Doomini– It is rather uncommon to find a group of laity spending a major part of Friday each week in prayer and worship. The parishioners of St John Bosco parish Doomni come by cycle or on foot from villages within five kilometer radius of the tea garden parish in theContinue Reading
Workers in countries like India and Bangladesh employed in supplier factories for global retail giants Walmart , Gap and H&M face “intensive labour exploitation and abuse” including non-payment of wages, sexual harassment and unsafe Work environments, according to advocacy groups. The Asia Floor Wage Alliance, which released a series ofContinue Reading
Panaji: Hindu hardliners have taken their “nationalism” drive to Goa, western India, where they are opposing a federal government plan to grant dual citizenship to Goans. Goa was a Portuguese enclave from 1510 to 1960 and the government wants to allow Goans, if they want, to possess Portuguese citizenship. TheContinue Reading
Film and television actor Razak Khan died on Wednesday due to cardiac arrest. The actor, who has been part of Bollywood films such as Raja Hindustani(1996), Hello Brother (1999), Hera Pheri (2000), Partner (2007) and Action Jackson(2014), was rushed to Holy Family Hospital in Bandra around 12:30am. However, he wasContinue Reading
It sets up manufacturing units and initiate training for assembling solar panels, LED lights,Continue Reading
Mumbai: In a case that has sent shockwaves across Maharashtra, a village caste panchayat in Nashik district has termed a newly married girl as ‘not virgin’ after her husband told them she had failed the ‘virginity test’, and has allowed him to end the relationship barely 48 hours after heContinue Reading
Arunachal Pradesh: Nyishi Elite Society (NES) president Bengia Tolum on Monday demanded an apology from Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Kalikho Pul for the infamous audio clip that had given the year-long political tussle between Pul and Nabam Tuki a communal hue. In December last year, at the peak of theContinue Reading
Fr Joseph George from Kollam was abducted two days agoContinue Reading
Bengaluru: An indefinite hunger strike by parishioners of Vishwanatha Nagenahalli over the now shut St. Paul the Hermit Church entered the fourth day on Wednesday. Of the thirteen parishioners, who started off the hunger strike on Sunday, six – all women – have already been hospitalised and two more areContinue Reading
It was the first marriage a Church NGO organized as part of its efforts to rehabilitate visually challenged persons in societyContinue Reading
