3 minor girls raped daily in Odisha last year
2018-05-02
Naveen Patnaik told the assembly a day after a 6-year-old rape victim diedContinue Reading
Thousands of Catholics pray rosary on the coasts of Britain
2018-05-02
Thousands of Catholics prayed the rosary across Britain on Sunday, April 29. The event, which is believed to be the biggest Catholic gathering since the visit of Pope Benedict XVI in 2010, saw over 400 groups pray at sites along the British coast, and a few abroad. Crowds varied inContinue Reading
India’s female labour force is declining
2018-05-02
On Labour Day today, we need to ponder over why despite the economic boom unleashed by economic reforms, women have been dropping out of the workforce in huge numbers rather than joining up.Continue Reading
SC/ST Act dilution could erode faith in judiciary: Amnesty
2018-05-01
New Delhi: The dilution of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act can erode the faith of the historically marginalised communities in the criminal justice system in the country, Amnesty International India has said. “The (apex) court’s cherry-picking of statistics to reach the dubious conclusion that theContinue Reading
Arabian Peninsula’s monumental church
2018-05-01
The complex can accommodate up to 3,000 worshipers and is the largest Russian Orthodox Church in the region,Continue Reading
‘Logged out’ of school at 10, boy turns IITian at 19
2018-05-01
New Town: A 19-year-old Calcutta boy who had been pulled out of school by his father when in Class V has made it to IIT Kharagpur without a conventional education in between. Nirmaan J. Sarkar, a second-year student of agriculture and food engineering, believes that being homeschooled since the ageContinue Reading
Former Vatican finance chief to stand trial over sex offences
2018-05-01
Most serious cases have been dismissed.Continue Reading
Chhattisgarh journalist booked for sedition for posting cartoons
2018-05-01
Counting Shukla, more than ten journalists have been booked under sedition charges in ChhattisgarhContinue Reading
Raping Mother India
2018-05-01
Rape is a heinous crime. When anyone is raped, particularly a little innocent child, Bharat Mata (Mother India) is being raped! Continue Reading
Kerala’s most popular bishop turns 100
2018-05-01
Nidheesh M.K. I like them (the Communists). But I don’t agree with everything that they say.” So has he ever voted for the Communist party, something very unlikely for a Christian priest? “Oh, that’s another story,” responded the large old man sitting in front of me in a priest’s cassock—theContinue Reading