By Matters India Reporter Baripada: Odisha remembers the 18th death anniversary of the martyrdom of Graham Stuart Staines and two his sons Philip and Timothy aged 8 and 10 on September 22. They were alive in a van in Manoharpur village of Odisha on January 22nd night in 1999. StainesContinue Reading
Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai– Parents pass their virtues, values, principles and understanding of life flow on to their children.to their children, a bishop told pilgrims in India. Auxiliary Bishop John Rodrigues of the Archdiocese of Bombay was speaking at a students’ pilgrimage to Mount Mary’s Basilica in the Bandra neighborhood ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai: Sister Sudha Varghese, the Padma Shri awardee nun, and Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma have appeared on a quiz contest hosted by Amitabh Bachchan, a renowned Indian actor. “I was invited to be on Big B’s show Kaun Banega Crorepati 10. The shooting was done onContinue Reading
By Augustine Singh Madurai: Proper use of technology is a must for mental health. This was stressed on September 21, the first of day three-day Conference of Catholic Psychologists of India (CCPI). The conference’s annual meeting is addressing the role of psychology in the contemporary technological world. “There is aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: The patronage given to communal forces by the federal government threatens peace in India, says a senior journalist. “Peace is in danger in India from communal and casteist forces. The government too has contributed to it by adopting a confrontationist stand with Maoists andContinue Reading
More than 30 Indian passengers, some bleeding from their noses and ears, have received treatment after pilots “forgot” to turn on a switch regulating cabin pressure, officials said. Jet Airways flight 9W 697 from Mumbai to Jaipur turned back shortly after take off. Videos tweeted by passengers aboard the planeContinue Reading
Kochi: Bishop Franco Mulakkal was grilled for more than eight hours on September 20 by Kerala police over allegations of rape and unnatural sex leveled by a nun. He will be questioned for the third straight day on September 21 . “We had decided to complete the interrogation today. ButContinue Reading
By Augustine Singh Madurai: The Conference of Catholic Psychologists of India will explore the role of psychology in the contemporary technological world at its annual meeting starting on September 21. The three-day meet at Pillar Institute of Lay Leadership, Animation and Research, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, is expected to draw mostContinue Reading
By Rohini Swamy Bengaluru: From teenagers and nuns to a tourist accusing priests of rape, scandals have tainted the Churches in India. The sex abuse scandal that has engulfed the Catholic Church globally has not left its Indian arm untouched, as laid bare by the allegations of repeated rape againstContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar: The Odia translation of the book “Who Killed Laxmanananda?” was released on Sept 19 by the illiterate wives of seven people languishing in jail for allegedly killing the Hindu religious leader. Goldman prize laureate Prafulla Samantara, human rights activists Dhirendra Panda and Narendra Mohanty ofContinue Reading
