Team set up to pursue ‘Odisha Martyrs’ cause
2016-04-24
The team would be responsible to do systematic documentation and other processesContinue Reading
Banaras Hindu University order on Magsaysay winner quashed
2016-04-24
The university had decided to prematurely terminate the service contract of Sandeep PandeyContinue Reading
Primate species new to India discovered in Arunachal Pradesh
2016-04-23
Guwahati: A new primate species in India has been discovered by a team of biologists and wildlife photographers during their bird watching trip to Arunachal Pradesh’s Anjaw district. The White Cheeked Macaque, hitherto unknown in India, was actually spotted by the team last year, but it took almost a yearContinue Reading
Simhastha bans liquor, sex workers
2016-04-23
Ujjain: The Kumbh Mela may be open to saint and sinner but Ujjain has welcomed its version of the event by banning liquor and the city’s army of sex workers. Liquor cannot be sold here till the Simhastha, which began today, ends on May 21, chief minister Shivraj Singh ChouhanContinue Reading
Farmers block road as officials turn down demand for water
2016-04-23
Thoothukudi : As many as 260 farmers including 130 women courted arrest while staging a road roko at Pudukottai on Palayamkottai Road here on Monday demanding the officials to ensure immediate supply of water from the Tamirabarani river to save standing crops from withering. K. P. Perumal, district secretary, TamilContinue Reading
High Court judge heads Bombay archdiocesan grievance committee
2016-04-23
Justice Aloysius Stanislaus Aguiar, former judge of the Bombay High Court, heads the committeeContinue Reading
Lahore, Delhi Archdioceses’ pilgrimage of peace
2016-04-23
A Pakistani Catholic bishop led a pilgrimage of peace and reconciliation to neighbouring India, to bring closer to each other the two south-Asian rivals that have fought several wars and conflicts since their independence in 1947. “For us, this is very significant and fruitful,” said Archbishop Sebastian Francis Shaw ofContinue Reading
8 kids among 12 charred to death in Bihar’s Aurangabad
2016-04-22
Aurangabad: At least 12 persons, eight of them children, were roasted alive in a fire that broke out at Harinagar village under the Daudnagar sub-division of the district on Friday evening. Strong wind was stated to be the reason behind the tragedy. In Patna, chief minister Nitish Kumar expressed shockContinue Reading
Assam’s maternal mortality rate higher than national average
2016-04-22
According to records available with the NITI Aayog the maternal mortality rate in Assam is still the highest among all the States of the country and much higher than the national average, though it is coming down gradually. Meanwhile, the Government of India has made decisions to go for extensiveContinue Reading
Rains lead to flood and panic in Nagaland
2016-04-22
Hundreds of people were rendered homeless Continue Reading