Kolkata: The characteristic blue and white stripes that the world associates with Mother Teresa can no longer be used either on attire or items of stationery without the permission of the Missionaries of Charity. The unique pattern is now a registered trademark with the government of India’s Trade Marks Registry.Continue Reading
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday gifted his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu replicas of two sets of relics from Kerala, regarded as key artifacts of the long Jewish history in India. They comprise two different sets of copper plates that are believed to have been inscribed in 9-10th Century, the PMOContinue Reading
Bengaluru: Women across the state have lashed out at Modi-led government for levying 12 percent tax on sanitary pads. The enraged women have started campaign on social media, “Don’t tax on my period” against the central government for causing injustice to women. Under GST, Kumkum and bangles have been madeContinue Reading
Successive governments were extremely careful in handling the issue and chose to stay away from the disputeContinue Reading
Hyderabad: Twelve-year-old Ravi Teja knows about the dangers a potholed road holds. The boy from Habsiguda area in Hyderabad recently saw a family of three on a motorcycle fall on one such road while avoiding a pothole and succumbing to head injuries. Teja, the son of construction worker D SuryanarayanaContinue Reading
The minister sprained his left ankle three weeks agoContinue Reading
Qasid Ahmed Siddiqui For the first time in many years, India is garnering global attention for all wrong reasons i.e., murders in the name of cow vigilantism. One can’t imagine any other major event apart from 2012 Gujrat Riots that garnered similar attention internationally and for all wrong reasons; theContinue Reading
New Delhi: The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) on Tuesday “expressed satisfaction” with the action taken by the district authorities and police in the June 22 lynching of 16-year-old Junaid Khan in Ballabhgarh. The commission had sought a report on the incident from Deputy Commissioner of Faridabad, which was discussedContinue Reading
Young girls from India’s remote northeast are lured with promises of good jobs and trafficked to Southeast Asia and the Middle East on Nepalese passports, campaigners say, amid fears traffickers are finding new ways to escape checks. “Over a 100 girls from the northeast and northern part of West BengalContinue Reading
The incident seen as a cowardly act of a few anti-social elements with the intention to disturb the peaceContinue Reading
