By Matters India Reporter Kottayam: Hundreds of people from various social strata on July 13 attended the funeral of the supreme head of the Malankara Orthodox Church. Catholicos of the East, Baselios Marthoma Paulose II, died July 12 at Parumala St. Gregorios Hospital. He was on treatment for cancer forContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony and Ginto K Tom Guwahati: The Catholic bishops in northeastern India on July 13 condemned the demolition of a church in the national capital the previous day. “It is shocking and sad news,” said Archbishop John Moolachira of Guwahati, who is president of North East India RegionalContinue Reading
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on Tuesday submitted to the Bombay High Court the medical records of Jesuit priest and activist Stan Swamy, an 84-year-old accused in the Elgar Parishad case who died in a hospital while being in judicial custody last week awaiting a medical bail. Chief public prosecutor ArunaContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on July 14 formed a sub-committee to examine a proposed amendment in the procedure and eligibility conditions for allotment of ”religious” category plots through e-auction, officials said. The decision was taken during a meeting of the urban body chaired by Delhi Lt GovernorContinue Reading
New Delhi: The northern Indian state of Uttarakhand has decided to give “top priority to the protection of human life” by suspending Kanwar Yatra, an annual pilgrimage, in view of the Covid-19 situation. The decision was taken by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami following a meeting with senior State officialsContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Editors Guild of India has condemned the assault on a journalist by an Indian Administrative Service officer during the local elections in Uttar Pradesh on July 10. The guild said it was “deeply disturbed” by the continuing trend of heavy-handedness by the state authorities against journalists andContinue Reading
Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government has planned to dispose of 337 metric tonnes of hazardous waste from the premises of the Union Carbide factory for the construction of a memorial for the Bhopal gas tragedy victims. The survivors of the Union Carbide disaster, however, termed the move to build aContinue Reading
Camagüey: Father Castor Álvarez was beaten and arrested in Camagüey while he was defending young protesters amid protests of Cuba’s communist government on July 11. Protests took place across the island July 11. According to information confirmed by CNA’s sister agency, ACI Prensa, the priest is being held at theContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Bhubaneswar: The Catholic Church in Odisha has mourned the death of Paul Pradhan, who had worked women’s empowerment and the rights of Tribals and Dalits in the eastern Indian state. Pradhan died of brain hemorrhage July 10 in Sunshine Hospital at Laxmisagar, a suburb in Bhubaneswar, theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Agartala: Catholic priests and nuns working in the northeastern Indian state of Tripura have recalled the life of Jesuit activists Father Stan Swamy and his work among Tribals and Dalits. The July 9 program in Agartala, the state capital, was organized by the Association for SocialContinue Reading
