Ramankary: A Kerala church opened the gates of its cemetery to cremate a Hindu woman whose family lacked enough space to conduct the last rites at their modest property. Hindu families in certain rural areas of Kerala do not prefer to conduct the last rites at public crematoriums. So whenContinue Reading
Matters India reporter Siliguri, : A collaborative research study conducted by a college in Darjeeling and another in South America on education in pandemic times and published in Scopus platform is featured in World Health Organisation’s website. Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals,Continue Reading
Jajpur: In a bizarre case of human revenge, a 45-year-old tribal man reportedly bit a snake to death after the latter bit him in a remote village in Odisha’s Jajpur district. Kishore Badra of Gambharipatia village under Salijanga panchayat under Danagadi block was returning home after working in his paddyContinue Reading
By Don Aguiar Mumbai: Is this change becoming reality, as India celebrated 75 years of Independence this August 15? It is time to evaluate the progress of the Constitutional promises of a dignified life to the common man. The right to a dignified life without discrimination against any individual orContinue Reading
By Lavina D’Souza Mumbai: Rabindranath Tagore once remarked, “I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can’t make it through one door, I’ll go through another door — or I’ll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.” This optimism is whatContinue Reading
New Delhi: A 33-year-old woman in the national capital paid with her life, just because her four-year-old son urinated in front of her neighbor’s house in north-east Delhi’s Aman Vihar. The four-year-old boy’s mother, Savitri Rana, was slashed several times with a razor by a minor who lives in herContinue Reading
By P T Mathew New Delhi: The crisis of credibility is a wake-up call for the Church in India, and the best way to regain is to follow Jesus, who “lived what he taught and what he taught, he lived,” say Catholic theologians in the country. The eroding credibility theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: National Solidarity Forum (NSF), comprising more than 70 human rights organization, has set up two awards to honor victims and survivors of the 2008 mass violence in Odisha state’s Kandhamal district. The forum plans to hold a virtual national webinar on August 25 toContinue Reading
Raigarh: A villager was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh district on August 11, the second such incident in the region in one month, officials said. Mohitram Yadav (39) was attacked by the jumbo in Ongna village under Dharamjaigarh forest division at around 3 am whenContinue Reading
Bastar: The Chhattisgarh government has been funding tribal communities to develop and maintain their traditional places of worship, known as Devgudis, so that they aren’t lured by anyone to convert to another religion, said state industry minister Kawasi Lakma on Aug. 10. Lakma, a senior Congress leader from Bastar, whichContinue Reading
