindu group, fraud on Kandhamal, on bailContinue Reading
Harogere, May 9, 2019: A row of plastic pots near a borewell in the middle of Harogere village of Tumakuru district, two km from the Andhra Pradesh border, tell the story of a drought in Karnataka. Water supply has been patchy from the four public borewells in Harogere, dependent onContinue Reading
New Delhi, May 9, 2019: Several parts of north India continued to reel under scorching heat Wednesday with Jammu recording its season’s hottest day at over 40 degrees Celsius, according to the Meteorological Department. Heat wave was observed at isolated places in west Rajasthan where Sri Ganganagar became the hottestContinue Reading
Bhopal, May 9, 2019: A Protestant pastor in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh has been acquitted of charges held against him under India’s state-level anti-conversion laws. Pentecostal Pastor Balu Saste, his wife, his son, and members of his community were violently attacked by Hindus, later detained by theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, May 8, 2019: A police complaint from a church situated on New Delhi’s Parliament Street against some former employees has been settled, police said. Madhur Verma, deputy commission of police in New Delhi, said the dispute was between the management of the Free ChurchContinue Reading
