New Delhi: Human Rights Forum and Andhra Pradesh Human Rights Defenders communities have mourned the death of Jayasree Kakumani, an activist and lawyer. Kakumani died July 31 because of cardiac arrest. The 61-year-old activist was among the active members of the Human Rights Forum in Kadapa and Rayalaseema regions ofContinue Reading
Chennai: A man has attacked the headquarters of Sathiyam TV, a popular satellite channel in Chennai, promoted by Mohan C Lazarus, an evangelist. CCTV footage released by the channel showed the man carrying a sword and a shield on August 3 ransacked the channel’s properties. “He entered the office premisesContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhopal: Archbishop Leo Cornelio of Bhopal on August 3 opened a new campus of the Bhopal School of Social Sciences that is expected to meet the challenges in changing professional education. The new sprawling campus – Institute of Advanced Studies — is set up at AshaniketanContinue Reading
Mumbai: In 1970, Father Placido Fonseca became director of Snehasadan, a Jesuit initiative in Mumbai aimed at helping street children find their feet and their dignity. Over the decades, more than 40,000 children passed through the doors of its 17 homes, each group of 20 or 30 cared for byContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Balasore: The diocese of Balasore in Odisha state has expressed shock and grief over the death of Holy Family nun because of Covid-19. Sister Pouline Moonjely, superior of the congregation’s convent in Bhadrak, died July 30 in a hospital in Bhubaneswar, the state capital. She was 57.Continue Reading
New Delhi: Spurred by the murder of a judge in Jharkhand, the Supreme Court on July 30 took suo motu cognisance of the mounting concerns about the dangers faced by the subordinate judiciary, especially trial judges, in the line of duty. A Bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI)Continue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Khunti: False information has appeared in local media in Jharkhand state about the Catholic Mission Primary School in Sarangloya, an educational establishment run by Claretian missionaries. According to some media reports, missionaries have carried out forced conversions at the school, a claim Bishop Binay Kandulna of KhuntiContinue Reading
New Delhi: Social activists have decried the Indian government’s denial of deaths from manual scavenging. Sanjeev Kumar, leader of an NGO working for the rights of Dalits and Tribals, says that the number of death from manual scavenging is anyway underreported and the government denying it completely is highly condemnable.Continue Reading
By C V Joseph Bengaluru: A Christian delegation led by Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore has called on Karnataka’s new Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot. Archbishop Machado, who is the chairperson of the Karnataka Region Catholic Bishop’s Council, congratulated the governor for assuming his new office. The prelate conveyed the greetingsContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis joined world leaders and religious organizations in calling for an end to the scourge of human trafficking on July 30, the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. “I invite everyone to work together with the victims to transform the economy of trafficking into an economy ofContinue Reading
