Murshidabad : Thirty six people, including two children, were killed and several were missing after a bus with around 50 passengers crashed through a bridge railing and plunged into a canal in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district on January 29 morning, officials said. Nine injured passengers were admitted to the BaharampurContinue Reading

Fr Cedric Prakash Exactly seventy-three years ago on 27 January 1945,the Soviet Red Army liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camps in Poland. What was uncovered on that unforgettable winter morning was perhaps the most brutal stories in the history of humankind. Today a black-and –white plaque in Auschwitz stands testimony toContinue Reading

Avay Shukla As befits a country with 33 crore Gods, India has a corresponding pantheon of Holy Cows – both hallowed concepts and hoary individuals – of the religious and secular varieties. Let us talk of the latter since the former is a minefield you enter at your own peril.Continue Reading

Kochi: Sabu Caiter’s dwelling at Edappally is more than just a home for his family. It houses a slice of 83 countries across the globe, a rare record, which made his the way to the Limca Book of Records. His collection of rosaries numbering 50,000 has set a world record.Continue Reading