Where the streets have no (female) names
2016-11-02
Delhi roads are full of men’s names—almost always men of powerContinue Reading
Independent media will thrive: Arnab Goswami
2016-11-02
Report claims that Arnab is expected to leave Times Now along with a band of employees who are close to him.Continue Reading
Kerala becomes third open defecation free state
2016-11-01
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
Doubts swirl but MP govt rules out probe into SIMI ‘encounter’
2016-11-01
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
Delhi chokes as fireworks bring record levels of pollution
2016-11-01
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
65.4 million Indians never attended school: Census
2016-10-31
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’s Stella Maris College gets Pride of Catholic Church Award
2016-10-31
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
Teen boys rescued from Indian shoe factory
2016-10-29
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
First indigenous clerical congregation of North India, celebrates jubilee
2016-10-29
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
Nine traders abducted in Meghalaya
2016-10-28
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