Kalinga institute becomes India’s first tribal university
2017-08-27
The new university admits only tribal studentsContinue Reading
Indians among eight killed in major road accident in UK
2017-08-27
London: Indians were among six men and two women killed in a major accident in which their mini bus got crushed between two trucks on a highway in southern England. The crash occurred on the southbound M1 highway at Newport Pagnell in Buckinghamshire around 3:15 am on Aug 26. AllContinue Reading
Can India stop its children from dying?
2017-08-27
By: Samar Halarnkar Bengaluru: Two children younger than 5 die every minute in India. Even by India’s easy acceptance of child mortality, the death of 70 children within five days at a hospital in the northern city of Gorakhpur was hard to accept. A majority of the children who diedContinue Reading
Kolkata marks Mother Teresa’s 107th birthday
2017-08-26
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee tweeted, “‘Peace begins with a smile.’ Continue Reading
Kandhamal marks ninth anniversary of persecution
2017-08-26
More than 5,000 attended the anniversary programContinue Reading
Nepal to criminalise evangelisation and religious conversion
2017-08-26
The Nepalese president is expected to approve a bill that will outlaw any attempt to convert someone to a different faith, alongside the “hurting of religious sentiment”. The country’s parliament passed the law, which will effectively ban evangelisation, on 8 August as fears grow of a crackdown on religious minorities,Continue Reading
Pope invokes ‘magisterial authority’ to declare liturgy changes ‘irreversible’
2017-08-26
Rome: Addressing a group of liturgical experts on Thursday, Pope Francis said that after the teaching of the Second Vatican Council (1962-65) and a long path of experience, “We can affirm with certainty and magisterial authority that the liturgical reform is irreversible.” The declaration came in a speech on ThursdayContinue Reading
Is talaq ruling a precursor to common code?
2017-08-26
By Dr. George Jacob Kochi: Triple Talaq, also known as talaq-e-mughallazah, or irrevocable divorce is a form of Islamic divorce that was being practiced by Indian Muslim men. It allowed any Muslim man to divorce his wife by repeating the word talaq (Arabic for divorce) three times in verbal, written,Continue Reading
Church cries foul as Kerala plans more liquor outlets
2017-08-26
The government plans to take away local bodies’ right to permit liquor outletsContinue Reading