Vatican: The staff and students of the schools of Miao Diocese in north-east India kicked off their new academic year on Monday, marking World Environment Day. Schools under the Newman Educational Society (NES), the educational wing of Diocese of Miao in east Arunachal Pradesh state, made the most of theContinue Reading
Ernakulam: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah, winding up a three-day visit to Kerala on Sunday, gave a clear message to the state unit of the party—win the support of all non-Muslim minorities, especially Christians, and backward caste Hindus, in order to win more seats in the 2019 generalContinue Reading
Emphasising on the relevance of Indian music and its diversity, the prime minister said, “Hindustani music of the north, Carnatic music of the south, Rabindrasangeet of Bengal, Jyoti Sangeet of Assam and Sufi music of Jammu and Kashmir, all these musical traditions set the base of our Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb”Continue Reading
Satyasundar Barik Bhubaneswar: In dozens of nondescript tribal villages in Odisha’s Rayagada district, every time a woman of the Saura tribe cooks rice for the family, she puts aside a handful of raw rice, which is collected for a community fund from which ‘special’ teachers draw their paltry remuneration. WhatContinue Reading
C.M. Paul Darjeeling – A diocesan social service society in North Bengal orgainsed a 3-day disaster management training in Darjeeling. The Darjeeling Diocesan Social Service Society (DDSSS) Anugyalaya held the training programme on Child Centred Disaster Risk Reduction at Central Heritage Hotel, Robertson Road, Darjeeling from June 1 – 3.Continue Reading
New Delhi: Meghalaya has figured among the top 10 states with the highest percentage of child marriages among both boys and girls.‘Statistical Analysis of Child Marriage in India’, a report compiled by Young Lives, an NGO, in collaboration with the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), lists Meghalaya,Continue Reading
Ranchi: More than 37,000 students, marked as failed in this year’s matriculation in Jharkahand, have now cleared the examination. This happened after Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) revised the pass percentage from 59.91 to 67.91 on its website late on June 1, citing a tabulation gaffe. This surprise occurred as theContinue Reading
Vadakkumcherry argued that his custody was not required any more as police had completed investigationContinue Reading
Patna: It was a sunny day and Raj Kumar Vaishya had trouble walking. But determined to get a postgraduate degree, the 97-year-old sat for a three-hour MA exam, along with students younger than his grandchildren. Vaishya, who graduated in 1938, was appearing for his final year MA (economics) examination atContinue Reading
One farmer from every state and Union territory will be made a co-petitionerContinue Reading
