Baran: Traditional wedding finery gave way to hazmat suits and masks in a remote village in Rajasthan, after the bride tested positive for coronavirus just hours before her marriage, a local health official said. The couple, whose names were not made public, decided to go ahead with the ceremony onContinue Reading
New Delhi: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s intervention led to Pakistan escaping sanctions for lack of religious freedom and India stopped from being listed on a Special Watch List, said US Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, Samuel Brownback. “There were several recommendations that the Secretary [Pomoeo] did not follow,Continue Reading
By S. Anandan Kochi: Cardinal George Alencherry, head of the Syro-Malabar Church, says India is going through a period of transformation in the democratic practice and the balance of power between major political fronts, essential to a democracy, has been lost. But he is sanguine about pluralistic forces asserting themselvesContinue Reading
New Delhi: Federal Home Minister Amit Shah’s meeting with protesting farmers on November 8 failed to find a solution as both sides remaining firm on their positions. The farmers refused to accept the government’s offer of amendment in the laws, sticking to their demand for a complete scrapping. There areContinue Reading
New Delhi: Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president Dushyant Dave has termed the federal government’s farm laws “unconstitutional and illegal” and offered his services as a lawyer free of cost to the agitating farmers if they wish to challenge them in court. The farmers are protesting against the Farmers (EmpowermentContinue Reading
Chandigarh: A high court has questioned the existence of separate cremation grounds for different communities in a village in the northern Indian state of Haryana. The Punjab and Haryana High Court on December 8 sought the response from the Deputy Commissioner of Ambala on the existence of five cremation groupsContinue Reading
Kochi: As part of the Navy Week Celebrations of the Southern Naval Command, an outreach program for services to various orphanages was conducted by INS Venduruthy with an aim to reach out to the underprivileged sections of society. The officers from the unit were deputed to visit various orphanages inContinue Reading
Guwahati: A Bajrang Dal leader in Assam on November 6 clarified his threat to Hindus visiting churches on Christmas. “We will not beat them but will definitely stop them. There are ways to restrict. We might talk to them or start awareness initiatives,” Mithun Nath, Bajrang Dal’s Cachar district generalContinue Reading
Bengaluru: Don Bosco (DB) Shrine Lingarajapuram, near here, in association with Lions Club Bangalore (LCB) Pyramid distributed 15 auto partitions to help the drivers protect themselves and their customers from spreading COVID infections while they continue with their everyday business during these difficult times to support their families. Fr AloysiusContinue Reading
Bengaluru: Don Bosco Shrine in Bengaluru’s Lingarajapuram has launched various schemes to help women achieve financial independence. Parish priest Father Aloysius Santiago says if a woman is empowered the whole generation benefits. To achieve this goal, the parish team has initiated four self-help groups (SHG), through which women are trainedContinue Reading