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
New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Thursday arrested four persons for their alleged involvement in a kidney racket that is believed to be spread across the country, including the national Capital, reported PTI. The gang was busted by the police officers at Batra Hospital in Delhi, with the help ofContinue Reading
Malappuram: A mosque at Pulikkal here is using sign language during Friday prayers ‘Qutaba’ and daily ‘azans’ to help the hearing impaired participate in the religious services. During ‘Qutabas’ and ‘Azaans’ (Muslim call for prayers) sign language interpreters are used at the mosque ‘AL Rahma’, which was inaugurated a coupleContinue Reading
Thruvanathapuram: The Central government’s new rules banning the sale of cows and buffaloes for slaughter through animal markets has invited severe criticism from the state of Kerala. From the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) government to the opposition parties, all have condemned the central government’s move. Reacting to the new rulesContinue Reading
Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated India’s longest bridge on Friday, May 26. It was built in Assam over the Lohit River, a tributary of the Brahmaputra. The bridge will span 9.15 km to connect two smalls towns, Dhola at the river’s south bank and Sadiya in the north.Continue Reading
New Delhi: The government has banned the sale of cows and buffaloes for slaughter through animal markets, rules that will hurt millions of poor farmers and squeeze supplies to the country’s meat industry. The new rules do not amount to a blanket ban on cattle trade or their slaughter, andContinue Reading
Mumbai: The Mumbai-Goa Tejas Superfast Express‘ maiden run on Monday has left Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu understandably chuffed. What Prabhu probably doesn’t know, and what has left the railway officials visibly sheepish, is the railway staff reporting that several headphones were stolen from the train during its very first journey.Continue Reading
Church of Our Lady of Springs on the Anjedive island is in ruins and might collapse as neither the govt nor the sheperds of the church are interested in one of the oldest churches in India. History is testimony to the fact that on August 22, 1502 Fr Henrique deContinue Reading
