India’s first transgender school to start in Kochi
2016-12-16
At lease 50 building owners refused space to start the schoolContinue Reading
No need to have a different chair for Guv: Kerala Governor
2016-12-16
Kochi: Kerala Governor P Sathasivam on Friday said there is no need to have a “different chair for a governor”, pointing out that when he assumed charge, he had dispensed with the colonial era legacy of everybody addressing the head of the state as ‘His Excellency’. “No need to haveContinue Reading
Church in India adopts a new policy towards the Dalits
2016-12-15
The policy was promulgated on December 13Continue Reading
The nine-year-old ‘Google’ boy who even leaves experts impressed
2016-12-15
Patna: At an age when most children are only engaged in games and playing, this nine-year-old knows all about the planet Mars. Meet Kautilya whose prodigious knowledge, comprehension and sharp memory is the envy of even those much ahead in age and qualification. Here with his father and grandfather onContinue Reading
Mother Teresa House, churches included in Bengal’s tour packages
2016-12-15
Kolkata: The West Bengal Tourism Development Corporation (WBTDC) has announced special tour packages, including a visit to Mother Teresa House and churches of last centuries, for visiting tourists to mark the ongoing festive season – Christmas and New Year. WBTDC created three packages under the promotion of tourist traffic forContinue Reading
Arunachal Governor honours polyglot priest
2016-12-15
By : C.M. Paul Shillong : The Governor of Meghalaya & Arunachal Pradesh honoured a Catholic priest working in Arunachal Pradesh for his outstanding contribution in developing tribal languages and literature at an award giving ceremony for “North East India Award on Peace, Social Work, Youth & Education and TribalContinue Reading
Pay taxes during festivity: Finance Minister
2016-12-15
CBCI organized a Christmas program on December 13Continue Reading
Kerala Chief Minister demands fresh probe into Kandhamal
2016-12-14
Thiruvananthapuram — Pinarayi Vijayan, the Chief Minister of Kerala, on December 13 has demanded a fresh probe into the death of Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati of Kandhamal in Odisha on August 23, 2008, which had triggered riots in that area. The Chief Minister put forth this demand while releasing the MalayalamContinue Reading
India hobbles through a cash crisis, and electronic payments boom
2016-12-14
By Geeta Anand and Hari Kumar New Delhi: For a year, Ashish Kumar Mandal scratched out a living selling dumplings on the streets of New Delhi for a bit less than 50 cents a plate, until the government banned most of the country’s currency bills last month, crushing his all-cashContinue Reading
Century-old church vandalised in Udupi
2016-12-14
Bangalore: Vandals desecrated a century-old landmark Catholic church that runs two schools and a college in southern Karnataka, leaving behind a shattered statue and another partly damaged in the Sunday afternoon attack barely a fortnight before Christmas. The intruders, however, could not enter the church building in Shirva, Udupi district,Continue Reading