Infant survives being buried alive in Madhya Pradesh
2017-07-28
The mother is a rape victimContinue Reading
National song controversy erupts in Maharashtra assembly
2017-07-28
Some view Vande Mataram as an odd to Goddess DurgaContinue Reading
400,000 road accidents a year in India: minister
2017-07-28
At least 150,000 people in accidents every yearContinue Reading
Magazine rakes up controversy over K R Narayanan’s grave
2017-07-28
Narayanan had not willed to be buried in a Christian cemeteryContinue Reading
Teachers trained to reach out to media generation
2017-07-26
By Anita John Mumbai: Some 100 teachers from 25 schools in Mumbai attended a training program to help them rediscover their inner child and become better educators. The July 22 training was organized by the Daughters of St Paul in collaboration with Mendoza Musikals, a group of musicians who conductContinue Reading
Glimmer of hope for India’s vanishing Parsis
2017-07-26
By: Bhavya Dore A jubilant Katy Gandevia passed around a box of celebratory sweets she had received in her office at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai. “That,” she said, gesturing towards the sweets, “was to celebrate the birth of the 102nd baby.” The baby in question hadContinue Reading
Kerala church to conduct seminar for transgenders’ welfare
2017-07-25
Thiruvananthapuram: The Mar Thoma Syrian Church in Kerala is organising an awareness seminar for the uplift of transgender community in the state on July 29. The Church has already launched a comprehensive programme for the education and development of the marginalised group and to impart them training to find outContinue Reading
Court asks Tamil Nadu schools to sing national song
2017-07-25
Offices have to sing Vande Mataram at least once a monthContinue Reading
Squatters invade Secunderabad church
2017-07-25
Encroachments and land acquisition over years have robbed the beauty of the 200-year-old Church of St John the Baptist in Secunderabad. The magnificent church, the first to be constructed in the twin cities in 1813, once stood on 100 acres, a stone’s throwaway from Secunderabad railway station. Today, the landContinue Reading
St Xavier’s starts Mizoram campus
2017-07-25
Kolkata: St Xavier’s College -one of the country’s most illustrious brands from the house of Jesuits -has started a campus in Mizoram.The college will be administered by the Jesuit order’s Darjeeling province, which is the headquarters of the northeastern outfits of the order. St Xavier’s University Kolkata, which is theContinue Reading