By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, June 25, 2024: Catholic parents of some intellectually disabled children in Bengaluru got a boost with the Claretians offering support to an exclusive housing project for their community living. “Since four years, we have been dreaming of this project as we were really worried about ourContinue Reading
By Ancie Wilfred Nagpur, July 13, 2023: Our family had just shifted to this locality in Bengaluru. During our first week here, I went to the nearest church and took membership. It is called the Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church. The next Sunday we attended ourContinue Reading
Bengaluru : With close to 3,000 deaths reported in the Christian community since April 1, many of which are COVID-19-related, the five big cemeteries in Bengaluru have run out of space and have been closed for burials. Meanwhile the Karnataka government is yet to act on its promise of providingContinue Reading
New Delhi: An all-women team of Air India is set to make history when they pilot the longest non-stop commercial flight operated by any airline to India later in the week. The flight is being operated on a Boeing 777-200LR aircraft and will last more than 17 hours and mayContinue Reading
By C V Joseph Bengaluru: A Catholic parish in Bengaluru has collaborated with the local Lions Club to distribute auto partitions to help protest their passengers from Covid-19. Fr Aloysius Santiago, Parish Priest, Don Bosco Church, said he had found most autorikshaw drivers not practicing the government order to installContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, July 31, 2019: Rinku (name changed) came to Bengaluru from Assam lured by the promise of a decent job. She ended up in a bar. “The condition of bar girls is worse than that of prostitutes,” says the woman who has managed to escape theContinue Reading
By C V Joseph Bengaluru, July 29, 2019: Heads of various religions in Bengaluru have commemorated the 800th anniversary of an encounter between Saint Francis of Assisi and Sultan al-Malik al-Kāmil of Egypt. Although all religions aim at the same holy and spiritual aspects to lead a good life, unfortunatelyContinue Reading
Bengaluru: A massive fire broke out on the 1,000-acre Bellandur Lake, infamous for pollution and toxic foam on January 19 afternoon. It took more than 5,000 army personnel and fire-fighting equipment to bring the fire that raged for seven hours under control. Videos of the fire show thick black smoke risingContinue Reading
Bengaluru: In a freak accident in Bengaluru, an airborne firecracker fell on the head of a 12-year-old boy at a church, killing him on the spot. The impact was so strong that the boy’s skull cracked open and his brain spilled over. The incident occurred on January 14 night. TheContinue Reading
Bengaluru: Vijayalakshmi V, 46, administrative head of the in-patient department at Hosmat Hospital, eagerly waits for Christmas Eve every year. It gives her the chance to reunite with five of her siblings and spend a sisters’ night out to celebrate the big day. It is the beautifully illuminated St BasilicaContinue Reading
