Accused disappointed and disillusioned; forced to appear in court like criminals; MLA Benjamin hopeful that matter will be sorted soon and recounts Parsekar’s promise; Fr Dias protests his innocence during interaction with mediaContinue Reading
Violence is the option of those who have nothing to loseContinue Reading
Varanasi is the holiest city of HinduismContinue Reading
New Delhi : Thousands of Jain community members hit the streets in Jaipur and other cities on Monday, holding a ‘silent march’ to protest the Rajasthan high court judgement banning “santhara”, a religious ritual of fast unto death. Members of both Shwetambar and Digambar sects participated in marches which wereContinue Reading
Bhubaneswar—Bangalore City is to observe Kandhamal Solidarity Day on August 29 at 5:30 pm at Town Hall in Bangalore, India. Jagadish G Chandra, an official of New Socialist Alternative (CWI-India) and organizer of the event, said as of now more than 90 people are going to attend the event. TheContinue Reading
Lagos: A mob repeatedly stabbed and burned alive a man for stealing a pot of soup in southern Nigeria, local media reported today. The unidentified victim’s charred corpse was left outside a secondary school after his death on Sunday in the southeastern port city of Calabar, the national “ThisDay” newspaperContinue Reading
Bhopal: With an aim to promote Hindi in view of the World Hindi Conference in Bhopal next month, a campaign is to be launched from tomorrow to have all signboards in the Madhya Pradesh state capital written in Hindi language. The directive for launching the said campaign came from ChiefContinue Reading
Guwahati — A group of university students in northeast India spent time learning the basics of social entrepreneurship from one of the leading social audit authorities in India. Honorary director of Chennai based Centre for Social Initiative and Management Dr Latha Suresh on August 24 addressed some 140 students andContinue Reading
New Delhi: An international court on Monday suspended all judicial proceedings against two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast in 2012 in a setback to India’s efforts as Italy has neither carried any investigation into the case nor initiated any legal action. The 21-memberContinue Reading
Kadakkal: A sleepy village near south Kerala’s Kollam district is bustling with activity these days as residents bear down to collect half a crore rupees in “blood money” through crowdfunding. It’s a last-ditch attempt to rescue one of their own — 41-year-old Santhosh C, who is on death row inContinue Reading