New Delhi : Pope Francis Wednesday appointed Father Joseph Kodakallil as the new bishop of Satna Syro-Malabar diocese. This was announced at Vatican, the headquarters of the Syro-Malabar Church in Kakkanad, Kerala and the Bishop’s House in Satna. After the announcement, George Cardinal Alencherry presented the bishop-elect a Pectoral Cross and Ring. TheContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram: Transgenders must be provided constitutional rights like all other citizens of India, a host of political leaders and experts advocated here on Monday. “I strongly believe that time has come to stop centuries of oppression, stigma, denial and discrimination against all gender minorities,” Tiruchi Siva, a Rajya Sabha memberContinue Reading
Guwahati — Assam government has taken steps to establish residential girls’ schools in all district headquarters for school going BPL girl children from classes V to XII during the current financial year, an official release said here today. The state government has also undertaken a scheme of constructing working women’sContinue Reading
Bachelors in Haryana are paying the price for female foeticide, which has depleted the state’s sex ratio beyond imagination. The shortage of brides was a major election issue during the Assembly and Lok Sabha in Haryana. Politicians had even created a major controversy by saying that they will arrange bridesContinue Reading
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Guwahati — A 63-year-old woman was stripped naked and beheaded by a mob of nearly 200 people in Bhimajuli village of Assam’s Sonitpur district today. The woman, who had been branded a witch, was dragged out of her home and taken to a nearby stream, where she was stripped andContinue Reading
Bijuliban — It’s been five days since suspected ULFA militants killed Nandalal Shah, 65, and his daughter, Kajol, 18, in Bijuliban, a village about 48 kilometres from Tinsukia town. Four other members of the family, who were injured in the attack, are still undergoing treatment at the Assam Medical CollegeContinue Reading
The Bishop of Galloway, Rt Rev William Nolan, says that Indian priests can help revive the Church in Scotland.Continue Reading
Indore: Ten people have died so far due to the heavy rainfall in western Madhya Pradesh. Over 6,000 people have been evacuated so far from areas affected by flash floods. Schools in Ujjain to remain closed. District Additional Superintendent of Police A P Singh said that 12 members of threeContinue Reading
