Category: National

Lalit Modi Controversy More than an indiscretion Editorial in The Hindu, June 16, 2015            (Note: What strikes you more, the silence of Sushma Swaraj and PM Modi who are known for having gift of the gab and  quick to tweet to answer questions and...

In his eagerness to prove himself "more loyal than the king", Mr Jiji Thomson (like so many others) misses the argument.   Dear Mr Thomson, we are ALL Indians, not just the Hindus among us, but also the Muslims, the Christians, the...

Vatican City (Story: Matters India): Pope Francis on Friday appointed an archbishop to the Archdiocese of Gandhinagar, the capital of western India’s Gujarat state. The Pope transferred Bishop Thomas Ignatius Macwan of Ahmedabad to Gandhinagar, to take over from Jesuit...

By Markandey Katju, in The Hindu, June 12, 2015 (Note: Markandey Katju is a former Judge of the Supreme Court and also head of the Press Council of India and known for his outspoken, independent and balanced criticisms. Here he criticizes both the...

Ahmedabad (Story by Matters India) — Delhi’s ‘plastics king’, Bhanwarlal Raghunath Doshi, gave up his over 6 billion rupee business empire to embrace Jain monastic life at an extravagant ceremony in the city on Sunday. Doshi became a monk under...

By Ritu Sharma, Dehi, April 10, 2015,  published in UCAnews (Note: Literally it is the IRONY OF INDIAN DEMOCRACY. Blind faith is all pervasive in all religions including Christian. In the Catholic church it is faith in rituals called religious...

He is also expected to visit a seventh century mosque and an ancient temple in Kodungalur. Kochi: (UCAN) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit the centuries-old St. Thomas Church in Kodungalur, one of oldest churches in India, when he...

Communist Party of India General Secretary Com. Survaram Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy's open letter to Mr Narendra Modi, Prime Minister New Delhi 29th May 2015   To,… Shri Narendra Modi Hon’ble Prime Minister Government of India New Delhi.   Dear Shri...

The statistics is alarming. As many as eight lakh people die of tobacco consumption per year in India. This is about 15 per cent of the global deaths due to the killer stuff. Juxtapose this figure with the fact that...

Jose Kavi  |  May. 29, 2015         [Jose Kavi is the editor-in-chief of Matters India, an  important  news portal  in Delhi like Almayasabdam, in Kerala, focusing on religious and social issues in India. This article is part of a collaboration between National...

Pala(UCAN): Bishop Peter Celestine Elampassery OFM cap.,Bishop Emeritus of Jammu-Srinagar diocese passed away today at Assisi Ashram, Bharananganam, Pala, Kerala after prolonged illness and massive heart attack. He was 77. The funeral will be at Assisi Ashram Bharananganam on Saturday 30 May 2015 at 10am. Bishop...

Lobo expressed his delight in releasing this special postal cover that will now be featured in the philately exhibitions all over the world.   India (UCAN):  A special commemorative postal cover was launched on May 24 to commemorate the completion...

New Delhi (Matters India)— Burglars broke into a Syrian catholic church in west Delhi’s Hari Nagar area and fled with cash kept in a donation box on Saturday night. The miscreants entered the premises by scaling the main gate. CCTV...

The meeting is seen as significant as it was a part of the BJP-led government’s image building exercise.   New Delhi UCAN:  A group of Christian leaders, including the three Catholic bishops in Delhi, met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on...

Family members of the Dalit youth who was brutally killed in Shirdi.   Shirdi — Dalit youth was brutally assaulted and killed in the temple town of Shirdi in Maharashtra allegedly over his mobile ringtone of a song on Dr....

Workshop participants  (In the picture) Jharsuguda: Heavy mining has disrupted tribal and dalit communities while rapid mining has led to serious environmental degradation and pollution, bemoans a Catholic bishop in Odisha, a state that accounts for nearly 17 percent of...

(In the pic. Anita Benjamin, left, with Pastor Roderick Gilbert, right, meet with Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday requesting his help in ending what they called "continuous anti-Christian attacks" in Madhya Pradesh state  Bhopal(UCAN): Christians in Madhya Pradesh have appealed...

New Delhi (UCAN):  The CPI-M said on Sunday that all the fears about the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) communal agenda has come true within one year of it taking power in the country. It said in a statement that ever...

Timely police intervention controlled the situation. (UCAN) India: Suspected Hindu radicals on May 12 attacked three churches in Indoreand a temporary home of Augustinian nuns (OAS) in Pipaldhar which houses a centre for disabled children in the northern Indian state...