Dhaka: Two students were today awarded death penalty and six persons including outlawed Ansarullah Bangla Team chief received various jail terms by a Bangladesh court for killing secular blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider, nearly three years after he was hacked to death near his home in Dhaka. Special Trial Tribunal-3 JudgeContinue Reading
Pune: To protest gender discrimination, , about 400 women would be entering the inner sanctum of the popular Shani Shingnapur temple in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra on Republic Day. The management of the Shani temple adheres to an age-old tradition of not allowing women in the inner precincts, which has drawn flakContinue Reading
Agartala: Tripura will become the second state after Gujarat to make yoga compulsory in schools. The state on Wednesday announced that yoga would be mandatory for students for students studying in Classes I to VIII from the new academic session beginning on January 1. “We will introduce yoga in phases.Continue Reading
Panaji: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) spokesman Trajano D’Mello questioned veteran freedom fighter, Naguesh Karmali’s intent in charging the church of suppression of Indian culture and ethos when he has not been heard criticizing EDM festivals that have brought “disrepute to Goa”. Karmali and Bharatiya Bhasha Suraksha Manch (BBSM) leaders UdayContinue Reading
Dimapur: The “Say no to crackers” campaign launched by concerned citizens of Dimapur received a “thumbs up” sign from majority of Dimapurians who have been accustomed to the barrage of crackers on the eve of every New Year. Scores of volunteers and individuals drawn from various groups, churches and socialContinue Reading
Panaji: Goa is plunging into a “new and ever-greater form of intolerance” which includes crime against women and children and that an attempt to “polarise” majority against minority is being made by inciting hatred among people, the state’s archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao said Monday. He also observed that the ethos ofContinue Reading
Mumbai: A former Mumbai resident, settled in Dubai, has been convicted for murdering his wife and will be executed by a firing squad. The Bombay High Court will now have to decide who would get the custody of their 6-year-old daughter. Atif Popere, had killed Bushra, his 24 -year-old wifeContinue Reading
Chennai: A Muslim organisation in Chennai has issued a fatwa against yoga guru Ramdev’s Patanjali pharmacy products. The organisation claimed that most of the Patanjali products are being made by using cow urine, which they say was considered ‘haram’ (forbidden) in Islam. Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamat (TNTJ) said cow’s urineContinue Reading
Thane: Making space for the remains of the dead may soon be crowded Mumbai’s newest challenge. This month, a Catholic cemetery in Thane that is running out of burial space, stopped using coffins and is burying bodies in shrouds instead, to free up graves and reuse them. Five parishes inContinue Reading
How’s your Catholic IQ? If you’re a cradle Catholic and “Et cum spiritu tuo” slides easily off your tongue, you may still find yourself challenged by some of these uniquely Catholic words. A score of 1 to 5 = postulant; 6 to 10 = novice; 11 or higher = professionalContinue Reading