“Like the strings of sitar, which produce different notes but come together to create a beautiful melody, people professing different faiths constitute the spirit of India and contribute to the strength of the nation. The spirit of Mother Teresa, who was cannonised recently, inspire us for of selfless service”, saidContinue Reading
Mumbai: For Anjali Lama, Nepal’s first transgender model, it was a struggle to land her first modelling assignment but she now hopes to use the Indian fashion week platform to boost her career in the country. Anjali was shortlisted through the model auditions for the ongoing Lakme Fashion Week Summer/ResortContinue Reading
Mumbai : Candidates at the elections to local self-government bodies in Maharashtra will now have to declare that they have a toilet at home and ‘use it regularly’. As a part of measures to put an end to open defecation, the state cabinet today approved a proposal to promulgate ordinanceContinue Reading
Los Angeles: When asked in a new interview what specific mission he has for the laity, Pope Francis responded with a frequent appeal: to go outside of oneself and take risks in evangelizing, rather than staying stuffed up at home while the moths move in. “Sometimes I think the best businessContinue Reading
Manchester, UK: An Indian-origin teacher in the UK has sold her home, which has a market value of 250,000 pounds, for a token of mere 2 pounds to ensure that she cannot be evicted from the property. Rekha Patel has been locked in a feud with her neighbour over someContinue Reading
Jharkhand: A 30-year-old man killed himself by slitting his throat in Jharkhand’s Ramgarh district on Tuesday in a ritual to appease a goddess depicted in Hindu scriptures as having severed her own head with a scimitar. Police said Sanjay Nutt, hailing from Buxar in neighbouring Bihar, took his life atContinue Reading
Bhopal: An uneasy calm pervades the tribal dominated district of Betul in Madhya Pradesh that is set to host the ambitious Hindu convention of Rashtriya Swayemsevak Sangh (RSS). Just 10 days ahead of the convention, a pamphlet titled “Adivasi Hindu nahi hai” circulated among tribals in the district has leftContinue Reading
I would like to believe that just as I advocate him as my favorite saint, he too counts me among his favorite devotees.Continue Reading
“The Church in India has been greatly edified by the witness of the Catholic community in the Northeast in sharing the Gospel,” said Basileos Cardinal Cleemis, the President of the Bishops’ Conference of India during the mass that concluded the Silver Jubilee Celebrations of the Archdiocese of Guwahati on JanuaryContinue Reading
New Delhi: Lok Sabha MP and former Union minister E Ahamed, who today was taken ill during President Pranab Mukherjee’s address to the joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament, has suffered cardiac arrest and his condition is critical. According to sources at RML hospital, the MP from Kerala isContinue Reading