ISIS needs ‘Assisian‘ responses, not sniping crusades
2015-03-30
Re-communing with the divorced world of youths is a priority task for next October’s second Synod on FamilyContinue Reading
Flesh trade in reverse
2015-03-29
Wife and her brother force man to join flesh tradeContinue Reading
VHP picks church-attack sites for Delhi ghar wapsi campaign
2015-03-29
New Delhi — The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) organized a shoba yatra in Delhi on the occasion of Ram Navami and sent a clear signal that it would play a proactive role in the capital, where the BJP was routed by the AAP in the recent elections. Taking a digContinue Reading
Catholics, Protestants missing in caste census form
2015-03-29
Mangaluru — With just 13 days left for the launch of Social and Educational Survey (caste census) through the Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes, Catholic as well as Protestant leaders have a reason to worry as prominent communities – ‘Roman Catholic’ and ‘Protestant’ do not figure among the 1,503Continue Reading
Beggars run bank for beggars
2015-03-28
40 beggars are members of this unique “bank”Continue Reading
CID finds leads in nun’s gang rape case
2015-03-28
Kolkata: The CID, on Friday, claimed to have got some specific leads from the two persons arrested in connection with the gang rape of a 71-year-old nun in Nadia district and was planning to question the duo together to speed up the probe. “We have interrogated both and it wasContinue Reading
17 per cent tea garden workers in Assam have tuberculosis
2015-03-28
Guwahati — About 17 per cent of tea laborers in Assam were suffering from tuberculosis following which the state government is planning to initiate DOTS centres across all gardens. Replying to a query by AGP MLA Keshab Mahanta during Zero Hour, Health and Family Welfare Minister Nazrul Islam said the governmentContinue Reading
Arunachal wants special status for Northeast to continue
2015-03-28
Itanagar– Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki Friday appealed to the Centre for continuing the Special Category Status for North Eastern States with the corresponding benefits. He was speaking at the first meeting of the sub-group on rationalization of Centrally sponsored schemes (CSS) of NITI Aayog in New Delhi, aContinue Reading