By: Matters India Reporter Kanjamendi: Kandhamal anti-Christian violence survivors still in psychological pain after nine years. This is was said during a psychological counseling session that was conducted for the survivors of Kandhamal violence in 2007 and 2008, at Divya Jyoti Pastoral Centre here, Kandhamal district, Odisha, Eastern India, FebruaryContinue Reading
Kottayam: When 31-year-old Bineesh Thomas and 27-year-old Hima got married, the guests remained silent spectators. Instead, they all witnessed a beautiful ceremony where only silence spoke, moving some to tears of joy.For, the couple took their wedding vows and followed the wedding rituals in the church completely in sign language. Kottayam nativeContinue Reading
By Ajaya Kumar Singh Bhubaneswar: The Karwan-e-Mohabbat, a civil society initiative of solidarity and conscience in response to rising hate violence, visited Odisha from 26-28 February. This is the tenth state to be visited by the Karwan. Now in its second year, the Karwan visited Gurudijhatia in Cuttack district whereContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Chennai: Bishop Neethinathan Anthonisamy of Chingleput along with hundreds of priests, nuns and lay people met the Kanchipuram district collector regarding St. Joseph Hospices at Palaswaram (A home for dying and destitute) on Feb 28. “The media and other anti-social forces are spreading false news regardingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar: The Campaign for Kandhamal’s seven innocents – six of them illiterates including a mentally challenged – languishing in jail for nine years due to Sangh Parivar fraud, crossed a big milestone (Feb 28) reaching 10,000 signatures. Journalist Anto Akkara who anchors the campaign for sevenContinue Reading
New Delhi: A woman caught hold of a man by the collar and slapped him before dragging him to a police station for making obscene comments in a crowded market in west Delhi. The incident occurred on February 25 when a group of four-five men started harassing the woman whoContinue Reading
Thiruvanathapuram: A group of the state’s prison inmates will have an opportunity to display their cricketing skills when they take on a Sri Lankan delegation in a friendly T20 cricket match. The match will be held at the Sports Hub at Karyavattom, Thiruvanathapuram on Wednesday at 2 pm. Chief MinisterContinue Reading
New Delhi: The percentage of Muslim population in Assam is 34 pc; the majority of them are Bengali Muslims who have settled here from the past 100 years. Most of them are poor, illiterate and agricultural labours, but RSS, ruling BJP and their like-minded local parties say that lakhs ofContinue Reading
Human rights activist and journalist Teesta Setalvad was to conduct the workshopContinue Reading
Meghalaya and Nagaland voted todayContinue Reading
