Weeklong rains sink houses, cut off Manipur village
2017-04-06
Incessant rains cut off a villageContinue Reading
Can we celebrate ‘Our Health’?
2017-04-06
Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ Come April 7th and World Health Day will be observed once again. The focus this year is on ‘Depression’, which as the WHO statement says, “affects people of all ages, from all walks of life, in all countries. It causes mental anguish and impacts on people’sContinue Reading
Nun’s kidney donation saves a life
2017-04-06
Kochi,Kerala: For 37-year-old Shaju, from Nilamel in Kollam district, it is a second birth, thanks to Sister Merrin Paul, a retired headmistress of Infant Jesus High School, Aranattukara in Thrissur district . Sister Merrin Paul donated her kidney to Shaju, who was suffering from kidney ailments for the past 17Continue Reading
Surcharge of 10% on stamp duty for cow protection in Rajasthan
2017-04-06
Order follows Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje’s budget announcement.Continue Reading
Pope to wash feet of inmates at mafia turncoat prison
2017-04-06
Vatican City: Pope Francis will wash the feet of inmates at a prison known for housing mafia turncoats in an Easter week ritual meant to show his willingness to serve. The Paliano prison, located in a huge fortress outside Rome, houses many of Italy’s “collaborators of justice,” who can shaveContinue Reading
Activist narrates Indian women’s bravery at Vatican meet
2017-04-06
Brother Varghese Theckanath shared his encounters with women who challenged their fateContinue Reading
6-year-old Odisha girl saves elder sister from crocodile
2017-04-06
The two sisters were bathing in a pondContinue Reading
Bombay archdiocese honors those helping alcoholics
2017-04-06
“We alcoholics have been graced with a new life, through the gift of sobriety, so freely and compassionately bestowed upon us by our loving God.” This was the response from the director of an anti-alcoholism facility in Mumbai, which won an award for its work from the Archdiocese of Bombay.Continue Reading
Archbishop Moras to flag off first “Salvation Run”
2017-04-06
The sporting event involves 5 km run and 3 km walkContinue Reading
Vanishing tribe of Muslim Jogis of east UP
2017-04-05
Gorakhpur: Saffron-clad mystics playing musical instruments like sarangi and singing songs of King Bharthari and Gopichandra, couplets of Kabir, and also popular phrases from the Ramayana could be easily seen on the roads of East UP until few years ago. They sang: Gorakhpur mein Baba Gorakhnath/ Maghar mein Sant Kabir/Continue Reading