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
Kochi: The Kerala high court on Tuesday completed hearing in the appeal filed by Cardinal George Alencherry challenging a single bench’s order to register FIR against him and others in Syro Malabar Church land sale row. A division bench led by chief justice Antony Dominic has reserved the case forContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata: The Jesuit-run Udayani (awakening) Social Action Forum in West Bengal is encouraging rural women to contend in local elections scheduled to take place in May. “Registering our women’s Self Help Groups (SHGs) federations at the block level into NGOs and train them to be independentContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar: As members of the Dalit caste were protesting the Supreme Court order that prevented the immediate arrest of those being violent towards them across India on April 2, the Bishops of Odisha and other church leaders have planned to deliberate on the Dalits of OdishaContinue Reading
New Delhi: Violence against Christians are increasing in the National Capital Region of India, especially in the immediate neighboring states of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. During the holy week some miscreants claiming to be custodians of the majority community desecrated the Church services and beat up the people praying insideContinue Reading
