New Delhi, April 17, 2019: National Capital, set to go for Lok Sabha polls on May 12, will have special booths for women to vote. These will also be solely managed by women, said an official. Delhi has a total of 2,696 locations which will have 13,816 polling stations, withContinue Reading
New Delhi, April 17, 2019: The Supreme Court on April 16 issued notices to the central government, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board and the Central Wakf Board on a public interest plea that said Muslim women should have unhindered access to all mosques across the country. Justices S.A.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, April 17, 2019: Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Joseph Suren Gomes of Krishnagar in West Bengal state. The Pope has appointed Archbishop Thomas D’Souza of Calcutta as the apostolic administrator of the diocese until the appointment of new prelate, according toContinue Reading
Dima Hasao, April 15, 2019: People at Semkhor village in Assam are facing acute water crisis. To meet their needs, the residents of the village collect water that drips from the mountains in pits. The government has kept changing over the years, but no one has helped the village inContinue Reading
Panaji, April 15, 2019: The BJP in Goa has approached the Election Commission seeking action against a Catholic priest, who reportedly said former chief minister Manohar Parrikar’s cancer was a punishment from God as he ignored complaints against coal pollution in a town in the coastal state. Parrikar died onContinue Reading
Patiala, April 15, 2019: The Punjab police have registered a case against two of its two assistant sub inspectors and an informer in connection with money allegedly missing from the amount seized from a Catholic priest. The three reportedly “vanished” with an alleged amount of 66.5 million rupees after aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, April 15, 2019: The Allahabad High Court allowed a church to be reopened for the Holy Week, after it was closed since September last, said AC Michael, a church leader. On April 12, the Allahabad High Court directed the state to reopen the churchContinue Reading
Shillong, April 15, 2019: The first of the monthly Mei Ramew Farmers’ Market of 2019 which was organized by the North East Slow Food and Agrobiodiversity Society (NESFAS) on April 13 at the office’s premises at Laitumkhrah in Shillong saw the participation of three communities from Meghalaya and was aContinue Reading
Mumbai, April 11, 2019: The Thane sessions court on April 8 issued a notice to human rights and political rights activist John Dayal directing him to be present in the court on April 22 for hearing in a defamation case filed by a worker of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).Continue Reading
New Delhi, April 11, 2019: The ‘Committee for the Defence and Release of Dr. G.N. Saibaba’ came together on April 10 demanding the Delhi University Professor’s “immediate release on bail”. Stating that Mr. Saibaba, who is currently lodged in Nagpur Central Jail, is suffering from severe health issues due toContinue Reading
