Malappuram: A mosque at Pulikkal here is using sign language during Friday prayers ‘Qutaba’ and daily ‘azans’ to help the hearing impaired participate in the religious services. During ‘Qutabas’ and ‘Azaans’ (Muslim call for prayers) sign language interpreters are used at the mosque ‘AL Rahma’, which was inaugurated a coupleContinue Reading
Thruvanathapuram: The Central government’s new rules banning the sale of cows and buffaloes for slaughter through animal markets has invited severe criticism from the state of Kerala. From the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) government to the opposition parties, all have condemned the central government’s move. Reacting to the new rulesContinue Reading
Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated India’s longest bridge on Friday, May 26. It was built in Assam over the Lohit River, a tributary of the Brahmaputra. The bridge will span 9.15 km to connect two smalls towns, Dhola at the river’s south bank and Sadiya in the north.Continue Reading
New Delhi: The government has banned the sale of cows and buffaloes for slaughter through animal markets, rules that will hurt millions of poor farmers and squeeze supplies to the country’s meat industry. The new rules do not amount to a blanket ban on cattle trade or their slaughter, andContinue Reading
Mumbai: The Mumbai-Goa Tejas Superfast Express‘ maiden run on Monday has left Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu understandably chuffed. What Prabhu probably doesn’t know, and what has left the railway officials visibly sheepish, is the railway staff reporting that several headphones were stolen from the train during its very first journey.Continue Reading
Church of Our Lady of Springs on the Anjedive island is in ruins and might collapse as neither the govt nor the sheperds of the church are interested in one of the oldest churches in India. History is testimony to the fact that on August 22, 1502 Fr Henrique deContinue Reading
New Delhi: There is a need to question those in power as it is fundamental to preserving the nation and a truly democratic society, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday. He also underscored the need for greater accommodation in public discourse as democracy will be the “loser” if people refusedContinue Reading
New Delhi: A man was shot dead and four women of his family were allegedly gang-raped at gunpoint in the early hours of Thursday on the highway near Jewar in Uttar Pradesh, around 68 km from Delhi. The family of four men and four women was travelling in a carContinue Reading
They were arrested on May 22 on alleged conversion chargesContinue Reading
Dehradun: At least 24 pilgrims from Madhya Pradesh’s Indore district were killed and eight were injured when a bus fell into a gorge in Uttarakhand late yesterday night, police said. The bus was coming from Gangotri shrine before it fell into the gorge near Nalupani in Uttarkashi district. Three peopleContinue Reading