Ranchi: Jharkhand government would send five farmers from each of the 24 districts to Israel for training, Chief Minister Raghubar Das said Monday. Those farmers would be trained on how to utilise barren land, Das said after inaugurating a ‘Kisan Mela’ here. “Jharkhand has barren/unused land in many parts andContinue Reading
By Lisa Monteiro Inside the archives section of the Vatican Secretariat in Rome sits Sister Lucy Britto. For seven hours every day, she sifts through the sea of mail that the charismatic Pope Francis gets. These include greetings, letters of appreciation, requests for prayers and even help to sort outContinue Reading
By Swami Agnivesh To help India, contemporary spiritualism must break the shackles on its own soul Religion is our strength — and weakness. Religion serves as a beacon of light when it helps to make us better human beings. For that, religion has to be rational, and our practise ofContinue Reading
The cycle would cost maximum 7,000 rupeesContinue Reading
Eastern region of Arunachal has few government officialsContinue Reading
Fr Kalapurackal has worked in northeastern India for nearly four decadesContinue Reading
BY EMILY NONKO In June of 1997, an unlikely meeting of Mother Teresa and then Mayor Rudy Giuliani took place–and it was over the ever frustrating matter of New York parking. She had come to the city for a surprise visit to spend time with the South Bronx branch ofContinue Reading
C.M. Paul Kurseong – In the wake of growing anti-Christian and anti-minority attacks in various parts of the country, senior office bearers of Bangiya Christiyo Pariseba (BCP) from Kolkata held a meeting with Christian leaders of Kurseong area. Twenty year old Kurseong United Christian Minority Welfare Society (KUCMWS) organized theContinue Reading
The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) Sunday called an indefinite shutdown of government and Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) offices in Darjeeling hills from Monday. The GJM, however, exempted schools, colleges, transport, hotels from the purview of the shutdown and said banks will remain open only twice a week. “There will beContinue Reading
Dr. George Jacob On June 7, Sitaram Yechury, the 64-year old General Secretary of the CPI (M) and Member of Parliament was on the third floor of the AK Gopalan Bhavan, the Head Quarters of the CPM in New Delhi. He was on his way to address a press conferenceContinue Reading