By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, July 14, 2026: Dara Singh, the prime convict in the 1999 murder of Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two minor sons, is likely to be released soon after the Odisha State Sentence Review Board recommended his freedom on grounds of “good behavior,” TheContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, July 12, 2026: A high-level delegation of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI), led by Cardinal Poola Anthony, met federal Home Minister Amit Shah to submit a detailed memorandum on issues affecting the Christian community. The bishops raised concerns over the proposed ForeignContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, July 7, 2026: A prominent Catholic organization in India has condemned what it says is a campaign of threats, intimidation and religiously charged attacks against a judge whose ruling in a mob lynching case sparked a public backlash. The All India Catholic Union (AICU),Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, July 3, 2026: West Bengal’s top Christian body has announced a statewide mobilisation to counter what it describes as a surge of fabricated social‑media content and false allegations of mass religious conversion. The programme, titled the “Memorandum Submission Fortnight” which runs until July 19, willContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, June 27, 2026: The head of India’s Latin Catholic bishops’ conference has expressed sorrow and solidarity with Venezuela after a devastating earthquake, Catholic Connect reported. “CCBI Stands with Venezuela in Prayer,” said His Eminence Filipe Neri Cardinal Ferrão, president of the Conference of CatholicContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Hyderabad, June 23, 2026: In a coordinated push to strengthen voter participation, religious leaders and civic groups in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have begun mobilizing communities ahead of a major electoral roll revision, combining interfaith outreach, legal awareness and grassroots training. An online Special Intensive RevisionContinue Reading
By Isaac Harold Gomes Kolkata, June 21, 2026: A clandestine network of agents and officials turned illegal immigration into a billion-rupee industry along the Indo-Bangladesh border, with insiders revealing decades of infiltration, forged documents, and staggering profits now disrupted by political change. Anandabazar.com, through its June 16, report, has broughtContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ranchi, June 19, 2026: The Jharkhand High Court has acquitted Sister Concilia of the Missionaries of Charity and two co defendants, clearing them of all charges in the high profile 2018 Ranchi child trafficking case. The verdict, delivered after nearly eight years of legal proceedings, broughtContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter NEW DELHI, June 17, 2026: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) has urged churches nationwide to observe June 28, 2026, as a National Day of Prayer in response to the proposed Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) Amendment Bill. The legislation, expected to be debated inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Chennai, June 12, 2026: Villagers across Tamil Nadu turned local Gram Sabha meetings into platforms for urgent appeals—calling for clean water, electricity, agricultural support, and protection of Dalit Christian families facing eviction. In observance of World Environment Day, June 5, these local self‑government village meetings becameContinue Reading
