Shahjahanpur: While Covid-19 cases continue to rise across India, and many states have banned public celebrations and large gatherings in view of Holi, Shab E Barat, and Easter in the coming days, a town in Uttar Pradesh, is busy covering its mosques in plastic sheets. The local administration of ShahjahanpurContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: The harassment of Catholic nuns in a train compartment allegedly by Hindu radicals has drawn condemnation from all sections of society in India. Two nuns and their two novices were taken off an express train and detained for questioning by railway police in Jhansi inContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on March 25 quashed hate crime proceedings initiated against Shillong Times editor Patricia Mukhim for a Facebook post. A Bench led by Justice L. Nageswara Rao agreed with Mukhim, a Padma Shri awardee, that her social media post was only an expression of truth inContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: Sister Jessy Kurian, a Supreme Court lawyer and former member of the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions, on March 25 urged the Nation Human Rights Commission to act against attackers of nuns traveling on a train. In a letter to the commission, a statutoryContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: Women groups in India on March 23 condemned the heckling and harassment of Catholic nuns traveling on a train from Delhi to Odisha. “We call on the Prime Minister and the Home Minister to track down the perpetrators of these crimes and punish themContinue Reading
Komirepalle: The men gathered on a recent evening as the sun slipped lower in the sky, turning the rice fields golden. There was disturbing news: Yet another person from the village had fallen mysteriously ill the night before. The sickness was always the same, the farmworkers said. Burugu Ravi wasContinue Reading
Kolkata: Christians from various denominations are expected to join a massive rally in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata on Easter Sunday, April 4. They will sing and praise the resurrection of Jesus while their leaders will explain the relevance of the Easter message in current times. Heads of fourContinue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi: A group of Hindu radicals has forced Catholic nuns out of a train after accusing them of indulging in religious conversion. Two members of the Sacred Heart congregation were on March 19 traveling to Odisha from New Delhi with two postulants when some activists ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi: The Syro-Malabar Church on March 22 condemned what it alleged was a planned attempt to harass and abuse nuns travelling in trains on fake charges. The Syro-Malabar Church “condemns strongly these violent acts on Christians who are the citizens of the country” and demands thatContinue Reading
The “Kung Fu Nuns” of the Himalayas are among the three finalists for the prestigious Václav Havel Human Rights Prize. They are being recognised for curbing human trafficking, fighting for gender equality and mobilising for disaster relief. This past year, they also fought on the frontlines against the pandemic inContinue Reading
