Ahmedabad : A 60-year-old Dalit activist, who set himself on fire in Gujarat over government’s alleged failure to regularize land tilled by a landless labourer, succumbed to his burn injuries late on Friday. Bhanubhai Vankar set himself on fire on Thursday inside the compound of Patan Collector’s office. He wasContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Delhi government Firday said it has initiated the testing of ‘anti-pollution towers’ on a pilot basis to check their effectiveness in reducing particulate matters and other pollutants suspended in the air. The ‘anti-pollution towers’ absorb particulate matters from surroundings and release fresh air back into the atmosphere,Continue Reading
Jaipur: At least nine persons were killed and 18 others were injured after two LPG cylinders exploded at a wedding function in Beawar in Rajasthan’s Ajmer district, police said. The incident took place on late Friday night. According to police, six persons were referred to a hospital in Ajmer whileContinue Reading
Muzaffarpur: A 22-year-old man was charred to death when he came in contact with a high tension electricity cable while taking a selfie atop a stationary goods train in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district. Rohan Kumar, of Sikandarpur locality in the town, was burnt when he climbed a goods train in NarayanpurContinue Reading
New Delhi: The sex ratio at birth (SRB) saw a decline in 17 out of 21 large states of the country, with Gujarat recording an alarming dip of 53 points. This was revealed in a report released by the Niti Aayog (Policy Commission). It stressed the need for checking sex-selectiveContinue Reading
Kochi: Close on the heels of the controversy over sale of land by Syro-Malabar Church in Kochi, serious allegations have cropped up about a property purchased by the church in Rome for installing an administrative centre (Procura). The new development has again cast a shadow over the handling of realtyContinue Reading
The 35-year-old priest is accused of abusing a 42-year-old Bangladeshi womanContinue Reading
A quick-acting Indian-American maths teacher is being hailed for saving the lives of her students during the shooting rampage at a Florida high school that left 17 dead. When an alarm sounded for the second time on Feb 14 afternoon, Shanthi Viswanathan shut the doors to her algebra classroom, made theContinue Reading
The Evangelical Fellowship of India has recorded more than 350 verified hate crimes against Christians in the countryContinue Reading
Vijayapura: To mark World Marriage Day, a unique marriage was conducred here on Monday in which two HIV-positive orphans were united in wedlock as per the Hindu tradition. Sanjeevini, 24, (name changed), from Vijayapura city, and Sriram (name changed), 32, from Jamakhandi town got married in the presence of deputyContinue Reading
