C.M. Paul Jorhat – Deputy Commissioner of Jorhat District, Assam, Shree Virendra Mittal, IAS, honoured the director of Institution for Culture And Rural Development (I-CARD), Fr. K. A. Thomas at the Republic day event held on 26 January. Salesian Fr. Thomas was given a prize and a citation, “for promotingContinue Reading
NEW DELHI: The Padma Shri awards celebrate the ‘Unsung Hero’ this year – among them a 76-year-old martial arts expert, a weaver, doctors, environmentalists and civic workers. Over the years, these silent workers have enriched India in many ways – from cleaning up clogged rivers to building bridges at one-tenthContinue Reading
Mumbai: If it was good enough for Jesus Christ, it’s good enough for you. Coffins have been integral to burials in the Christian community. But given the space crunch for burials in the city, the Archdiocese of Bombay began actively encouraging families this week to opt for burials in shroudsContinue Reading
Mumbai: Social workers have asked the union government to honour 91-year-old Father Federico Gussi Sopena, a Spaniard, who got his Indian citizenship last year after spending more than 65 years in the country. The priest is in a critical condition and undergoing treatment at Holy Spirit Hospital in Andheri. VaishaliContinue Reading
The priest was caught for 300 gram goldContinue Reading
By GEETA ANAND and HARI KUMAR NEW DELHI — First, Yashpal Singh Rathore’s marriage was delayed by his future in-laws, who, like most Indians, ran short of cash after Prime Minister Narendra Modi banned the country’s largest currency notes in November. Then the 29-year-old lost his job when the ensuingContinue Reading
By Raqib Hameed Naik, West Bengal: A day after a local court in West Bengal sentenced Muzaffar Ahmed Rather, a youth from Anantnag to death, the verdict has been severely criticised by the people in the valley. As per the police, Muzaffar along with two other persons from Pakistan wasContinue Reading
Unit 2 of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu has for the first time reached 100% of its operating capacity. ASE Group said yesterday the milestone had been achieved during the night of 22 January, following the successful completion of physical tests at theContinue Reading
By: C. M. Paul Kolkata : A philanthropist, industrialist and a much-respected member of the Malayalee community in Calcutta passed away on Monday, 23 January. He was 89. P.M. John, born in Kerala, had come to Calcutta in 1949 when the city was faced with the huge influx of migrantsContinue Reading
The recent statement on reservation from an RSS official upset JadavContinue Reading
