Unnao: Two teenage girls were found dead and another unconscious on February 17 in a field in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao. The unconscious girl was rushed to Kanpur in a critical condition. The other two were declared brought dead on arrival by doctors. The police said the girls aged between 13Continue Reading
New Delhi: A court in Delhi on February 17 acquitted a woman journalist in a defamation case filed by a former federal minister. Observing that M J Akbar’s defamation case against Priya Ramani could not be proved, the court asserted, “Women can’t be punished for raising instances of sexual abuse.”Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi: The police in Kerala have ruled out foul play in the death of a Catholic nun in the southern Indian state. A post mortem examination done on the body of Sister Jessina Thomas suggests that she had died due to drowning in a quarry, theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: The United Christian Forum has urged the administration and the Directorate of Education of Daman to immediately withdraw a circular making veneration of goddess Saraswati compulsory in all schools under the Union Territory in western India. “The Christian community in Dadra and Nagar HaveliContinue Reading
By C V Joseph Bengaluru: Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore has urged Catholic journalists to speak for God and stand by truth. “You are our eyes, ears and even heartbeat,” the prelate said February 14 while talking to some Catholic journalists who had assembled at the Archbishop’s House. Stressing theContinue Reading
By Shruti Tomar Bhopal: Chhatar Singh Katre, a teacher in a small village school run by the government in Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat district organized a get-together and a prayer meet on January 27. The occasion, his daughter said, was to celebrate her college admission. Before the program started, the policeContinue Reading
New Delhi: The right to protest and express dissent comes with certain duties and cannot be held “anytime and everywhere,” the Supreme Court said in an order, dismissing a review petition on the anti-citizenship law protests held in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh in 2019. Twelve activists had filed a review petitionContinue Reading
Chennai: At least 15 people have died and many were injured in an explosion at a firecracker factory in Tamil Nadu’s Virudhunagar district, around 500 kilometers from Chennai. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed grief over the blast. “Fire at a firecracker factory in Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu is saddening. InContinue Reading
New Delhi: A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck in Tajikistan on February 12 with tremors felt across North India and Delhi, prompting people to rush out of their homes. The epicenter of the earthquake was in Tajikistan – about 450 km from Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, according toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna: The Indian members of the Sisters of Notre Dame congregation have mourned the death of their last American missionary who served the country as a teacher, communicator and social worker for nearly seven decades. “Sister Mary Ann will be remembered with much affection and gratitudeContinue Reading