Varikoli, March 19, 2019: The family of 46-year-old Thondanpaarayil Saramma, who passed away on March 17, is in a quandary as they continue to wait for her burial ceremony. This family from Varikoli in Ernakulam district has become yet another victim to be caught in the crossfire of the protractedContinue Reading
Chennai, March 19, 2019: The Election Commission on March 19 informed the Madras High Court that it has rejected a plea by the Tamil Nadu Bishops’ Council seeking re-scheduling Lok Sabha elections and assembly bypolls in the state. Election Commission (EC) counsel Niranjan Rajagopalan made the submission when a petitionContinue Reading
Chennai, March 19: 2019: The head of the Catholic Church in Tamil Nadu has approached the Madras High Court for change in the general election date in the southern Indian state. “There are two difficulties — the timing and the venue,” Archbishop Antony Pappusamy of Madurai explained the Church’s problemContinue Reading
Madurai, March 18, 2019: An organization working for the rights of Dalit Christians has appealed to political parties to include long-pending demands of Dalit Christians in their election manifestos. In a statement issued to all national and regional parties, the National Dalit Christian Watch (NDCW) mainly highlighted its demand forContinue Reading
Tura, March 17, 2019: Meghalaya police have arrested a Catholic priest for allegedly molesting a woman on the night bus while returning from the state capital of Shillong. According to the North Garo Hills police, Fransalian Father Biju Joseph was caught and roughed up by the passengers of a nightContinue Reading
Hyderabad, March 17, 2019: Women in Hyderabad organized a silent candlelight protest to show solidarity with the victims of New Zealand’s twin mosque attacks that killed 49 people. One of the protesters, Sumitra said, “We are here to condemn the terror attack happened in New Zealand. We believe that peopleContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna, March 17, 2019: A new book comprehensively deals with Bihar’s school education, especially Dalits’. The research based book entitled, Dalit Education in Bihar: A Study of Exclusion, is authored by Jesuit Father Jose Kalapura and Ashutosh Kumar Vishal. It is jointly published by Jesuit-managed XavierContinue Reading
By Fr Nigel Barrett Varanasi, March 15, 2019: Church communicators should become prophets in this age of fake news and denounce fearlessly all that is wrong in the country as well as in the church, says the editor of a leading Christian weekly in India. “In the thirst to beContinue Reading
Mumbai, March 14, 2019: Two nurses on their way to hospital for night duty were killed on March 14 when an overbridge collapsed in Mumbai. At least five persons were killed and 33 others injured after a portion of the concrete slab of a key foot over bridge connecting ChhatrapatiContinue Reading
Mumbai, Mar. 14, 2019: A foot overbridge leading into the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus collapsed on Thursday, killing five people and injuring several. The FOB, which is taken by hundreds of commuters everyday, was reported to have collapsed on Thursday evening. Police officials as well as rescue workers rushed toContinue Reading
