Guwahati, November 1, 2018: At least five people were killed by suspected United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) terrorists in Upper Assam’s Tinsukia district on Thursday evening. Reports said that the terrorists, belonging to ULFA’s Paresh Baruah faction aka ULFA-I, fired indiscriminately at a group of people belonging to theContinue Reading
November 1, 2018: More than 1,000 Google employees and contractors in Asia, Europe and the United States staged brief midday walk-outs on November 1 amid complaints of sexism, racism and unchecked executive power in their workplace. Hundreds of women and men filed out of Google’s office in New York CityContinue Reading
By Nithiya Sagayam It is good to hear that Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas, the Secretary General of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India has spoken about the need for non-violence and harmony in society. There is lot more to be done in India on the concerns of inter-religious dialogue now that everContinue Reading
Texas, Nov. 1, 2018: An Indian-American couple has been awarded for their contribution to the fields of literacy, education, and healthcare in India. The couple was honored with Roy M. Huffington Award in Houston by Asia Society Texas. Marie Goradia and Vijay Goradia received their award at Huffington Dinner, organizedContinue Reading
By Gerard O’Connell Vatican City, Oct. 31, 2018: As the synod on young people drew to a close, Cardinal Oswald Gracias, the archbishop of Mumbai, spoke to America not only about that event and the issues discussed but also about his own plans to adapt the synod process in theContinue Reading
Aizawl, October 31, 2018: A Church-sponsored poll watchdog has been trying to ensure free and fair polls in Mizoram. Mizoram People’s Forum (MPF), an independent body formed in 2006 by Mizoram Presbyterian Church Synod, the largest Christian denomination in the northeastern state, comprises church elders and members of three prominentContinue Reading
A Kerala priest working with Catholic Diocese of Lansing in Michigan of the United States of America has been sacked from the facility after the church received complaints of sexual harassment against him. Rev. Mathew Joseph, a priest of the Missionary Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament of Kerala has beenContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram, October 31, 2018: 96-year-old woman from Kerala has topped the qualifying Class IV exam conducted by the Kerala Literacy Mission Authority with a 98 per cent score. She will receive a merit certificate from Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan tomorrow (November 1) at the Chief Minister’s Conference hall. Karthiyaniamma KrishnapillaContinue Reading
New Delhi: A class 7 student in Hyderabad is giving professors a run for their money as he is giving “design and drafting” lessons to civil, mechanical and electrical engineering students. The child prodigy, who learns designing on the internet, teaches for free to save the engineers from doing “oddContinue Reading
New Delhi, Oct. 31, 2016: The Delhi High Court on October 31 sentenced 16 former Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) men in Uttar Pradesh to life imprisonment for killing 42 people in 1987. The court quashed a 2015 trial court judgment that exonerated them of the crime. It directed all theContinue Reading
