The old religious sister in the world, Sr. Candida Bellotti, has died at the age of 110 in Lucca (Italy), on May 27. Born in 1907, Sister received a call from Pope Francis for her 110th birthday on February 20, and had met the pope in 2014 — the 10thContinue Reading
Guwahati: A BJP leader from Meghalaya has said the party would make beef cheaper if voted to power in the northeastern state which is a due for assembly election next year. Bernard Marak’s promise comes at the time when the BJP-led union government is facing severe criticism for its recentContinue Reading
Warsow: Tymoteusz Szydło, 25, son of Poland’s Prime Minister was ordained on Saturday May 27 in a ceremony attended by the Polish head of government and her family in the southern city of Bielsko-Biała. After the ceremony, the Polish prime minister said she was proud of her son, who hadContinue Reading
Dr. George Jacob NEET exam (the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, or NEET-UG is an entrance examination in the country for students who wish to study any graduate medical course (MBBS/Dental course(BDS) or postgraduate course(MD/MS) in government or private medical colleges. NEET-UG(undergraduate for MBBS and BDS Courses are conducted byContinue Reading
Moscow: Russian security forces have raided a Jehovah’s Witnesses service and arrested a Danish citizen in the latest move against the Christian group since Moscow banned it as an “extremist organisation”. “Armed officers from the FSB” detained some 50 worshippers during a service Thursday in the town of Oryol, someContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Dili (Timor-Leste): “Christian Conference of Asia’s (CCA) grassroots ecumenical theological training programme is valuable in least developed countries, like Timor-Leste, as it is helping pastors and evangelists of Protestant churches in Timor-Leste to fill the void of ecumenical theological education and leadership development in churches,” commentedContinue Reading
New Delhi: Objecting to public urinating cost a Delhi man his life Sunday. Ravinder Kumar, a parking attendant at an e-rickshaw stand in northwest Delhi, died at a local hospital. He had been beaten up by a group of men Saturday. Mr Kumar had raised objections after he saw twoContinue Reading
Raksha Gopal was always expecting an above average result in her CBSE class XII Board examination but there was a surprise in-store for her on Sunday morning. It was a call from Union Minister for Human Resource Development Prakasha Javadekar informing her that with 99.6%, she was the all IndiaContinue Reading
By: Ibankyntiew Mawrie Shillog: The surprising gazette notification issued by the environment ministry recently banning the sale of cattle for slaughter across the country is likely to affect Northeast India the most as cattle are usually imported from outside the region, like from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. While this ban hasContinue Reading
By: Purushottam Nayak Cuttack: It is proud and glorious moment for the people of Odisha especially for the Archdioceses of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, Berhampur and Rayagada. There were about 20 priests, about 15 nuns, about 700 faithful gathered at Most Holy Rosary Cathedral Parish, Cuttack on May 27 to commemorate the birthContinue Reading