India today rejected the US’ contention of lack of transparency in banning Compassion International, insisting the matter was of “law enforcement”, a euphemism for the US-based Christian NGO allegedly having violated Indian laws. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Gopal Baglay also trashed suggestions in the US media about RSS’ involvement inContinue Reading
Mumbai: Mumtaz M Kazi, Asia’s first woman diesel engine driver, broke into a male bastion 25 years ago. She has been driving different types of trains since she was 20 years old and has been an inspirational figure for millions of women in the country. On International Women’s Day, sheContinue Reading
Bhubaneswar: What are the chances that a woman gets pregnant after undergoing a family planning surgery? Doctors say it is very rare. However, as many as 354 women got pregnant in Odisha after going under the knife in just last one financial year (2015-16). Total 1.14 lakh women underwent tubectomy,Continue Reading
Ahmedabad: A Muslim woman was allegedly forced to remove her headscarf at an event attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Gujarat Wednesday. Shaharban Saidalavi was part of a delegation from Kerala and was invited to the event held in Gandhinagar meant to felicitate women achievers on the occasion ofContinue Reading
Ranchi: Sudesh Mahto’s Ajsu Party, an ally of the ruling BJP, Tuesday came out in support of Cardinal Telesphore P. Toppo for meeting Governor Droupadi Murmu at Raj Bhavan to express the Church’s concerns over the amendments to the Chotanagpur and Santhal Pargana tenancy acts. Although party spokesman Deo SharanContinue Reading
By ELLEN BARRY and SUHASINI RAJ New Delhi: India’s crackdown on foreign aid will claim its most prominent casualty this month, as a Colorado-based Christian charity that is one of India’s biggest donors closes its operations here after 48 years, informing tens of thousands of children that they will noContinue Reading
Oriests fail easily if they view priesthood as a job and keep away from Jesus, the poor and needy
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Women would not be allowed into priest’s residence under any circumstanceContinue Reading
President Pranab Mukherjee today urged that women should be given support to develop to their full potential, and enjoy the safety, dignity and unfettered equality that is ”their sacred right”. Extending warm greetings to the fairer sex in India and in all parts of the world, he noted in aContinue Reading
