By A S Hareesh Kumar TIRUVALLA : An apse comprising a rare laterite dome. A history of 120 years. The wood that went into its making was hauled along the Manimala river. The Immanuel Mar Thoma Church in Eraviperoor is not without its share of historical and archaeological importance. BelieversContinue Reading
The Churches will pray for peace on the first day of every monthContinue Reading
Chennai: Immigration authorities at Chennai airport have deported 19 UK citizens who came to attend a charity at a children’s home. The UK citizens — 16 students and three staff members from Poynton High School in Manchester in the UK — were told that they could not enter the countryContinue Reading
An Indian musician played the guitar on the operating table to help doctors treat involuntary muscle spasms in his fingers. Abhishek Prasad was asked to play every time doctors “burnt” a circuit in his brain to treat what is commonly known as “musician’s dystonia”. The condition causes painful spasms, twistingContinue Reading
Bidar: The demand for independent religion status for Lingayats once again gathered new momentum on Wednesday, July 19 when lakhs of people belonging to Lingayat community took to the streets in Bidar. About two lakh people arrived from different parts of the State to gather at the Nehru Stadium andContinue Reading
Hyderabad: Teachers wearing helmets inside classrooms may not be a common sight but those in a government school in Shakarampet mandal of Medak district are putting on the headgear to protect themselves from the “dilapidated” building. The teachers of Zilla Parishad High School allege that despite repeated reminders to theContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram: Following intense protests for almost two months, private hospital nurses in Kerala called off their strike on Thursday after the government agreed to enforce a hike in their minimum pay to Rs 20,000. The decision was taken in a meeting of the representatives of nurses’ associations with Chief Minister Pinarayi VijayanContinue Reading
New Delhi: Ram Nath Kovind, a low-key lawyer-turned-politician, was elected Thursday as India’s 14th President, the first BJP member and the second Dalit to occupy the country’s highest office. The 71-year-old Kovind defeated joint opposition candidate Meira Kumar, a former Lok Sabha speaker, after garnering 65.65 percent of the votesContinue Reading
Kochi: Days after a Mumbai-based digital media company, Culture Machine, announced ‘First Day of Period Leave’ for its employees, a Kerala-based Malayalam news channel, Mathrubhumi, has become the first organisation in the state to follow suit. The channel, which employs around 75 women as part of its 300-member team, isContinue Reading
Wayanad: A Christian priest in Kerala has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting two minor boys of an orphanage for two years, police said on Tuesday. The victims were staying at ‘Balbhavan’ in Meenangadi where the priest was working, a police official said. Fr Saji Joseph, who was allegedly sexuallyContinue Reading