Bhubaneswar, Nov 15, 2019: A government booklet describing Mahatma Gandhi’s death as an “accident” has triggered a row in Odisha, with political leaders and activists demanding an apology from state Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and immediate steps to correct the “blunder.” The two-page booklet “Aama Bapuji: Eka Jhalaka” (Our Bapuji:Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Malkangiri, September 9, 2019: Odisha’s Malkangiri district has another reason to draw media attention. The Maoist-infested backward district has produced the first commercial pilot from the tribal women of the eastern Indian state. Anupriya Madhumita Lakra, who will join Indigo Airlines as a co-pilot in theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Berhampur, August 18, 2019: Daughter of Charity Sister Enedina, a-98-year-old Spanish national, is set to return to her home country after 48 years of service in Odisha as her application seeking Indian citizenship was declined. She graduated in MBBS from a medical college, Madrid, Spain’s capital,Continue Reading
Noida, July 29: Covering a distance of over 1,600 kms on bicycle to highlight the plight of farmers due to the Mahanadi water dispute, two students from Cuttack, Odisha on Sunday reached Noida on July 28, after cycling for 28 days. Twenty-one-year-old Krishnakant Sarangi, a BTech student from Gandhi InstituteContinue Reading
By Akshaya Kumar Sahoo Bhubaneswar, July 26, 2019: Odisha is fast turning out to be one of the most unsafe places for minor girls and boys. As many as 602 children, including 502 girls, have gone missing in the first six months of the current year. The state government toldContinue Reading
By Matters of India Reporter New Delhi, July 23, 2019: The Supreme Court of India on July 23 granted bail to yet another of seven people, who have been languishing in jail for more than ten years in connection with the murder of a Hindu religious leader in Odisha, easternContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Bhubaneswar, May 4, 2019: At least eight people were killed when the extremely severe cyclonic storm Fani barrelled into the Odisha coast on April 3. Several churches, including St. Vincent’s Pro-Cathedral Church and the residence of the archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar were severely hit when the storm, consideredContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 4, 2019: An extensive documentary film on the Kandhamal genocide is being screened at various places in the national capital The 95-minute “Voices from the Ruins,” directed by noted film maker K P Sasi, is the complete account of the anti-Christian violence thatContinue Reading
Sr Gomez worked most among the poor in OdishaContinue Reading
During a recent visit to the headquarters of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Father Ajay Kumar Singh of the Odisha Forum for Social Action advocated for the suppressed Christians of his eastern Indian state. “After 10 years there is hardly any justice for these communities,” said Father Singh.Continue Reading
