By Matters India Reporter Sundargarh: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) and Odisha Bishops have urged people of Sundargarh district not to give in to divisive forces. On 1, April 2018, in the late night of Easter Sunday, some miscreants vandalized a grotto outside the compound of St. ThomasContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Goa: A group of spiritual heads from various religions has denounced the sporadic violence that is taking place in India. “We condemn all violence, lynchings and killings and request the authorities to take strong and speedy action against those involved in anti-social acts. We are veryContinue Reading
By Irudya Jothi SJ Kolkata: The Karwan-e-Mohabbat, a civil society initiative of solidarity and conscience in response to rising hate violence, visited the victims of Asansol riot in Bengal on April 8. “It is the dominant who have the power and knowledge and the look at the weak as theContinue Reading
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By Karen Laurie Mumbai: Father Leon Cruz, the only Salesian in India to be appointed as a Missionary of Mercy (MoM) by Pope Francis in 2017 with special powers to pardon sins reserved to the Holy See, will join other Missionaries of Mercy from around the world in Rome fromContinue Reading
By: Puroshottam Nayak Bhubaneswar : An Ethical Imperative of Odisha Catholic Bishops’ Council (OCBC) with about 80 participants of both men and women religious provincials, vice-provincials, delegates of the provincials, major superiors, religious leaders of different congregations, vicar-generals, Commission Secretaries, stakeholders working in Odisha gathered on April 4, 2018 inContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed Bengal and three other states to pay an interim amount of Rs 127 crore to hundreds of thousands of tea garden workers whose legal dues have remained unpaid for over 15 years. The bench of Justices S.A. Bobde and L. Nageswara RaoContinue Reading
The Election Commission of India on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it stuck to its stand taken way back in 2004 that candidates should not be allowed to contest from two seats simultaneously and if allowed, those who contest and win from two sseats resulting in a bye-election shouldContinue Reading
Jaipur: A statue of Mahatma Gandhi was vandalised in Nathdwara town of Rajasthan, following which a case was registered against unidentified miscreants, police said on Wednesday. The head of the statue, installed by the Nathdwara municipality in Valmiki Basti in the town, was found missing on Tuesday. Police registered aContinue Reading
Kochi: The Kerala high court on Tuesday allowed the state government to issue the final notification regarding minimum wages to be paid to nurses working in private hospitals. The court disposed a petition filed by Kerala Private Hospital Association (KPHA) challenging the proposed hike in minimum wages by the stateContinue Reading
