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
Offices have to sing Vande Mataram at least once a monthContinue Reading
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
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
India Samvad Bureau New Delhi, July 23: An Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) used during the Zilla Parishad elections in the month of February in Maharashtra reportedly recorded votes in favour of a BJP candidate when they were cast for an independent candidate. According to the reports, On the day ofContinue Reading
By A S Hareesh Kumar TIRUVALLA : An apse comprising a rare laterite dome. A history of 120 years. The wood that went into its making was hauled along the Manimala river. The Immanuel Mar Thoma Church in Eraviperoor is not without its share of historical and archaeological importance. BelieversContinue Reading
The Churches will pray for peace on the first day of every monthContinue Reading
Chennai: Immigration authorities at Chennai airport have deported 19 UK citizens who came to attend a charity at a children’s home. The UK citizens — 16 students and three staff members from Poynton High School in Manchester in the UK — were told that they could not enter the countryContinue Reading
An Indian musician played the guitar on the operating table to help doctors treat involuntary muscle spasms in his fingers. Abhishek Prasad was asked to play every time doctors “burnt” a circuit in his brain to treat what is commonly known as “musician’s dystonia”. The condition causes painful spasms, twistingContinue Reading
Bidar: The demand for independent religion status for Lingayats once again gathered new momentum on Wednesday, July 19 when lakhs of people belonging to Lingayat community took to the streets in Bidar. About two lakh people arrived from different parts of the State to gather at the Nehru Stadium andContinue Reading
