By Jeffrey Gettleman QASBAYAR, Kashmir — It was 9:30 p.m. when Sameer Tiger came to the door, a rifle slung over his shoulder. Most of the village of Qasbayar, a tucked-away hamlet surrounded by apple orchards and framed by Kashmir’s mountain peaks, was getting ready for sleep. A few yellowishContinue Reading
Around 10,000 from all over India attended the rallyContinue Reading
Indigenous women in northeastern India are calling on the Meghalaya state government to block a bill that would deny them rights, including the ability to inherit land if they marry outside their tribe. Khasi women are the latest to join a growing movement in the country challenging discriminatory legislation andContinue Reading
Kochi: “Compulsory confession” as a condition for fulfilling other spiritual and temporal needs of the laity prevalent in many churches must be declared unconstitutional, said a PIL filed in the Kerala High Court today. In his petition, CS Chacko submitted that imposing implied or expressed compulsion on a member ofContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday orally observed that instances of some priests in Kerala being involved in rape cases are shocking. It is disturbing that cases of rape and sexual assault come from churches in Kerala recently, the court said. A bench of Justices A K Sikri andContinue Reading
The case was filed by three workers of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva MorchaContinue Reading
Eight traffickers, including six women, have been arrestedContinue Reading
The main accused Brajesh Thakur was arrested on July 31Continue Reading
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has the conviction to take all communities along, says Archbishop Thomas D’Souza of Calcutta. “Mamata Didi (elder sister) has always supported us and she does it for all communities. She is the one who expresses courage and speaks at critical moments. Her effortsContinue Reading
New Delhi: A two-year-old girl, allegedly kidnapped by a man, was rescued, the police said. The incident came to light on July 29, after a woman, who was waiting in the main hall of Ajmeri Gate of the New Delhi Railway Station, complained that her daughter had gone missing, aContinue Reading
