Maharashtra varsity’s “foreign” vice chancellor sacked
2017-07-30
Dani kept a photo of Obama in his officeContinue Reading
House of 100 stories
2017-07-29
What happens when a teacher couple conceives the novel idea of spreading joy of reading among children belonging to a politically volatile and sensitive area in a Garo Hills town? A story that is worth telling. The 100 Story House in Tura town is not a kind of structure thatContinue Reading
Supreme Court rejects abortion plea of 10-year-old rape survivor
2017-07-29
NEW DELHI: A 10-year old rape survivor, who is 32-week pregnant, will have carry pregnancy for the full term as the Supreme Court on Friday refused to grant her permission to abort the fetus saying that it was risky for the child to under medical termination at such advanced stage.Continue Reading
Bengaluru man working for IS given five-year jail
2017-07-28
Bengaluru: An NIA court has sentenced an ISIS suspect from Bengaluru to five years in jail. Special judge Virender Singh also imposed a fine of 5,000 rupees on Abid Khan alias Abu Mohammad. Khan, who was living in a church in Banjar area of Kullu district using the fake nameContinue Reading
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