Social activist Swami Agnivesh on Tuesday alleged that he was attacked by Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad members at Pakur in Jharkhand. He was in Pakur to take part in an event in Littipara of the district. “As soon as I came out of the venue,Continue Reading
Google’s “doodle” for Tuesday, July 17 celebrates the 124th birthday of the Belgian priest who formulated the Big Bang theory. Fr Georges Lemaître was professor of physics at the Catholic University of Leuven and proposed a theory that said the universe was constantly expanding from a single first point. HeContinue Reading
Manama : The Church of Bahrain and the Gulf recently celebrated the formal start of the construction of the new cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia, patron saint of the Arabian Peninsula. The new place of worship, which will meet the needs of the local Christian community composed mainly ofContinue Reading
GUWAHATI: President Ram Nath Kovind’s assent to the Bill against witch-hunting that the Assam Assembly passed three years ago has rejuvenated the campaign of a barely literate 65-year-old woman against superstition that has claimed scores of lives. “We can now tell the people that they cannot get away with killingContinue Reading
Women in Kerala who work in the informal sector have now won the ‘right to sit’ and take breaks. The victory comes after women formed a collective and fought a hard battle. Ahead of the festivities of Onam, women who work as salespersons in textile shops complained of harsh conditionsContinue Reading
kasganj: Defying caste prejudice, a Dalit groom took out his wedding procession peacefully in Thakur community-dominated Nizampur village of Kasganj district in Uttar Pradesh after 80 years. The groom Sanjay Jatav took a historic ride on Sunday after he entered the Thakur community-dominated village in presence of a heavy policeContinue Reading
Ranchi: Rashtriya Isai Mahasangh will stage a demonstration in front of Raj Bhavan on Sunday to demand the withdrawal of Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Jharkhand Amendment) Act that was recently approved by the President. It will also submit a memorandum to governorContinue Reading
Hedwig Lewis SJ People across the world were gripped by the recent saga of the 12 young soccer players and their coach in Thailand, On June 23, the Wild Boars junior team had just finished a weekly soccer practice and as planned, went to celebrate the birthday of one ofContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear on July 17 the anticipatory bail plea of Father Soni Abraham Varghese in connection with the sex scandal case involving four clergymen attached to the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church in Kerala. A Bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices AM. Khanwilkar andContinue Reading
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte apologized to the “all forgiving God” after being heavily criticized for calling God “stupid” in a controversial televised speech last month. Duterte, 73, made the apology during a two-hour meeting with religious leaders at the Malago Clubhouse, but clarified that he was not saying sorry toContinue Reading
