Chennai: Tamil Nadu health minister Ma Subramanian has said that preference in vaccination will be given to natives of pilgrimage towns of the state. He said that Tiruvannamalai, Nagore, Velnakanni, and Rameshwaram towns have been identified for this purpose. The state health minister was speaking after inaugurating a vaccination campContinue Reading
The Church of England is facing criticism after a priest committed suicide following false child abuse allegations made against him. After more than 12 months of being investigated, Father Alan Griffin took his own life in November last year, despite the allegations never being explained to him. The investigation wasContinue Reading
Panaji: A partial demolition of a church in Delhi, located more than 2,000 km from Goa, has taken the centre-stage in the early campaigning phase in the coastal state, which is headed for Assembly polls in early 2022. The demolition of the Syro-Malabar church located in South Delhi’s Chattarpur areaContinue Reading
Indore: Upper caste men allegedly stopped a Dalit groom and others in a marriage party from entering a temple and assaulted them at a tribal-dominated area in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore district. Following a complaint by the groom’s father, an FIR has been filed at Manpur police station under the IPCContinue Reading
Mumbai: At least 31 persons, including eight minors, lost their lives in Mumbai as incessant rain from July 17 night and throughout July 18 triggered a landslip, house collapse and electrocution. The Regional Meteorological Centre of Mumbai has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall at few places, with extremely heavyContinue Reading
New Delhi: Ahead of a march planned by farmers near Parliament during the monsoon session, the Delhi police’s meeting with the farmer unions on July 18 remained inconclusive. A senior police officer said they had requested the farmers to reconsider their protest call citing the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA)Continue Reading
Nagpur: The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (UP ATS) has arrested three persons from Nagpur in connection with a case registered in Lucknow under UP’s anti-conversion law, an official said July 17. The three were arrested from Nagpur’s Ganeshpeth area July 16 night, he said. The accused have been identified asContinue Reading
Bettiah: At least 16 people have died at a village in Bihar in the past few days, in a suspected case of alcohol poisoning in a state that had passed the prohibition law six years ago. According to a statement issued by the administration of West Champaran district, headquartered inContinue Reading
Rome: The death in custody of Indian Catholic priest Stan Swamy, a renowned human rights and social justice advocate for over four decades, will forever remain a stain on India’s human rights record, a United Nations human rights expert has said. The 84-year-old, who died on July 5 while undergoingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on July 16 promised to probe the demolition of a Catholic church in the national capital and try to restore it. The leader of the Aam Aadmi Party said this when a Church delegation led by Archbishop Kuriakose BharanikulangaraContinue Reading
