Guwahati: Nagaland governor P.B. Acharya today worked hard to convince the influential Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) to talk to the protesters and persuade them to end the standoff with the T.R. Zeliang-led state government over the issue of 33 per cent reservation for women in urban local body polls.Continue Reading
The poll-bound state reported 162 incidents in 2016Continue Reading
Ahmedabad: Gujarat had shaken the nation’s conscience following the Una dalit flogging incident in 2016. Figures from the ministry of human resource development (MHRD) now reveal that universities in Gujarat received the most (46) complaints of caste-based discrimination in 2015-16 among all universities in the country. Indian varsities altogether receivedContinue Reading
Major Archbishop Soosa Pakiam M. consecrates statue on Sunday eveningContinue Reading
Kolkata: After burglary at Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi’s Delhi home on Tuesday, the Kolkata Police are concerned about how safe Mother Teresa’s Nobel medallion is and plan to step up security for it. Archbishop of Kolkata Thomas D’Souza will shortly hold a meeting on the medallion, currently in custody ofContinue Reading
The issues were raised during the zero hour in the houseContinue Reading
The first seat behind the driver seat in all buses, including private ones, has been reserved for breastfeeding mothers.Continue Reading
Hyderabad: A day after a man committed suicide by dousing himself with petrol near the Bishop House in Secunderabad, police established his identity. Family members suspected that financial problems might have driven him to take the extreme step. The Gopalpuram police said 42-year-old victim, Dean Benedict of Vijayapuri Colony inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi: Father Albert Nambiaparambil, one of the pioneers of interreligious dialogue in modern India and known as Kerala’s prophet of religious harmony, died on February 6 after a brief illness. He was 86. The funeral is scheduled for February 8 at the Carmel Ashram in VazhakulamContinue Reading