By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, July 24, 2023: More than 3,200 people from various walks of life on July 24 signed a memorandum urging the Indian President to “intervene urgently” to end the ethnic crisis in Manipur, a northeastern Indian state. The memorandum was drafted by the National Alliance of People’sContinue Reading
By Lalita Roshni Lakra Ranchi, July 23, 2023: Members of various Churches joined the Conference of Religious India to organize a human chain and prayer service on July 23 for peace and harmony in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur. Jesuit Archbishop Felix Toppo of Ranchi led more than 10,000Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Guwahati, July 21, 2023: The United Christian Forum of North East India has expressed its disgust, pain, and condemnation at what it says was a horrifying incident that occurred in Manipur state. “A video recently surfaced on social media showing two Kuki women being paraded nakedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Imphal, July 12, 2023: Manipur’s Interfaith Forum for Peace and Harmony (IFPH) has organized rally appealing for an end to the ongoing violence and for initiating dialogue between the two warring ethnic groups. Some 500 people belonging to diverse religious and faith traditions, ethnic and spiritualContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, July 12, 2022: A court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on July 12 pronounced 6 of the 11 accused guilty, 13 years after they chopped of the hand of T J Joseph, a college professor in the southern Indian state of Kerala. The courtContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Hyderabad, July 11, 2023: A workshop in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad has asserted the rights and well-being of taxi drivers employed in various platforms The July 10 workshop, held at the Montfort Social Institute and organized in collaboration with the Bengaluru-based National Law SchoolContinue Reading
By Syed Khalique Ahmed New Delhi, July 8, 2023: A new research has exposed claims of many right-wingers who demand a ban on polygyny among Muslims, blaming the community for India’s population growth. The latest research on polygyny tendencies by the International Institute of Population Sciences (IIPS), deemed-to-be-university, and anContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Pune, July 6, 2023: A mob has attacked the principal of a private high school in the western Indian city of Pune. The incident took place on July 4 when a group of parents, accompanied by the members Bajrang Dal, assaulted the principal of the DContinue Reading
By Sami Ahmed Ranchi, July 5, 2023: Ten men who had forced Mohammad Tabrez Ansari to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ before beating him to death have been sentenced to ten years of rigorous imprisonment. The sentence was given July 5 by a trial court in the Seraikela Kharsawan district ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, July 6, 2023: The police in a central Indian state have arrested a man who was caught on camera urinating on a tribal in public. Pravesh Shukla, who was arrested on July 5 night, has been charged under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled TribesContinue Reading