New Delhi: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday declared Kerala as an open defection free state. “Kerala becomes first high density populated state in the country to achieve Open Defecation Free status today on its formation day,” Vijayan tweeted. The milestone was achieved after the government constructed nearly 1.75 lakhContinue Reading
Bhopal: A police shooting of eight Islamist prisoners escaping from a Bhopal jail will not be investigated, Madhya Pradesh home minister Bhupendra Singh said on Tuesday, despite persistent doubts the killings were staged. The men, members of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) awaiting trial, fled the highContinue Reading
NEW DELHI: There is thick smog hanging over Delhi and parts of Uttar Pradesh on the morning after Diwali, with pollution at a dangerous “severe” at 7 am on Monday. Smoke from firecrackers has choked the air and also affected visibility. Data from the central pollution monitoring agency showed that concentrationsContinue Reading
New Delhi: As many as 6.54 crore people in the age group of 5-19 years in the country have never attended any school while another 4.49 crore have dropped out of schools in the last decade. According to the 2011 Census data, there is 38.01 crore population in the ageContinue Reading
CHENNAI: Stella Maris College, one of the oldest women’s colleges in India, was conferred the ‘Pride of the Catholic Church Award’ by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) Office for Education and Culture, New Delhi, for being the ‘first and best’ in the country in implementing the National CatholicContinue Reading
Police have rescued 10 teenage boys, allegedly trafficked and held in bondage in a shoe-sole factory in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, after a tip-off from a children’s helpline. Hundreds of children, mostly from poor rural areas of northern Indian states like Bihar, are brought to Bengaluru in KarnatakaContinue Reading
The first indigenous missionary clerical congregation of north India, the Indian Missionary Society, is all set to celebrate its platinum jubilee, in the holy and eternal city, Varanasi, on November 3, 2016. In response to a long felt need for indigenous labourers for the spread of the Good News and to share inContinue Reading
Shillong : Nine traders hailing from Mancachar area of Assam were abducted by armed militants in South Garo Hills district of Meghalaya early Friday, police said. The traders who were going to a weekly market were taken at gun point from a forested area near Bilkona today, the police said.Continue Reading
Udhampur: Over 5,500 police and central security forces personnel have been killed while on duty in Jammu and Kashmir ever since armed insurgency broke out in the state 25 years ago, a senior police officer said here today. “Jammu and Kashmir Police played a pivotal role in fighting terrorism andContinue Reading
Sonada: A college in Darjeeling has become the first to launch a full-fledged web radio with 20 different programs in Nepali language. It is also the first Community / Campus Radio in West Bengal and entire northeast India to be run by a college. Salesian College Sonada established in 1938Continue Reading