Chennai, October 9, 2018: Editor Nakkheeran Gopal, who was arrested by the Chennai police on Tuesday morning, won’t go to jail for defamation as a Chennai court turned down a judicial custody request by the police. A complaint was filed from Governor Banwarilal Purohit’s office over the publication’s reportage onContinue Reading
New Delhi, Oct 9, 2018: Security personnel at airports have been told to cut down on smiling, according to reports. The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), in charge of aviation safety, will move from a “broad smile system” to a “sufficient smile system”, the Indian Express said in a report.Continue Reading
New Delhi, Oct 8, 2018: The Delhi Minorities Commission has issued a notice to the North civic body over a circular issued by it for recital of ‘Gayatri Mantra’ in schools run by its education department. Chairman of Delhi Minorities Commission(DMC) Zafarul Islam Khan said the notice was recently issuedContinue Reading
Vidhi Doshi New Delhi : A cascade of allegations of sexual assault and misconduct involving prominent Indian men flooded social media over the weekend, spurring resignations, the closing of a movie production company and public apologies. More than a year after allegations of rape and sexual assault against Hollywood mogulContinue Reading
New Delhi, Oct 8, 2018: Increasing population and limited participation in higher education are mainly blamed for backwardness of Muslim community, but a new report questions this argument, pointing out that the community’s population in Kerala rose by 15 lakh between 2001-2011 despite being economically better and literate. Though theContinue Reading
Goa, Oct. 7, 2018– The Goa Church has taken State’s Oldest English Newspaper Herald head-on for their news accusing Archbishop of playing role in selection of candidates for Legislative Assembly elections by terming the report as “blatantly false allegations.” Herald Review had carried the article “GOA’S BJP: the hand rockedContinue Reading
Patna: Oct 6, 2018: Student cultural activists of Patna Peace Mission staged the fifth round of street plays in four shows, Sept 24, at St. Karen’s School, Gola Road, Patna, to promote communal harmony. Some 3200 students participated in the show. The plays highlighted the multi-religious heritage of India. India’sContinue Reading
Kottayam: A first class court of the Pala Judicial Magistrate has extended the remand period of Jalandhar Bishop, Franco Mulakkal, who is accused of raping a nun multiple times. The remand period has been extended to October 20. The Bishop was presented before the court on October 6 after theContinue Reading
By Irudaya Jyothi Bangalore, Oct 6,2018: Lok Manch is a platform of community leaders and civil society organizations for advocacy at different levels or the rights of the marginalized communities. It was born out of felt the need of the Jesuits in Social Action in South Asia to form alliancesContinue Reading
THIRUVANATHAPURAM, Oct 5: The Kerala government has put its state machinery on alert in view of the possibility of heavy rain in the state for the next four days under the influence of a low pressure area over the southeast Arabian sea. According to an India Meteorological Department bulletin, theContinue Reading