By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, June 7, 2025: Pope Leo XIV on June 7 appointed Father Jose Sebastian Thekkumcherikunnel as the new bishop of Jalandhar, the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India reports. The announcement of the appointment was made at 12 noon in Rome and its corresponding timeContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patti, Aug 31, 2022: Some unidentified miscreants on August 31 vandalized a Marian statue kept in front of a church in Patti, an old town in the northern Indian state of Punjab. They also set ablaze the car of the parish priest. According to a messageContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Amritsar, June 6, 2022: A top Sikh leader on June 6 expressed concern over churches and mosques being built in large numbers in rural Punjab and urged Sikh preachers to reach out and counter this trend of conversion, particularly in the state’s border areas. Akal TakhtContinue Reading
Chandigarh: Healthcare professionals and other frontline medical workers who skip Covid-19 vaccination won’t get financial help from the authorities for treatment if they get infected later and won’t be allowed to take quarantine or isolation leave, the Punjab government has said. The northern Inidian state government has taken a seriousContinue Reading
Chandigarh, Nov 3, 2019: The Punjab government on November 3 said that it will provide free bus service for devotees visiting Sultanpur Lodhi for the 550th birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism. In a statement, Tourism and Cultural Affairs Minister Charanjit Singh Channi said 1,500Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Amritsar, March 11, 2019: A village in the northern Indian state of Punjab observed the International Women’s Day differently. The women of Ramdas in Amritsar district have decided to stamp out liquor consumption from their village and set an example for others in Punjab, one ofContinue Reading
Chandigarh, Jan 15, 2019: More than 300,000 drug addicts were treated in Punjab in 2018 and more than 63,000 people are currently being treated, out of which 25,000 are heroin addicts, a top police official said on January 15. The retention rate is 91.71 percent, Director General (Special Task Force)Continue Reading
New Delhi, Oct 19, 2018: Scores of people were feared dead after a train ran into them in Amritsar October 19 evening. The victims were standing on the tracks, watching the burning of Ravan’s effigy as part of the Dussehra celebartions. The people, who were mowed down, reportedly could notContinue Reading
Karachi: A Pakistani Christian, who fell ill after inhaling poisonous gasses at work, died on Saturday (20 January) after three days on a life-support machine. Shahzad Masih, 24, who leaves a wife and two young children, worked as a sewer cleaner in the Korangi area of the southern city ofContinue Reading
The 55-year-old was suffering from mental illness when she was hacked to death by some unidentified people outside her house in Amritsar.Continue Reading
