Vatican Radio’s English shortwave (SW) broadcast for Asia has come to an end, with its last transmission going out Friday evening, after nearly 60 years of service. However this does not mean it has disappeared altogether. What ultimately closed on March 24 as Vatican Radio’s English Service for Asia, isContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday said Bru refugees, lodged in relief camps in Tripura after being displaced from Mizoram, should be allowed to voluntarily return to their native state. A bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice S K Kaul referred to the February 6 order inContinue Reading
New Delhi: As many as 73 cases of thefts were reported at residences of MPs and MLAs in the last three years in the city and 26 people were arrested in this connection, the Government said Tuesday. In reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, this information was sharedContinue Reading
Panaji: The Portuguese consulate in Goa is in the process of cobbling together a network of government and civilian agencies to spruce up and preserve the iconic Old Goa Church complex that is currently plagued by poor garbage management and ringed by unkempt shanties selling souvenirs to tourists. Speaking toContinue Reading
Sandip Roy Kolkata: My friend says his cousin’s wedding has been called off. The wedding invitations had already been printed, but the bride got cold feet. She lives in India, the groom in the United States. She’d decided she did not want to move there anymore. Once upon a timeContinue Reading
By Rita Joseph New Delhi: Persistent and widespread rumors have put the brakes on the vaccination drive against measles and rubella. After the completion of the ongoing first phase the drive will be temporarily halted, according to a Health Ministry official. Dr Pradeep Haldar, Deputy Commissioner (Immunisation), Union Ministry ofContinue Reading
Rome: Pope Francis has called for a “collective and concerted” multilateral effort to eliminate nuclear weapons, telling a United Nations conference working on a treaty to prohibit such weapons that international peace and stability “cannot be based on a false sense of security, on the threat of mutual destruction orContinue Reading
Dublin, Ireland: Just a little more than a year away, the Archdiocese of Dublin released a video Wednesday inviting families from around the world to come together in Ireland for the World Meeting of Families in August 2018. “I’m very pleased to have been asked to host this meeting, andContinue Reading
While the memory of partition of India and Pakistan remains in the minds of those who witnessed it, it has trickled down to the younger generations mostly in the form of informally told narratives. It’s representation in art, films and literature usually sheds light on victim experiences on either sideContinue Reading
Rome:Italy’s bishops welcomed a ruling by the top administrative court on Monday that Catholic priests can bless the country’s schools in the run-up to Easter. “This is a reasonable and balanced sentence that shows good sense,” Monsignor Mariano Crociata, president of the Italian Conference of Bishops’ schools commission told Adnkronos.Continue Reading