Matters India Reporter Raipur, August 19, 2025 — The Chhattisgarh government’s recent announcement to bar tribals who convert to another religion from accessing Scheduled Tribe (ST) welfare schemes has stirred intense debate across political, legal, and faith-based communities. The proposed legislation, expected to be introduced in the winter session, seeksContinue Reading
By F. M. Britto Raipur, June 20, 2023: Three masked men have looted a presbytery in broad daylight under the Raipur archdiocese in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. “I am safe, anyhow,” Father Varghese Thekkekut, parish priest of St. Theresa of Avila at Bagbahra in Mahasamund district, told MattersContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Jashpur, June 8, 2023: A Catholic nun’s first home visit after her religious profession has ended in a tragedy in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Sister Bibha Kerketta was on June 6 arrested and jailed along with her mother and three others after her familyContinue Reading
Raipur: A pastor and two others were beaten up by a right-wing mob inside a police station in Raipur, capital of the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. The mob accused the pastor of indulging in forced religious conversions. The September 5 attack occurred after heated arguments between the mob andContinue Reading
Raigarh: A villager was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh district on August 11, the second such incident in the region in one month, officials said. Mohitram Yadav (39) was attacked by the jumbo in Ongna village under Dharamjaigarh forest division at around 3 am whenContinue Reading
Surajpur: Chhattisgarh’s Surajpur district collector on May 22 apologised after a video of him hitting a man for a Covid-19 norm violation during the lockdown went viral on social media. Shortly after a video went viral on social media, the district collector apologized and blamed the man for his “insolentContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Jagdalpur: A mob attacked a Christian for not renouncing his faith in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, Persecution Relief reported October 17. The man identified only as Jaithal, who lives in a village in Jagdalpur district, had received warnings and threats to recant his faithContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kansabel, May 3, 2020: A middle-aged woman wanted to hug Sister Annie Jesus Mary who was distributing relief packets in scorching heat in a remote hilly region of the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. “Madam, thank you. Your compassion has satisfied our hunger. Indeed God hasContinue Reading
By F. M. Britto Bilaspur, Oct 29, 2019: The Hindi daily Dainik Bhaskar, along with some officials of the local Dr. C. V. Raman university in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, showed an altruistic way of celebrating the Diwali, the festival of lights. They visited the homes of the elderly and gave themContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kansabel, October 28, 2019: An anti-trafficking crusader nun in Chhattisgarh has done it again. She has rescued two more teenage girls from the central Indian state who were sold to brothels in Pune and Goa. The girls, aged 19 and 16, are siblings of a BhilContinue Reading
