Jaipur: A judge of the Rajasthan High Court today recommended that the cow be declared the national animal of India and also that punishment in the state for cow slaughter be increased from the current 10 years’ imprisonment to a life term. Judge Mahesh Chandra Sharma said Rajasthan’s most senior bureaucrat,Continue Reading
Kohima: Nagaland state has the lowest rate of immunization in the country (33.6%) as per Rapid Survey of Children (RSOC) 2013-14. Given this situation, it has become necessary for the state to pay special attention and additional impetus to the ongoing efforts to increase the demand for vaccination. Towards this,Continue Reading
Chennai: A Ph.D Scholar at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Madras) was on Tuesday attacked allegedly by some students owing allegiance to right wing groups. R. Sooraj, PhD Scholar and a member of the Ambedkar Periyar Study Circle, was attacked for eating beef as part of a protest againstContinue Reading
By: Matters India Reporter Secunderabad: Sr. Ursula Indwar , member of the current Governing Board of Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI) has passed away on May 25 . She had started her term on September 2015 and represented the whole of the North East Region. Sr. Ursula was born to AlbisContinue Reading
The purpose of the training was to inculcate creativity and critical thinking in the childrenContinue Reading
By Raqib Hameed Naik Mewat: Two months after dairy farmer Pehlu Khan’s was lynched by self-styled cow vigilantes in Behror area of Alwar, Rajasthan, his family back in Haryana is yet to come out of the shock and tragedy that struck them. A resident of Jaisinghpur, 15 km from NuhContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Madras High Court on Tuesday temporarily put on hold the central government notification that outlawed sale of cattle for slaughter at animal markets triggering a political storm while directing the state and the Government of India to reply in four weeks. The court observed that it wasContinue Reading
Matters India reporter Kolkata: The 150th birth anniversary of Sister Nivedita, the first foreign disciple of Sri Ramakrishna was set rolling by the Indian National Forum of Art and Culture (INFAC), an NGO, in association with the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, 28 May. Assistant general secretary, Ramakrishna Math andContinue Reading
Guwahati: A BJP leader from Meghalaya has said the party would make beef cheaper if voted to power in the northeastern state which is a due for assembly election next year. Bernard Marak’s promise comes at the time when the BJP-led union government is facing severe criticism for its recentContinue Reading
New Delhi: Objecting to public urinating cost a Delhi man his life Sunday. Ravinder Kumar, a parking attendant at an e-rickshaw stand in northwest Delhi, died at a local hospital. He had been beaten up by a group of men Saturday. Mr Kumar had raised objections after he saw twoContinue Reading
