Kolkata: Archbishop Thomas D’Souza of Calcutta on Sunday reacted strongly to author Taslima Nasreen’s controversial tweet criticising Mother Teresa and the Missionaries of Charity founded by her. Missionaries of Charity spokesperson Sunita Kumar told PTI that such comments “hurt her”. “I will not speak anything on this but it hurtsContinue Reading
In southern Indian state of Kerala, schools are fast becoming digital with hi-tech classrooms equipped with advanced gadgets, including laptops and multi-media projectors, coming up in over 40,000 classrooms in the state. As part of the ambitious ‘Hi-Tech school’ project of the state government, the Kerala Infrastructure and Technology forContinue Reading
Jammu: A huge boulder rolled down a 100-foot high waterfall in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, killing seven people and injuring 30 others, the police said. A group of people, mostly youngsters, were bathing under the Siar Baba waterfall, one of the biggest in north India, atContinue Reading
The alleged baby-selling racket at Ranchi’s Missionaries of Charity (MC) Nirmal Hriday home has taken a new turn after videos of a nun and another employee admitting to selling three babies and giving the fourth one for free was released by the police on July 14. The confessions came fromContinue Reading
Ahmedabad: Primary students of the Ahmedabad’s municipal schools will get a free haircut every month as part of the local civic corporation’s ‘Ek Kadam Swachhate Ki Aur’ programme, a senior official said Sunday. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation inked an agreement with the International School of Aesthetics and Spa (ISAS), anContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: Farmers are planning nationwide agitation against the federal government. Farmers across the country are planning to launch a sustained agitation against the policies of the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that they believe have added to rural distress and threaten their livelihoods. AboutContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Islamabad: Young people have a role to play in nation-building in Pakistan, as it goes to general election on July 25. Role of young people in nation building in Pakistan, in the context of the forthcoming general elections in the country, was the theme of aContinue Reading
American pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay out $4.69 billion (£3.57 billion) in damages in a lawsuit representing 22 women and their families who alleged a talc sold by the company contained asbestos and caused them to suffer cancer. J&J is battling another 9,000 cases. The company, which has successfullyContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram: A second priest, among the four Orthodox priests booked for rape and molestation of a 34-year-old woman in Kerala, was arrested on June13. Johnson P Mathew, a counsellor, was arrested from Kozhencherry in Pathnamthitta district, and is being questioned by crime branch officials, according to sources. His anticipatory bailContinue Reading
By Matters of India Reporter Manila, Philippines: This is how one of the 75-member Indian delegations that attended the Genfest, the international youth festival of the Focolare Movement in Manila, the Philippines, July 6-8, followed by post-Genfest July 9-13. “The Indian delegation liked the program very much. It was aContinue Reading
