New Delhi: The Supreme Court on June 11 asked the Centre how it intended to take food to crores of migrant labourers who have no ration cards. “How will food reach migrant labourers without ration cards?” a Bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and M.R. Shah addressed Solicitor General Tushar MehtaContinue Reading
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on June 10 said Jesuit priest and activist Stan Swamy, arrested in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, shall remain admitted in a Mumbai based private hospital till June 18 as he is suffering from COVID-19. Swamy, 84, was on May 28 shifted from the TalojaContinue Reading
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on June 10 urged the minority community to adopt a “decent family planning policy” for population control to reduce poverty. All stakeholders in the community must come forward and support the government in helping reduce poverty in the community which is primarily dueContinue Reading
Mumbai: Eleven people, including eight children, were killed when a double-story apartment building collapsed on another structure at a slum in Mumbai’s Malad. At least seven others received injuries in the late night incident on June 9. Many are still feared trapped under the debris and evacuation operations are underway,Continue Reading
Kochi: After the Kerala High Court on May 28 quashed state “Government Orders, sub-classifying the minorities by providing merit-cum-means scholarship at 80 percent to Muslim community and 20 percent to Latin Catholic Christians and Converted Christians,” and saying “it cannot be legally sustained,” Muslims from the southern Indian state haveContinue Reading
New Delhi: Punjab, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala topped the national school index with Meghalaya and Ladakh at the bottom, the Union education ministry said. Five states and Union territories scored more than 90% for the first time and reached Level-2 or Grade I++ in the performance grading index (PGI) forContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has directed the states and Union Territories (UTs) to take stringent action against individuals and NGOs who invite people to illegally adopt children orphaned by the COVID-19 pandemic. A Bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao and Aniruddha Bose, in an 18-page order published on JuneContinue Reading
Kochi: The Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council (KCBC) on June 8 welcomed the decision of the federal government to offer free coronavirus vaccines to all above the age of 18. Describing the decision as “very timely in securing the well-being of the people of India,” KCBC president Cardinal George Alencherry saidContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Imphal: Archbishop Dominic Lumon of Imphal has led a prayer service to seek divine intervention in the fight against the pandemic in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur. Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh organized the June 7 inter-faith prayer meeting at the Western gate of historicContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna: A Jesuit college in Patna has been conferred with “Green Champion” award for its contribution to Swachhta (cleanliness) Education and Practice. St Xavier’s College of Management and Technology was among 400 educational institutions, including 28 managed by Christians, that received the award from the MahatmaContinue Reading
