Hyderabad, Oct. 24, 2018: The Election Commission has proposed to hold a workshop with Facebook officials on preventing the misuse of social media platforms during polls, Chief Election Commissioner O P Rawat said in Hyderabad October 24. Addressing a press conference on the concluding day of an EC team’s three-dayContinue Reading
Dasuya, October 23, 2018: The mortal remains of Father Kuriakose Kattuthara has been brought to a church at Jalandhar Cantonment in Punjab on October 23. It will be taken to Kerala on via New Delhi where his funeral will be performed. The prelate was found dead inside his room atContinue Reading
Jammu, October 22, 2018: Advocate Deepika Rajawat, who fought to seek justice in the Kathua rape-and-murder case, has won the Mother Teresa Memorial Award-2018 for social justice. The Harmony Foundation hosted the 14th annual Mother Teresa Memorial Awards-2018, at the Taj Lands End, Mumbai, on Sunday. At the award ceremony,Continue Reading
Palghar, October 22, 2018: A shocking incident of two Rajasthani women having been allegedly “sold off to recover dowry” has come to light, on October 22 in Virar town here, officials said. Following sustained efforts by social activists, Virar Police on October 9 booked a dozen persons including a charteredContinue Reading
Allapuzha, Oct 22, 2018: Activist Rehana Fathima, who attempted to enter the sanctum sanctorum of the Sabarimala temple on Friday, has been expelled from the Muslim community. The Kerala Muslim Jama’ath Council has directed the Ernakulam Central Muslim Jama’ath (CMJ) to expel Rehana and her family. A Poonkunju, the CouncilContinue Reading
By Manoj Nayak Bhubaneswar, October 22, 2018: CARAVAN or a rally with a theme “Batei Aman Ki” (story of us all) is a unique programme of women’s empowerment. It has the special objective and message of equality, equal rights, protection of constitutional values, establishing peace and solidarity among varied communities.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Aligarh: October 21, 2018: The Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India has conferred upon Jesuit Father Christian W Troll, the Sir Syed Excellence Award in recognition of his excellent work on Sir Syed studies. Prof. Abdul Kidwai, the head of the Department of Quranic Studies at theContinue Reading
the olkata Commissioner handed him a special reward on October 20Continue Reading
Bama, Oct 19, 2018: A sadhu in Uttar Pradesh allegedly cut off his genitals, saying he was upset about being accused of an affair with a woman. Madani Baba, currently in a hospital in Bamna district around 300 km from Lucknow, has alleged a conspiracy against him by a groupContinue Reading
Washington DC, Oct. 19, 2018: In one remote corner of India, a nation where Hindu nationalists control the government and have been accused of stoking intolerance and violence against religious minorities, the Catholic Church is faring quite well. In the diocese of Miao, in Arunachal Pradesh state in extreme easternContinue Reading
