By Manju Devarapalli Hyderabad, August 7, 2023: The Telugu speaking Church in India has mourned the death of a renowned folk singer and poet, who was a major proponent of Telangana state in eastern India. Gummadi Vittal Rao, popularly known as Gaddar, died at 3 pm on July 6 atContinue Reading
By M K George Rome, August 1, 2013: The French have a word, an ‘eminence grise’ (grey eminence) which refers to a powerful decision-maker or advisor who operates behind the scenes or in a non-public or unofficial capacity. This phrase originally referred to Francois Leclerc du Tremblay, the right-hand manContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Agartala, July 31, 2023: Three peace rallies were held at various parts of Agartala diocese in Tripura in solidarity with the victims of violence in Manipur. In the capital city of Agartala, a candlelight rally was organized by the diocese’s women’s commission July 30 in collaborationContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, July 31, 2023: Women in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru held a rally to condemn the ongoing violence against women in Manipur, a northeastern Indian state. The Catholic Women’s Commission of the Archdiocese of Bangalore organized the July 30 rally with like-minded women organizations inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Imphal, July 29, 2023: The elders of Vaishnavite community in Imphal have declared indefinite fast and prayer after taking moral responsibility for what they call the misdeeds of their immature youth. The declaration came during the third visit of Archbishop Emeritus Thomas Menamparampil to the violence-tornContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, July 24, 2023: More than 3,200 people from various walks of life on July 24 signed a memorandum urging the Indian President to “intervene urgently” to end the ethnic crisis in Manipur, a northeastern Indian state. The memorandum was drafted by the National Alliance of People’sContinue Reading
By Lalita Roshni Lakra Ranchi, July 23, 2023: Members of various Churches joined the Conference of Religious India to organize a human chain and prayer service on July 23 for peace and harmony in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur. Jesuit Archbishop Felix Toppo of Ranchi led more than 10,000Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Guwahati, July 21, 2023: The United Christian Forum of North East India has expressed its disgust, pain, and condemnation at what it says was a horrifying incident that occurred in Manipur state. “A video recently surfaced on social media showing two Kuki women being paraded nakedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Imphal, July 12, 2023: Manipur’s Interfaith Forum for Peace and Harmony (IFPH) has organized rally appealing for an end to the ongoing violence and for initiating dialogue between the two warring ethnic groups. Some 500 people belonging to diverse religious and faith traditions, ethnic and spiritualContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, July 12, 2022: A court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on July 12 pronounced 6 of the 11 accused guilty, 13 years after they chopped of the hand of T J Joseph, a college professor in the southern Indian state of Kerala. The courtContinue Reading
