Christmas program stresses humility, brotherhood
2016-12-22
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Manipur churches attacked, warned off celebrating Christmas
2016-12-22
Christians in Manipur, north-east India, have been warned off celebrating Christmas, sources told World Watch Monitor. The threats were made after vandals attacked Manipur Baptist Church on 17 Dec. The men and women pelted the church with stones, broke windows and damaged a gate and the church sign. They thenContinue Reading
India overtakes Britain as the world’s sixth largest economy
2016-12-22
India’s economy has reportedly overtaken the United Kingdom’s for the first time in over 100 years, now standing as the world’s sixth largest economy by GDP after the United States, China, Japan, Germany, and France. The milestone is a symbol of India’s rapid economic growth and, conversely, the U.K.’s post-BrexitContinue Reading
24 authors named for Sahitya Akademi award
2016-12-21
New Delhi: Noted English novelist Jerry Pinto and Hindi author Nasira Sharma were among the 24 authors named for the Sahitya Akademi Award 2016.They were cited for Em and the Big Hoom and Paarijat respectively. Boluwaru Mohammad Kunhi was named for Swatantryada Ota in Kannada, Edwin JFD Souza for Kale Bhangar inContinue Reading
Curfew after attack on a church in Imphal
2016-12-20
Guwahati: Imphal was brought under indefinite curfew and mobile Internet services snapped at various places to prevent an alleged attack on a church. The curfew was imposed indifferent areas including Porompat and Sawombung subdivisions of Imphal East district. The action came in the wake of tension following three blasts onContinue Reading
Madras HC bans unauthorised ‘Sharia courts’
2016-12-20
CHENNAI: Putting an end to the menace of illegal ‘sharia courts’ functioning from various mosques across Tamil Nadu, the Madras high court on Monday said authorities must stop the activities within a month. “If a place of worship – whether it be temple, mosque or church – is used forContinue Reading
Son a Google executive in Seattle , father labourer by choice
2016-12-19
Jaipur: Tejaram Sankhla from Rajasthan’s Sojat town is no ordinary labourer. His son, 26-year-old Ram Chandra, is a Google executive at the internet giant’s Seattle office in the US. But the 50-year-old man still loads sacks of henna on trucks in the town famous for its global export of theContinue Reading
Office boy from slums gets Rs 5.4 crore I-T notice
2016-12-19
Mumbai: Ravi Jaiswal, a 32-year-old office assistant from Ganesh Deval Nagar slums in Bhayander (west), had a shock recently, when he received a notice from the Income Tax department: To pay tax dues of over Rs 5.4 crore. According to the notice, he owned four companies. Jaiswal immediately approached ThaneContinue Reading
Demonetisation: Jhariya residents take the lead, go cashless
2016-12-19
Raipur: Taking a lead for for digital payment after demonetisation move of the government, a tribal village Jhariya in Jashpur district of Chhattisgarh has adopted all methods to go cashless. Situated about seven kilometres away from Jashpur Nagar, Jhariya village became the first tribal village of Chhattisgarh to go cashlessContinue Reading
Madras High Court rejects pleas against by-laws on election of CSI moderator
2016-12-19
The first bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice M Sundar on Thursday dismissed the appeals filed by three members of CSI, who sought to know whether the procedure prescribed for election in the by-laws can be in derogation of the constitution of CSI.Continue Reading