Panaji: Banks and cellphone companies aren’t the only ones demanding your Aadhaar card. Pimps in Goa are also making it mandatory, as a group of five young men from Delhi discovered recently. The men, who flew in for their friend’s bachelor party, landed in Goa with a “contact” in hand.Continue Reading
The Odisha Minority Alliance started the award this yearContinue Reading
Sister Sudha Varghese was chosen for her work among the lowest of the low caste groupContinue Reading
By Sr Prema Chowalur Guwahati: “Christ is for all and He is the saviour of the world” was the resonating message of the pre-Christmas celebration which brought together people of all walks of life. Women Development Centre (WDC), the social wing of the Sisters of the Cross of Chavanod (SCC)Continue Reading
Mathura/Agra: The Christian community in Agra and Mathura on Sunday alleged police high-handedness over the arrest of seven people in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura district on what it said were “fabricated charges of religious conversion”. The seven accused, now in judicial custody, were picked up by police from a house inContinue Reading
Christian schools in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh have been issued a warning by the Hindu Jagran Manch, a right-wing Hindutva group affiliated to Yogi Adityanath’s Hindu Yuva Vahini, not to celebrate Christmas as it may lure the students to Christianity. The HYM suspects Christmas celebration in schools, with a major population ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar: The documentary film, “Voices from the Ruins – Kandhamal in search of Justice” on the anti-Christian violence in Kandhamal in 2008 was screened on December, 18 at the Lohiya Academy in Bhubaneswar, capital of Odisha state. The filmmaker and directed K P Sasi along withContinue Reading
Matters India reporter Darjeeling: An inter-faith group in Darjeeling has shown the way to harmonious and peaceful living among members of all religious beliefs amid news of rising incidents of religious intolerance. The Darjeeling Inter faith group on December 17 held a two hour session on the theme “Peace andContinue Reading
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BY Matters India Reporter Bengaluru: Hundreds of foster children showcased their talents at a Christmas get-together organized here on December 17 by the Dream India Network (DIN). The children performed dances depicting Christmas themes, and made short speeches. Most children are picked from streets, broken or economically poor homes, andContinue Reading
