Lalgarh: A bus carrying a group of tribals fell into a trench on a state highway in West Bengal state, killing seven people and seriously wounding 40 others. The bus was carrying 55 people to Belpahari for a tribal meeting. The accident occurred on June 17 near near Chitka forestContinue Reading
An appeal was made over public address system in the local mosqueContinue Reading
The plant was closed in May following mass protestsContinue Reading
Shahir Shantanu Kamble belonged to Vidrohi Shahiri , an anti-caste movement in MaharashtraContinue Reading
PANAJI: In a statement which will ruffle a few feathers and have Congress leaders squirming in discomfort, former Union minister and five-time Lok Sabha member, Eduardo Faleiro said that Church-run primary schools should stop teaching in English. Faleiro said schools affiliated to the Diocesan Society of Education should instead teachContinue Reading
Kohima: The Nagaland State Commission for Women (NSCW) in association with the National Commission for Women, New Delhi organised one day seminar on the topic ‘Know Your Rights’ at Red Cross Building conference hall on June 15. The legal awareness seminar was organised in association with the Kohima Lotha EloeContinue Reading
Guwahati: A decade after Meghalaya announced cash incentives to women with 15 or more children, an organisation in the Christian-majority Mizoram has asked the tribal people in the State to have more children. The appeal is seen as an outcome of the fear that “outsiders”, primarily non-tribal migrants, could outnumberContinue Reading
Kochi: For the second consecutive year, Kerala will witness a beauty contest which will feature participants from the transgender community. After the grand success in 2017, Dhwayah Arts and Charitable Society will organise their second beauty contest in Kerala’s Kochi city on June 18. Titled as ‘Queen of Dhwayah 2018’,Continue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram: The daughter of a senior IPS officer of Kerala cadre has been booked under non-bailable charges for allegedly manhandling his official driver following a quarrel. Based on her counter complaint, a case was also registered against Assistant Director General of Police (ADGP) Sudesh Kumar’s driver, Gavaskar who is nowContinue Reading
The number of seminarians has fallen amid what a Vatican document calls a “crisis of vocations”. Between 2012 and 2016, the number of men in seminary training for the priesthood fell by nearly 4,000, to 116,160. The decline has been especially concentrated in the Americas and Europe. In Africa seminaryContinue Reading
