Krishnanagar – After the “heinous” rape of an elderly nun in the Indian state of West Bengal over the weekend, protestors have rallied in opposition to violence against women, with one Hindu priest tearfully voicing sorrow for the vicious act. “He spoke about four or five sentences and then heContinue Reading
New Delhi – Ahead of his visit to West Bengal to meet the nun who was gang-raped last week, the head of the Catholic Church in India, Cardinal Baselios Cleemis, on Tuesday said: “The country has a responsibility towards all of us — every human being — and not justContinue Reading
The church was allegedly built in a place with no ChristiansContinue Reading
The CBCI president visited Ranaghat on WednesdayContinue Reading
Managing director Grace Pinto confirmed the membership driveContinue Reading
Guwahati – The All Assam Students’ Union and 25 other ethnic bodies, mostly student organisations, arrived at a consensus today that there should be Constitutional safeguard and 100 per cent seat reservation in local bodies, State Assembly and the Parliament for ‘Indigenous and Indigenous Assamese’ people. The student body claimedContinue Reading
Seventeen-year-old K. Thayal Nayaki is the Prime Minister of Nehru Child Parliament in MGR Nagar in Chennai. She, along with her cabinet of ministers, has rescued several child labourers in the past few years. “Sometimes, one of our ministers or members will receive messages from children who are forced toContinue Reading
There is no room for neutrality, our silence can only indicate acquiescence.
Hyderabad – With discrimination and attacks on students from the northeastern states a cause for major concern, universities in the city are all set to act on a central directive to begin courses on the heritage and culture of the seven sister states. Following a directive from the ministry ofContinue Reading
Lahore – Hundreds of Pakistani Christians have attended funerals for the victims of two Taliban suicide bomb attacks in the city of Lahore. Security was tight, with police sealing off Lahore’s biggest Christian neighbourhood and submitting those attending to security checks. Sunday’s bombings of two churches in the Youhanabad areaContinue Reading
