Meghalaya scribes protest high court order
2015-06-03
The court had banned publication of statements calling for shutdownsContinue Reading
Pastors pledge to uphold, sustain Indian constitution
2015-06-03
64 pastors from Chhattisgarh attended the programContinue Reading
Indian chosen as jury member to select ‘Nobel Prize for Teachers’
2015-06-03
Binoy is the only Indian among the 82-member selecting committeeContinue Reading
Delhi billionaire becomes monk
2015-06-02
Bhanwarlal Doshi gave up 6 billion rupee businessContinue Reading
Chouhan bans eggs for school kids
2015-06-02
The Madhya Pradesh chief minister is vegetarianContinue Reading
Rare solar halo appears at Romero beatification
2015-06-02
Romero oversaw the diocese of San Salvador from 1977 until March 24, 1980, when he was shot and killedContinue Reading
At 37 years, this woman passes Class 12, outshines her son
2015-06-02
Dibrugarh — A mother in eastern Assam’s Dibrugarh district has outperformed her son in the higher secondary exam results announced last week. Nayanmoni Bezbaruah, 37, secured first division with a score of 69.8% in her HS arts exam. She had a letter (more than 80%) in sociology but missed theContinue Reading
Migrant children face labour, sex exploitation in Italy
2015-06-02
Rome — In a cavernous market just outside Rome, migrant boys from North Africa shunt trolleys stacked high with crates of melons, garlic, tomatoes, strawberries and other Italian produce. Some of the younger market porters, believed as young as 12 and known to be working illegally, bowed their heads whenContinue Reading
Tribal ‘sacrificed’ in Jharkhand for rain
2015-06-02
Ranchi/ Gumla — A 60-year-old tribal man, who went missing on May 28, was allegedly sacrificed in Jharkhand’s Gumla district for better rainfall and harvest. Police found Thepa Kharia’s headless body from his house at Kharvadih in the district’s Palkot block, 130km from Ranchi, on Sunday afternoon. They could notContinue Reading
Ship sinks in China’s Yangtze river, hundreds feared dead
2015-06-02
The ship had 450 people on boardContinue Reading