The Bombay High Court had quashed the case against accused Ankit Jadhav, Suhas Thakur, Milind More and Amit Adkhale and directed them to instead do community work.Continue Reading
Rome: One of two Italian marines accused of murdering Indian fishermen off the coast of Kerala almost four years ago will not be returning to India to face trial after being allowed home temporarily for medical treatment, a senator said on Tuesday. India had granted Massimiliano Latorre, who suffered aContinue Reading
New Delhi: A day before the Supreme Court hears a clutch of petitions filed by the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) and NGOs, including Peta, challenging the government’s decision to lift the ban on Jallikattu, a number of non-official members of AWBI, including its chairman Major General (retired) DrContinue Reading
Ranchi: Param Vir Chakra winner Lance Naik Albert Ekka’s septuagenarian widow could hardly walk in her Jharkhand village as old age, ill-health and working in the fields till a couple of years ago had taken a toll on her knees. On Sunday, Balamdina Ekka hobbled up the stairs of TripuraContinue Reading
Aizawl: ‘Missionary Day’, anniversary of the arrival of two Welsh Christian missionaries, was on Monday observed and celebrated across the Christian-dominated north eastern state of Mizoram. Government offices and educational institutions were closed for the day as the state government declared the day as a public holiday. The local churchesContinue Reading
Guwahati – Some 100 varsity students and faculty in northeast India had an exposure programme on the impact of community radio on the local populace. Prof Kandarpa Das, Founder-Director of Community Radio Radio Luit Guwahati addressed the faculty and students of Assam Don Bosco University (ADBU) School of Social SciencesContinue Reading
Kolkata: Did you know that at least 20 Hindu deities are regularly worshipped in Japan? In fact, there are hundreds of shrines to Goddess Saraswati alone in that country, along with innumerable representations of Lakshmi, Indra, Brahma, Ganesha, Garuda and others. Even deities forgotten in India are worshipped in Japan.Continue Reading
Kottayam: The Kerala Catholic Bishops Council (KCBC) has slammed the Congress-led UDF government in Kerala for not addressing the issues of farmers. In a circular, which was read out in Catholic churches in the state on Sunday, the KCBC urged farmer cutting across religious lines to unite to strengthen theContinue Reading
Guwahati: At a time when religious conversion has emerged as a controversial topic, the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) national general secretary Y Raghavulu claimed that every year about eight lakh Hindus are being converted to other religions. On the sidelines of a function organized to felicitate veteran VHP leader MohanlalContinue Reading
Chandigarh: The Army on Friday asked civilians to avoid wearing “Army-pattern” dresses and shopkeepers to refrain from selling combat clothes, as it issued fresh guidelines to the public to prevent terror attacks. The guidelines, to be followed across the country, come nearly a week after six terrorists infiltrated through theContinue Reading
