New Delhi: Clad in black sweatpants, red jackets and white helmets, the hundreds of cyclists pedaling the treacherously steep, narrow mountain passes to India from Nepal could be mistaken for a Himalayan version of the Tour de France. The similarity, however, ends there. This journey is longer and tougher, theContinue Reading
Around 50,000 new cancer cases are diagnosed annually at the Thiruvananthapuram Regional Cancer Centre aloneContinue Reading
Lucknow : Four persons were shot dead on Friday in Bijnore in Uttar Pradesh in communal clashes after some boys allegedly teased a group of school girls, police said. Some people opened fire during the violence, leaving four persons from the minority community dead and at least five others injured,Continue Reading
The Evangelical Fellowship of India’s (EFI) Religious Liberty Commission has tallied 134 attacks on Christians or their churches in the first half of 2016 – nearly as many as the annual totals for both 2014 and 2015. The EFI, pointing out that the cases chronicled from Jan. 1 to JuneContinue Reading
On Sunday, September 4, before 120,000 people gathered in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis declared Mother Teresa a saint. Née Agnes Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, she is now “St. Teresa of Kolkota” — though even Francis admitted she would probably still be simply called “Mother Teresa.” Standing in the midst of thisContinue Reading
Mumbai: IIT Bombay’s first student satellite, Pratham, will be launched on September 26 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. The nearly-10kg Pratham, which is also Mumbai’s first satellite, will launch aboard the highly-proven Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) at 9.30 am. Pratham’s main role will be to measure whatContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Centre has urged the Supreme Court to ban a 500-year-old temple ritual in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu where Dalits roll over food leftover by Brahmins to apparently cure skin diseases, solve marriage problems and infertility. The social justice ministry called the practice “inhuman and superstitious” and saidContinue Reading
Soumya died five days after she was pushed off train, hit with stone, rapedContinue Reading
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee says Hindi has become an influential language globally and hoped that Hindi and other Indian languages would be widely used in different spheres of life in the country. Addressing a function on the occasion of Hindi Divas on September 14, the President said the significanceContinue Reading
The Centre has urged the Supreme Court to ban a 500-year-old temple ritual in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu where Dalits roll over food leftover by Brahmins to apparently cure skin diseases, solve marriage problems and infertility. The social justice ministry called the practice “inhuman and superstitious” and said it affectsContinue Reading
