By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain Kolkata: A Hindu girl has secured the 10th position in this year’s Madrasa Board Examinations in West Bengal, the only Islamic school board system approved by the federal government. Prashama Sasmal from Hariharpur village of Howrah district scored 729 marks. She is the only non-Muslim toContinue Reading
Gopeshwar, Uttarakhand: Hundreds of pilgrims are feared stranded after a landslide occurred near Vishnuprayag in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district blocking the Rishikesh-Badrinath National Highway on May 19. District Collector Ashish Joshi said that BRO (Border Roads Organisation) personnel are engaged in clearing the roads and it could be opened for theContinue Reading
London: As Sri Lanka marked the 8th anniversary of the end of its civil war on Thursday, an international human rights group criticized the government’s latest anti-terrorism bill saying rights abuse could continue under it. Sri Lanka’s Cabinet approved the third draft of the Counter Terrorism Act (CTA) on MayContinue Reading
Bhadohi: Activists allegedly belonging to the right-wing Hindu Yuva Vahini (HVY), founded by Yogi Adityanath, on May 19 created ruckus at Aurai in this district of Uttar Pradesh over “forcible conversion” of Dalits. The activists reached a newly constructed house in Tiuri village that was being used as church andContinue Reading
Tampa: Funded by a parish in Florida, a new Catholic church is being built in Cuba and is the first the island nation has seen in 60 years. Father Ramon Hernandez, pastor of St. Lawrence church in Tampa, said he and his parishioners are happy to see how their fundsContinue Reading
Vatican: Pope Francis has acknowledged the scientific research on genetic diseases, but stressed that destroying human embryos is unjustifiable. The controversial topic was brought up at an event aimed at raising awareness about an incurable genetic disorder. “We know that no end, even a noble one like the expectation ofContinue Reading
Imphal: A group of youngsters working in diverse fields have been busy planting trees and clearing weed at a small patch of Imphal riverbank every Sunday to regain the lost green cover. With their continuous effort for the last few years, the 30 youngsters have developed Nongmai Shang, a beautifulContinue Reading
By: Jack Valero When I get in touch with Rosa Pich by Skype during Holy Week, I discover that she is on holiday with 12 of her children in Torreciudad, a shrine dedicated to Our Lady in northern Spain. “We are trying to return to normal life,” she says, followingContinue Reading
Archaeologists are trying to save the remains of a nearly 5,000-year-old city in Pakistan by burying it again. The buried city, known as Mohenjo Daro or “mound of the dead”, was first discovered in the 1920s by an officer at the Archaeological Survey of India in what is now Sindh,Continue Reading
Jamshedpur: A village mob chased the car of a group of cattle traders and lynched three of them near Jamshedpur in a hunt that stretched through the night and spilled over to this afternoon. Police blamed child-kidnapping rumours sweeping the region in Jharkhand over the past week and ruled outContinue Reading