By Matters India Reporter Udupi: A special prayer service was held at the Mother of Sorrows Church in Udupi for the recovery of Congress leader Oscar Fernandes, who is under treatment at a private hospital here following a head injury. Bishop Gerald Isaac Lobo of Udupi conducted the July 23Continue Reading
Kollam: Kerala’s oldest learner Bhageerathi Amma, who passed the literacy examination at the age of 105 two years ago and won the praise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, died in Kollam, family sources said. She was 107 years old and breathed her last late on July 22 night at herContinue Reading
Mumbai: At least 110 people have been killed in landslides and flooding triggered by heavy rains in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. The rains overwhelmed hundreds of villages, sweeping away houses and leaving residents stranded. Rescue crews have been racing to evacuate survivors but many people are feared missing.Continue Reading
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court bench on July 23 withdrew its oral observations praising the late Father Stan Swamy and even appreciating his work for society. The bench of Justices Sambhaji Shinde and Nijamoodin Jamadar withdrew their comments after the National Investigations Agency (NIA) took strong objection to the “personalContinue Reading
By Sameer Yasir, Emily Schmall and Iqbal Kirmani SRINAGAR, Kashmir — Manmeet Kour Bali had to defend her marriage in court. A Sikh by birth, Ms. Bali converted to Islam to marry a Muslim man. Her parents objected to a marriage outside their community and filed a police complaint againstContinue Reading
Bengaluru: The Latin Catholic Church in India will hold a one-hour National Prayer Service on August 7 to pray for the health of the world. The prayer will be conducted from the tombs of St. Thomas, St. Francis Xavier and St. Teresa of Kolkata and from the Marian Basilicas ofContinue Reading
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused excess deaths in India to cross more than four million, a new study has found. Excess deaths are a measure of how many more people are dying than would be expected compared to the previous few years. Although it is difficult to say how manyContinue Reading
New Delhi: In the first verdict on north-east Delhi riots, a court on July 20 acquitted a man of rioting and dacoity charges while noting that the prosecution “miserably failed” to prove its case. Freeing sole-accused Suresh alias Bhatura, Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat said the prosecution has not beenContinue Reading
New Delhi: Girls who had access to the free lunches provided at government schools, had children with a higher height-to-age ratio than those who did not, says a new study on inter-generational benefits of India’s midday meal scheme. Using nationally representative data on cohorts of mothers and their children spanningContinue Reading
New Delhi: Danish Siddiqui, India’s first Pulitzer Prize winner in feature photography who rose to the top of his profession while documenting conflict, carnages, and human suffering, was killed in a crossfire between Afghan forces and the Taliban on July 16. Siddiqui was reporting the war in Afghanistan for Reuters.Continue Reading
