“Shall we sit in the sun?” asks Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, pulling a garden chair behind him. An old nameplate bearing his late dentist father’s name is still fixed on the front wall of the nearly 100-year-old house, surrounded by mango and Dehradun’s famous litchi trees. “I spend time sitting hereContinue Reading
Megan Peterson was astounded to learn her tormentor was reistatedContinue Reading
Fr. Alex Carmel came to the US for the first time in June 2015Continue Reading
NGO ‘Breakthrough’ studied 900 young girls and boys in six statesContinue Reading
The Kerala government has launched a variety of magic drinks Continue Reading
Critics view it as “gateway” for illicit liquor and drugsContinue Reading
Authorities in India failed to stop “incidents of religious violence” and often “contributed to tensions through polarizing speeches”Continue Reading
Bangalore: The Association of Franciscan Families of India (AFFI) has launched a nationwide plan to observe the Year of Mercy. The association with 50,000 members spread over 164 provinces of 54 congregations in India will strive to free at least 1,000 prisoners during the period when the Universal Church isContinue Reading
Jakarta: Indonesia aims to shut down all of the country’s red-light districts by 2019 in a bid to eradicate prostitution in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation, the Jakarta Post said late Tuesday quoting the social affairs minister. The government has already closed 68 red-light districts, while another 100 wouldContinue Reading
Kathmandu : A 5.4 magnitude earthquake jolted Nepal on Wednesday afternoon creating panic in the Himalayan country. The quake tremors, epicentred in Sindhupalchowk district of central Nepal, were felt at 3.07 p.m. (local time). The district was badly hit in the April 25 quake last year, the National Seismological CentreContinue Reading