Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai: A bishop accused of raping a nun in India says his “conscience is clear,” as the authorities investigate the allegations. Speaking to the Times of India on Saturday, Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar said he is being targeted by his accuser because he began an investigation intoContinue Reading
India has ordered an immediate inspection of all childcare homes run by a religious order founded by Mother Teresa after a nun was arrested over an alleged adoption racket. llegal adoption is big business in India, with over 100,000 children reported missing every year, the government says. Many are givenContinue 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
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
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
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
