Chennai: Madras High Court Tuesday directed the civic authorities to de-seal a 125-year-old church here for 15 days, to enable devotees offer worship during the Easter week. First bench comprising Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice M Sundar passed the order on a petition by St Antony’s Church in EkattuthangalContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram: The city corporation is in a quandary after a group of elderly nuns from St Anne’s convent in Muttada has formally sought pension meant for unmarried women above 50. Stumped by this unusual request, the corporation’s welfare standing committee has sought the advice of the state government. The applicationContinue Reading
Ranchi: At least 53 families in five tribal-dominated villages “returned to Hindu fold” in the last one month as part of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s “Christianity-free” block campaign in Jharkhand’s Arki, RSS workers have said. These families live in villages that are part of the Sindri panchayat, which the RSS,Continue Reading
New Delhi: More than 1,500 children gathered at the Raj Ghat on Monday to urge global leaders to give a reprieve to children from the devastation of wars and conflicts. Leading the congregation, Nobel Peace Laureate and child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi said: “Children are never responsible for any warsContinue Reading
Panaji : Goa Water Resources Minister Vinod Palyekar has demanded a complete ban on drug-ridden rave parties on beaches in the coastal state. “Our coast is infested with the sale and trafficking of drugs. There is absolutely no control over it. We need to stop it. First of all, weContinue Reading
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By : Adolf Washington Bengaluru: 1600 Christians from 13 Christian denominations clad in t-shirts marked “I belong to Christ’ joined a 5 and 3 kilometer marathon in the southern city of Bengaluru April 8. A couple with their 7-month child in a pram also caught the attention of the organizersContinue Reading
Guwahati: The Assam government on Sunday announced a draft population policy which suggested denial of government jobs to people with more than two children and making education up to university level free for all girls in the state. “This is a draft population policy. We have suggested that people havingContinue Reading
Srinagar: Three youths were killed and several injured when security forces opened fire on a stone- pelting mob that stormed a polling station in Budgam district in Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency Sunday, disrupting polling which saw an abysmally low 3.3 per cent turnout till 11 a.m. Hundreds of protestors stormedContinue Reading