Mumbai: This Sunday, Catholics from across the city will gather for the annual Mass which takes place once in a year in the 438-year-old St John the Baptist church, a dilapidated church located inside the premises of Santacruz Electronic Export Processing Zone (SEEPZ) complex. Catholics, especially East Indians, who resideContinue Reading
Thrissur, Kerala: A Pastor who was once attached with the Salvation Army Church at Peechi, in Thrissur has been given life sentence until death by a POCSO court after he was found guilty of raping a 13-year-old girl. The judgement was given today by session court judge Nickson M Joseph, asContinue Reading
In 2015, the Archaeological Survey of India team carrying out excavations in Keezhadi, near Madurai struck gold – they found the first concrete proof of the existence of a complex and sophisticated urban settlement in ancient Tamil Nadu. Several artefacts found at the site linked it to the Sangam era,Continue Reading
Cinema was not exactly Sr Jiya’s field of expertise. She never learnt the craft of film making, didn’t plan to be associated with the industry or even bothered to spend much time watching films. Yet here she is… as the writer-director of a full-length Malayalam feature film. ‘Ente Vellithooval’, the two-and-a-half hour long film which is allContinue Reading
Kolkata : For over18 months, protesters in Manipur’s Churachandpur town refused to bury the bodies of eight of their fellow activists who died during an agitation against the previous Ibobi Singh-led Congress government over the implementation of an Inner Line Permit that restricts the entry of outsiders. They will nowContinue Reading
Chhatarpur: Water scarcity in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhatarpur district has created an unforeseen problem for young lads as families are not willing to marry off their daughters. “A wedding was lately cancelled as there was an acute water problem in the area. Nobody is ready to marry off their daughters here,”Continue Reading
Patna: At least 85 children fell ill on Wednesday after eating midday meal in a government school in Samastipur district of Bihar, officials said. “Soon after the children consumed their meal at a primary school in Akbarpur Pitaurdiya village, they complained of uneasiness, which led to vomiting and some studentsContinue Reading
Chennai: At least 50 transgenders have applied for the 15,000 plus vacancies of police constables, firemen and jail warders for which the Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board (TNUSRB) would conduct a written examination on May 21 (Sunday). Tamil Nadu became the first State to open the gates for theContinue Reading
Kannur: Four teachers of a school at Kunhimangalam in Kannur, Kerala, were suspended pending inquiry into an alleged incident of removal of inner wear of a student before she appeared for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) on May 7. Officials of the TISK English Medium School at Kovvappuram in KunhimangalamContinue Reading
Darjeeling: The death of a 22 year old Teresa Rai who was working in a 5 star hotel in Delhi has left the Gorkha community across India in a state of shock. Her family members and those who saw her dead body in Delhi and in Darjeeling suspect that sheContinue Reading
