Bengaluru: The police have detained a 38-year-old woman for marrying seven men and deserting all of them after extorting money from them. The suspect has been identified as Yasmin Banu (36), a resident of Saraipalya. According to the police, Banu is said to have married seven men — Zaid Seth,Continue Reading
Mumbai: Three Christians have been attacked by a mob who believed they were trying to convert Hindus, according to reports coming out of India. Pastor Prashant Bhatnagar, aged 45, and two others from his church were distributing Christian literature in Khargar and Taloja in the city of Navi Mumbai inContinue Reading
Cultural festival will be held in all CSI diocesesContinue Reading
While organisations working for acid attack victims are cheering the judgment, women’s rights lawyers say that the death penalty does not necessarily act as a deterrentContinue Reading
Mysuru: Criticizing the construction of public toilets under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA), Ramon Magsaysay awardee and Safai Karmachari Andolan national convener Bezwada Wilson said it leads to manual scavenging. Attending the Press Day celebration organized by Mysuru District Journalists Association at Nagapura Girijana Ashrama Shaale at Hunsur taluk on Sunday,Continue Reading
Dimapur: Nagaland Bamboo Development Agency (NBDA) Sunday observed World Bamboo Day with an objective of bringing the potential of bamboo to a more elevated exposure – to protect natural resources and the environment, to ensure sustainable utilization, to promote new cultivation of bamboo for new industries in regions around theContinue Reading
Jaipur: At least 366 children between 10 and 14 years in Rajasthan are ‘divorcees’, according to a Census report on marital status. The report also points out that there are 3,506 ‘widowed’ and 2,855 ‘separated’ children within the same age group. The door-to-door survey identified the problems of separation, divorceContinue Reading
Captain Amarinder Singh said this on September 17Continue Reading
Mirik – A hill school in Darjeeling district paid homage to St Teresa of Calcutta with an inter faith prayer meeting, Sept.18. Pope Francis canonized St Teresa of Calcutta in Rome on Sept. 4, 2016. “The hill station Darjeeling has a significant role in Mother Teresa’s ‘call within the call’Continue Reading
Militants attacked an Indian army brigade headquarters near the de factor border with Pakistan on Sunday, killing 17 soldiers in one of the most deadly attacks in the northern region of Kashmir in a quarter-century-old insurgency. Four “fidayeen” – or commando-style gunmen willing to fight to the death – wereContinue Reading
