Seminary that taught Vivekanand theology
2016-05-09
Swami Vivekanand spent three days at the seminary in 1892Continue Reading
Pune: Woman thrashed for ‘wearing short dress, roaming with men’
2016-05-09
How can you wear such a short dress and roam with two males at such a time? In Pune, this is not allowed.” This is what a 22-year-old woman was told by a gang of men, even as morning was breaking. They dragged her out of the car, attacked andContinue Reading
Bengaluru youth learn dying language, preserve it
2016-05-09
Bengaluru: Youngsters in the city are trying to preserve a language that survives only among a small community near Kurdisthan, Iraq — Syriac. Many belonging to the ancient Syro-Malabar Catholic Church of India study East Syriac under Rev Thomas Kalayil, a well-known scholar at Bengaluru’s Dharmaram College. City Express speaksContinue Reading
Protestant pastor’s body found with throat slit
2016-05-08
Rourkela sends cop team to Hatia for probeContinue Reading
CBCI condemns rape, murder of Kerala dalit woman
2016-05-08
New Delhi — The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) Office for Scheduled Castes and Backward classes (SC/BC) is deeply shocked at the heinous crime of brutal attack, and condemned the rape and cruel murder of a 29 year old Dalit woman who was a law student at Perumbavur, KeralaContinue Reading
Programme for marginalised children organised
2016-05-08
Guwahati: Make Me Smile, an event giving a platform to the talents of marginalised children as well as sensitising people on children in need, was organised by the Department of Mass Communication of the Assam Don Bosco University in association with Child Friendly Guwahati (CFG) at Don Bosco, Panbazar, Saturday.Continue Reading
Asian human rights forum condemns Tawang killing
2016-05-07
Itanagar: The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) has condemned what it called the excessive use of force by police that led to the death of two protesters in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh in the northeastern state of India, on May 2. Two people were shot dead by police at aroundContinue Reading
Nun’s gang-rape trial moved to Bankshall Court
2016-05-06
Kolkata: The Ranaghat nun gang-rape case will be shifted from a local court to Kolkata’s Bankshall Court, Calcutta HC ordered on Thursday after the 72-year-old survivor petitioned she feared for her safety and it would be difficult for her to testify in Ranaghat. This is the second high profile case,Continue Reading
500,000 people die of cancer annually in India: Govt
2016-05-06
New Delhi: Cancer claims around 500,000 lives in India annually, the federal government said in the Lok Sabha. Noting that there is no age-wise data of cancer patients, Health Minister J P Nadda said the disease kills five lakh people annually and while men usually suffer from throat and stomach cancer,Continue Reading
Fine up to 1 billion rupees, jail likely for wrong map of India’s borders
2016-05-05
New Delhi: Depictions ofFinthat waver from the government-approved version could land the violators in jail with a maximum term of seven years and a fine of up to 100 crore or 1 billion rupees. The government measure comes in the backdrop of international agencies, social networking sites and online services suchContinue Reading