New Delhi: Nobel Peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi Thursday termed the burning of schools in Kashmir as unacceptable and claimed that extremists are doing it as they are scared that education will open up the minds of children and they would’t be able to use them for their vested interests. “EducationContinue Reading
Jammu : Tens of thousands of border villagers in Jammu and Kashmir have been forced out of their homes to take shelter in makeshift accommodations after shelling from across the border with Pakistan killed at least 19 people, including 11 civilians, in the past few weeks. Some 25,000 villagers areContinue Reading
Malkangiri: A 10-year-old boy’s wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealing for help after Japanese Encephalitis claimed the lives of 73 children in 505 villages in the tribal-dominated Malkangiri district in Odisha. Official sources said that the death toll had mounted to 73. But Malkangiri chief district medical officer UdayContinue Reading
It has used Catholic iconography and symbols in its décor in an ‘objectionable’ mannerContinue Reading
Surat : An eight-year-old girl was today mauled to death by a leopard at Vadi village in Umarpada tehsil of Surat district, a Forest Department official said. Nikita Vasava was attacked by the big cat at around 7 am when she was out to attend to nature’s call, Deputy ConservatorContinue Reading
Guwahati: Two women and a four-year boy were killed by a tantric and villagers in two separate incidents in Assam, northeastern India. The first incident took place in Kathanigaon village of Chiraideo where a tantric allegedly sacrificed a four-year-old boy to “appease” the goddess. Though the incident took place onContinue Reading
We like to believe that as a society, we’ve made a good amount of progress but as soon as a woman steps out of the house, reality hits us smack in the face. We’re not that progressive after all. It’s unfortunate that women have to live in constant fear, evenContinue Reading
Kottayam: Public uprising against the functioning of a granite quarry in the picturesque village Kurinji near Pala took a new turn on Tuesday as 25 residents including the vicar of the village church surrendered before the court in connection with holding a protest outside the Village Office. All were remandedContinue Reading
The Catholic church in England and Wales has brought the medieval manuscript Ars Moriendi – The Art of Dying – into the digital age, with a website aimed at helping terminally ill people and their loved ones deal with death. Like the original 15th century work, The Art of DyingContinue Reading
Kolkata – A book launch in Kolkata last Sunday brought together a galaxy of eminent personalities from India and abroad. Chief among them was the 9th successor of Don Bosco, Fr. Paschal Chavez from Rome, Kolkata Salesian Provincial Dr Nirmol Gomes, Principal of Salesian College Sonada-Siliguri Dr. George Thadathil andContinue Reading