By Isaac Gomes Kolkata, April 12, 2023: The Supreme Court of India has asked the federal government to formulate a national model for all states and Union Territories for managing menstrual hygiene for girls in schools. The apex court on April 10 also termed the issue as of “immense importance”Continue Reading
Dimapur, April 12, 2023: A Salesian center in northeastern India has held a series of training to help improve their employment opportunities. The Anma Integrated Development Association (AIDA) held the training in five villages, with a focus on mushroom cultivation and food processing. The women were part of self-help groupsContinue Reading
By Neha Subba Siliguri, April, 4, 2023: More than 200 students from some 25 educational institutions from different cities are attending the third Salesian Model United Nations. Om Prakash Mishra, vice chancellor of North Bengal University and the chief guest, declared open the April 3-5 International conference at Salesian CollegeContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Guwahati, March 27, 2023: Church leaders in India have reacted cautiously to the demand of an organization representing indigenous people that the government remove the reservation for tribal people to Christianity or other religions. A March 26 rally organized by the Janajati Dharma Sanskriti Suraksha ManchaContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Thannipuzha, March 27, 2023: An advocacy group for Catholic religious in India has termed as unacceptable an archbishop’s conditional offer of support to the Bharatiya Janata Party saying it would have serious long term repercussions. “We are shocked by the recent statement made by Archbishop MarContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Bhubaneswar, March 25, 2023: Kandhamal Human Rights Awards for activists and groups in defence of human rights, democracy and secularism in India were presented March 23 at Bhubaneswar, capital of the eastern Indian state of Odisha. The Award for individual category has gone to Shakil Ahmed, aContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Guwahati, March 23, 2023: A two-day summit of delegates from 15 dioceses of northeastern India stressed the important roles women play in society. “It is time that we stressed the equal importance of women in society, family and in the Church,” said Archbishop John Moolachira of Guwahati,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kanpur, March 21, 2022: A delegation of Christians of Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh on March 21 met city Police Commissioner P. Jogdand regarding a spate of accusations and arrests for alleged forcible conversions. The UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversions of Religion Act 2021 aims to stopContinue Reading
By P A Chacko Sahibganj, March 19, 2023: The Metropolitan Archbishop of Tellicherry Mar Joseph Pamplany’s unexpected overture to the BJP to help to get a Lok Sabha seat in Kerala at the 2024 General Elections is a politically opportunistic public statement. “If the government raises the price of rubberContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Adava, March 16, 2023: A Catholic family in an eastern Indian village says it now lives in fear after a mob attack. Kamila Nayak, the head of the 15-member family in Adava village, told Matters India March 16 that some 100 men and women came to theirContinue Reading
