Known as the messiah and liberator of Bihar Dalits, Father Dr. Jose Kananaikil is no more. He was 83. He has been ailing for the past five years. The death came at 7.45 PM, Friday Jan 12. His body will be buried in XTTI Cemetery, Digha, Patna, tomorrow, Sunday, Jan 14. Fr. Jose belongedContinue Reading
New Delhi: The triple talaq bill, unilaterally drafted and brought by the Narendra Modi government, is politically motivated, feels the Muslim intelligentsia cutting across sectarian lines and schools of thought — but they are happy that the controversy has created awareness in the public mind about the evils of theContinue Reading
New Delhi: Four senior Indian supreme court judges have gone public with an extraordinary warning that India’s chief justice is mishandling sensitive cases and endangering the court’s integrity and the country’s democracy. The four judges- Justices Kurian Joseph, Jasti Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi and Madan Lokur- the most senior members of theContinue Reading
Mangaldoi, Assam: Two couples – one Hindu and the other Muslim – whose babies were accidentally swapped soon after birth over two years ago, have decided to keep the child they have been raising, and moved a local court to settle the matter. The issue came to public notice last weekContinue Reading
Raipur: An umbrella organization of tribal communities in Chhattisgarh has decided to boycott three tribal ministers and other tribal leaders in the ruling party for their silence on government decision to change the land law. Several experts on tribal issues from other states are expected to assemble on January 13Continue Reading
By: Matters India Reporter Kochi: The Syro-Malabar Church synod which began at the Church headquarters at Kakkanad on Jan 8 expressed concern about the decrease in the number of vocations in women which is likely to affect the missionary work of the church adversely. According to a press statement from theContinue Reading
New Delhi: In a bid to address privacy concerns, the UIDAI on Wednesday introduced a new concept of ‘Virtual ID’ which Aadhaar-card holder can generate from its website and give for various purposes, including SIM verification, instead of sharing the actual 12-digit biometric ID. This will give the users theContinue Reading
A local Baptist church in Mizoram has decided to announce incentives for those couples who decide to have at least four babies. The cash prize will be provided in an incremental manner with the church paying Rs 4,000 for the fourth baby, Rs 5,000 for the fifth baby and soContinue Reading
Kochi: The archdiocese has made its stance clear in the controversial Ernakulam Angamaly archdiocese land deal. In Satyadeepam, a weekly newspaper published by the Syro Malabar Church, it urged the followers to proceed upholding Christ and truth. In the column ‘Varikalkidayil’ (between the lines), the last few lines of theContinue Reading
Biate: Mizoram’s lone woman minister has provoked a debate with her advice to students to marry within the community. Vanlalawmpuii Chawngthu, a spinster, on May 9 told students at Biate that they should be careful while looking for spouses and advised them to marry only their fellow Mizos. Biate, someContinue Reading
