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110,333 cases of rape in India in 2014-16: Govt in Parliament

On: July 19, 2018

Rijiju said in Rajya Sabha that 38,947 cases of rape were registered in 2016, 34,651 cases of rape were registered in 2015 and 36,735 cases of rape were registered in 2014Continue Reading

Nun sexual abuse: Police record Cardinal’s statement

By: Matters India

On: July 19, 2018

In: National

Kochi: The Kerala Police team probing the case pertaining to the rape of a senior nun allegedly by Bishop Franco Mulakkal of the Jalandhar Diocese of the Latin Catholic Church questioned Cardinal Mar George Alencherry, head of the Kerala-based Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, on July 18 on the basis of the nun’s chargeContinue Reading

Women have right to enter Sabarimala temple : Supreme Court

By: Matters India

On: July 19, 2018

In: National

Tagging a woman’s right to enter the famous Sabarimala temple with her menstrual cycle is unreasonable, the Supreme Court’s Constitution Bench observed on July 18. The Bench, led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, asked whether the exclusion of women aged between 10 and 50 from entering a templeContinue Reading

2.52 cr minority students availed scholarships: Naqvi

By: Matters India

On: July 18, 2018

In: National

New Delhi : As many as 2.52 crore minority students, half of them girls, availed three scholarship schemes being offered by the government, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said today. Naqvi said in Lok Sabha that scholarships are being given for the education empowerment of minority students, including girlContinue Reading

Accept gay relationships; all suppression is wrong, says Supreme Court

By: Matters India

On: July 18, 2018

In: National

Public acceptance of people in gay relationships will help meet health concerns and control the spread of HIV, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud told lawyers who argued in support of criminalising homosexuality, on Tuesday. Same sex couples living in denial with no access to medical care were more prone to contracting andContinue Reading

Lay organization urges government to stop harassing Mother Teresa nuns

By: Matters India

On: July 18, 2018

In: National

By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: The All India Catholic Union (AICU), a 99-year-association of Catholic lay people in the country, has called on the Jharkhand and federal government stop harassing the Missionaries of Charity Sisters, a religious order founded by Mother Teresa. “There seems but little doubt that theContinue Reading

Cow protection laws spell trouble for cattle traders

By: Matters India

On: July 18, 2018

In: National

By Annie Gowen Mahaban — In the year since an extremist Hindu monk was tapped to lead one of India’s biggest states, the country’s Muslim cattle traders have seen their lives change in ways they could not have imagined. First mobs of Hindu vigilantes emboldened by the monk’s victory beganContinue Reading

Google hit with record EU fine over Shopping service

By: Matters India

On: July 18, 2018

In: National

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