Right-wing group stops marriage in church
2017-03-01
The boy was a Hindu and the girl a ChristianContinue Reading
Apex court rejects plea to abort down syndrome fetus
2017-02-28
New Delhi: “We have a life in our hands”, the Supreme Court said February 28 as it dismissed a plea by a woman who wanted to abort her pregnancy of 26 weeks as the foetus suffered from ‘down syndrome’. The apex court said it understood the “anxiety” of the 37-year-oldContinue Reading
Mother Teresa award for The White Helmets
2017-02-28
Mumbai: As the world tuned in to the 89th Academy Awards ceremony this year, mini-celebrations erupted outside the offices of Harmony Foundation, in a small lane in Santacruz suburb on Monday. The Harmony Foundation and its volunteers rejoiced, cheered and celebrated as the Oscar for Best Documentary in the ShortContinue Reading
Clean-up supervisors break man’s jaw for spitting
2017-02-28
Maharashtra is the first Indian state to pass anti-spitting lawContinue Reading
Charities plead for Indians abandoned by foreign husbands
2017-02-28
At a secret location in Chandigarh, a special meeting is taking place.Women from all over Punjab have travelled to the capital to seek help from Amanjot Kaur Ramoowalia . Amonjot Kaur is the head of a charity- HelpingHapless, run for women abandoned by their foreign-national husbands. She sees around 15Continue Reading
Kashmir Muslims re-open Hindu temple after 27 years
2017-02-27
Waheed Bhat Bandipora: Muslims population of Sumbal area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Friday opened “Nandkishore Temple”- closed from almost three decades, to lure their migrated Hindu brethren to return to Valley . The temple was reopened after a gap of more than twenty seven years to celebrate HinduContinue Reading
9 killed in boat accident off Tamil Nadu’s Tuticorin
2017-02-26
Tuticorin: Nine persons, including several children, were drowned and several others injured when a boat capsized in the sea off Manapadu in Tamil Nadu’s Tuticorin district on Sunday, said officials. “Nine persons lost their lives and 19 were rescued when a boat capsized off Manapadu coast. Three families from TiruchendurContinue Reading
Kargil martyr’s daughter’s Facebook post goes viral
2017-02-26
New Delhi: She spoke her mind on the attacks on Delhi University students in a 140-word Facebook post and a picture put out hours after the ABVP activists clashed with Ramjas College students this week. Three days later, the Kargil martyr daughter’s social media campaign to protest the “tyranny ofContinue Reading