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Srinagar: Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir have announced a one-month ban on 22 social media services, including Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp. The state government said the services were being misused by “anti-government elements” to incite violence. Graphic videos claiming to show abuses on both sides have been shared extensively. At leastContinue Reading

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Malda: Malda: Muslims of an eastern Indian village on April 25 arranged for the cremation of a youth of a poor Hindu family. Biswajit Rajak of Shekhpura, a Muslim-majority village in the Malda district of West Bengal died the previous night after a prolonged fight with liver cancer. Biswajit’s familyContinue Reading

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New Delhi:  The central government has, amid debate over vigilantism, on Monday proposed to the Supreme court for providing adhaar-like unique identification number to cows in India, ANI reported. “Each cow and its progeny across India should get a Unique Identification Number for tracking,” the government said in its reportContinue Reading

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By: Mariola Sequeira Goalpara: A Salesian organization has joined hands with government agencies in Assam to train local people in disaster management techniques to deal with flood and other natural calamities. More than 160 people, including women, from four village clusters attended the day long training session on April 23Continue Reading

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Joseph Pulinthanath Agartala: The newly built Catholic Cathedral of St Francis Xavier was blessed and dedicated today at Durjoynagar, Agartala in the presence of a large gathering of faithful and Church dignitaries. Cardinal Patrick D’Rosario of Dhaka and the president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Bangladesh blessed and dedicatedContinue Reading