Punjab: Christian woman murdered for desecration of Guru Granth Sahib
2016-09-13
The 55-year-old was suffering from mental illness when she was hacked to death by some unidentified people outside her house in Amritsar.Continue Reading
To whom will Northeast India belong?
2016-09-12
“To whom will the land belong when Northeast India is developed? In what condition will the land be? What will be the fate of the indigenous people when they will have gone through the process that is proudly called National Development?” These were some of the questions that came inContinue Reading
Tripura organises peace rally to celebrate Saint Teresa’s canonization
2016-09-11
Agartala: Hundreds of Saint Teresa’s adorers took part in a peace rally in Agartala to celebrate her canonization from Mother to Saint that took place in Italy’s Vatican City last Sunday. Mother Teresa, known as the “saint of the gutters” during her life, was made a saint of the RomanContinue Reading
Man can seek wife’s test to prove non-consummation of marriage
2016-09-11
MUMBAI: Can a family court direct a wife to be medically examined to enable the husband to prove his claim of non-consummation of marriage? Certainly, said the Bombay high court as it upheld an order passed this July by the Mumbai family court in a divorce petition filed in 2011Continue Reading
Union law ministry to amend 147-year-old Christian divorce law
2016-09-11
With most states on board, the Union law ministry has cleared a proposal to amend a 147-year-old legal provision that compels Christian couples to wait for at least two years for divorce. The period of separation is one year for other religions. The ministry has decided to reduce the waitingContinue Reading
Paralympian Mariyappan Thangavelu’s golden leap from poverty
2016-09-11
Twenty two year old Indian Paralympic high jump gold medal winner Mariyappan Thangavelu comes from a very humble background in Tamil Nadu’s Salem district. His single mother Saroja is a vegetable seller who earns just around hundred rupees a day. “We were so happy to watch him on TV, winning gold.Continue Reading
Kerala may ban RSS activities in temples
2016-09-10
The uneasy relationship between two cadre-based organisations, ruling Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), is set to worsen further with the state government’s plan to ban shakhas (Sangh’s physical training and learning sessions) in temples across the state. In Kerala, RSS activities are more or lessContinue Reading
Man bites off snake’s head after it slithers into mouth
2016-09-09
Indore: A man bit a snake into two after it slithered into his mouth while he was sleeping here on Thursday . Vinod Raghuvanshi (28) loves his snooze so much that he didn’t even notice when a snake crawled into his mouth or when he bit its head off. ItContinue Reading
First Catholic Hospital in Arunachal is dedicated to Mother Teresa
2016-09-09
Miao, September 8: The Diocese of Miao, situated in the extreme north eastern corner of India in Arunachal Pradesh, blessed and dedicated its first hospital to St. Mother Theresa of Kolkata on 8 September 2016 with festive gaiety and religious fervor. Named after the two French Missionaries Frs. Krick andContinue Reading
Court hands death sentence to man in Preeti Rathi acid attack case
2016-09-08
Mumbai: The man who threw acid at 23-year-old Preeti Rathi at a station in Mumbai, causing injuries that killed her, must be hanged, a court ruled today. Ankur Panwar, who lived next door to Ms Rathi’s family in Delhi, was found guilty earlier this week of murdering her. In 2013,Continue Reading