Farmers stir: Riot police rushed to Madhya Pradesh
2017-06-08
The farmers heckled the collectorContinue Reading
Goa govt withdraws attempt to murder charge against priests
2017-06-07
Colva: Additional Sessions court, on June 6 dismissed Goa government’s revision application challenging the judicial magistrate’s order that dropped the offence of attempt to murder and grievous hurt against accused in the police attack at Velim church case in 2012. During the hearing before the sessions court, public prosecutor SubhashContinue Reading
Yechury heckled during press conference
2017-06-07
It happened at the CPIM headquartersContinue Reading
A village on Kerala-TN border still fights caste-based discriminations
2017-06-07
Palakkad,Kerala: While the State is celebrating 100th anniversary of community feast Panthibhojanam initiated by social reformer Sahodaran Ayyappan to fight caste-based discriminations, a Tamil speaking Dalit colony at Govindapuram, near here, is accusing caste Hindus of the neighborhood of practising untouchability. As residents of Ambedkar colony in the village sharingContinue Reading
Meenangadi on track for carbon-neutral tag
2017-06-07
Wayanad,Kerala: After a year long planning and execution, Meenangadi in Kerala, prepares to become the first ever carbon-neutral panchayat in India. In recent times, global warming and climate change issues have become a non-negotiable reality. Rising global temperature, prolonged dry spells, unpredictable rain patterns and extreme climates have been wreakingContinue Reading
MP farmers’ killing: Catholic religious join protest
2017-06-07
Five farmers died and several were wounded on June 6 in Mandsaur district after police allegedly opened fireContinue Reading
Five MP farmers die in firing; CM orders judicial probe
2017-06-06
Internet services have been suspended in parts of Madhya Pradesh like Indore, Ujjain and Dewas, all in the western part of the state which has witnessed anger by farmers who say the government is not providing enough relief from rural distress.Continue Reading
Mother Teresa stars among Indian children’s book legends
2017-06-06
New Delhi, Jun 6 Walking towards the exit gate no. 3 of Patel Chowk metro station, commuters come to a halt as a wall full of childhood memories greets them in form of a colourful mural. As part of a city-wide initiative ‘Bookscapes in the City’ by children’s literature festivalContinue Reading
Surgeon who renounced lucrative career for Bihar poor dies
2017-06-06
Doctor B K Setty died on June 6 at BhubaneswarContinue Reading
100,000 Dalits to attend mass conversion to Buddhism
2017-06-06
Mass conversion is planned at Muzaffarnagar on June 14Continue Reading