Shillong, Dec. 13, 2018: A Meghalaya High Court judge stirred controversy after he wrote a judgement that said India should have been declared a “Hindu country.” Since partition of the subcontinent, during Independence, was done on the basis of religion, “Pakistan declared that it was an Islamic country… India shouldContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Vijayawada, Dec. 13, 2018: A former moderator of the Church of South India (CSI) has been reportedly arrested and jailed on December 11 by the Crime Investigation Department on alleged charges of corruption and illegal sale of Church properties. Bishop Govada Dyvashirvadam is the former bishopContinue Reading
KOCHI, Dec 12: Despite the KCBC (Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council) vowing to set up Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) in all institutions run by the Church, it. nonetheless, expressed the impracticality of setting up ICC in nunneries and priestly congregations. “Convents are places where nuns live and therefore we cannot formContinue Reading
Shillong, Dec. 12, 2018: The Salesian province of St. John Paul II has mourned the death of Father Joseph Cilia, a missionary from Malta who served the people of northeastern India, especially the youth, for more tan six decades. Father Celia, a Salesian, died on December 10 at Shillong’s NazarethContinue Reading
Piravom, Dec. 11, 2018: The Kerala High Court on December 11 refused to hear a petition regarding the management of a church currently in the middle of a heated dispute between the two factions of Christians. A division bench of the court comprising of Justice PR Ramachandra Menon and JusticeContinue Reading
By Madan Sualsingh Daringbabadi, Dec.11, 2018: A tribal cultural group comprising women of Kandhamal district in Odisha, eastern India, has challenged society to change its attitude on gender stereotyping. Jana Shakti (people’s power), the cultural team of Jana Vikas (people’s development), an NGO, raised the challenged on December 11 atContinue Reading
Aizawl, Dec. 11, 2018: While the nation is grappling under population boom and the current generation opting for nuclear families and not more than 2 children, it is a known fact that many indigenous communities in India, in general and Northeast India in particular are facing the risk of dwindlingContinue Reading
By Jhanshi Singh and Madan Sualsingh New Delhi, Dec. 10, 2018: The National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) celebrated its 20th anniversary of existence at Vishwa International Youth Centre, New Delhi. Several eminent speakers addressed the gathering calling to work for Dalit rights, their education, emancipation, liberation and empowerment.Continue Reading
Piravom, Dec. 10, 2018: A group of parishioners on Dec. 10 foiled an attempt by the Kerala Police to take control of their church. Six women and three men reached the terrace of the St Mary’s Syrian Jacobite Church in Piravom, after a strong posse of police officers came toContinue Reading
Jhanshi Singh New Delhi, Dec. 10, 2018: The National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) celebrated its 20th anniversary of existence (1998-2018) at Vishwa International Youth Centre, New Delhi. Several eminent speakers addressed the gathering calling to work for Dalit rights, their education, emancipation, liberation and empowerment. Speaking on thisContinue Reading