By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, Feb 23, 2019: More than 1000 people including bishops, priests, religious and lay people attended the “Kandhamal Day” celebration reconnecting with Christian faith in Bengaluru, on Feb 22 at the Good Shepherd Auditorium. Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore and the Karnataka Region Catholic Bishops’ CouncilContinue Reading
Siliguri, Feb 23, 2019: Three year old Post Graduate Department of English at Salesian College Siliguri Campus hosted its first PG Students’ Conference on the theme ‘Voices from the Margins’ on 22 February 2019. “The conference aimed at providing PG students and young research scholars an academic platform for enunciatingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Feb 22, 2019: Targeted violence and hate crimes against the Christian community in India continued unabated in 2018, says Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI). The Religious Liberty Commission (RLC) of the Evangelical Fellowship of India has recorded 325 incidents where Christians have been targetedContinue Reading
By Robancy A Helen New Delhi, Feb 22, 2019: The most debated author of “Why I Am Not a Hindu and Post – Hindu India,” Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd becomes the first person to pen down his autobiography from a shepherd community. The book titled “From a Shepherd Boy to anContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Guwahati, Feb. 22, 2019: The International Pilgrimage Revolution opened its first office in northeastern India on February 21 at Ullubari, Guwahati, Assam’s commercial capital. Archbishop John Moolachira of Guwahati blessed and Allen Brooks, former chairperson of the Minorities Commission of Assam, inaugurated the office. The international travelContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Miao, Feb. 22, 2019: The second edition of Namdapha Butterfly Meet got underway on February 21 at Miao in the Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India. The Society for Education and Environmental Development (SEED) opened its second edition of Namdapha Butterfly Meet (NBM) with painting andContinue Reading
Pune, Feb 22, 2019: In yet another incident of assault on Kashmiris after the Pulwama terror attack, a 24-year-old journalist from Jammu and Kashmir was beaten up in Pune, Maharashtra. The local police, who earlier dubbed it as an incident of road rage, registered a case against the two suspectedContinue Reading
Tura, Feb 20, 2019: Catholic run schools and colleges from all over Garo Hills on Wednesday remained closed as a mark of protest and condemnation against the frequent attacks on Catholic Parishes and institutions, by miscreants in the last few weeks. The shut down protest was also aimed at demandingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Feb 20, 2019: The year 2019 is not much different from 2018 for Christians in India except that on an average if 2018 witnessed 20 incidents per month, 2019 has begun with 29 incidents in January in 13 states of India. “Almost an incidentContinue Reading
New Delhi, Feb 19, 2019: A Missionaries of Charity nun and an employee of Nirmal Hriday Home have been locked in jail for the last 222 days on the charges of child trafficking in the Jharkhand. The two women are languishing in the prison in Jharkhand and not even grantedContinue Reading
