Mumbai: As a New Year resolution, a group of city Muslims launched “Muslims against ISIS” campaign on Friday, denouncing the jihadist terror organization’s brutalities and chalking out steps to stop Muslim youths from becoming IS recruits. A joint initiative of city-based NGO Sahas Foundation and think-tank Urdu Markaz, the campaignContinue Reading
The proposed memorial is likely to come up at the premises of Divya Jyoti (divine light) Pastoral Centre, K. Nuagam in KandhamalContinue Reading
Women accounted for almost three fourths of sterilizations in IndiaContinue Reading
Tarun Gogoi plans common prayer facilities in every districtContinue Reading
Aizawl/ Imphal: The Mizoram and Manipur governments will implement the National Food Security Act (NFSA) from February. “Arrangements for making available rice to those excluded from the scheme will be made through the Public Distribution System (PDS),” Mizoram’s Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister John Rotluangliana said in Aizawl.Continue Reading
Jaipur– Alleging that he is being “victimised” because of his Scheduled Caste origins, a senior IAS officer here has changed his religion and applied today for Voluntary Retirement from Service (VRS) in protest against the extension of tenure awarded to Chief Secretary CS Rajan. “I am Chairman of RSRTC andContinue Reading
Jammu: Ten people, most of them labourers working on a tunnel project, were charred to death in a fire incident in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir today. “There was a fire caused probably by a short circuit at the barracks of labourers working on a tunnel project in TalwasContinue Reading
Pune: To protest gender discrimination, , about 400 women would be entering the inner sanctum of the popular Shani Shingnapur temple in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra on Republic Day. The management of the Shani temple adheres to an age-old tradition of not allowing women in the inner precincts, which has drawn flakContinue Reading
Agartala: Tripura will become the second state after Gujarat to make yoga compulsory in schools. The state on Wednesday announced that yoga would be mandatory for students for students studying in Classes I to VIII from the new academic session beginning on January 1. “We will introduce yoga in phases.Continue Reading
Panaji: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) spokesman Trajano D’Mello questioned veteran freedom fighter, Naguesh Karmali’s intent in charging the church of suppression of Indian culture and ethos when he has not been heard criticizing EDM festivals that have brought “disrepute to Goa”. Karmali and Bharatiya Bhasha Suraksha Manch (BBSM) leaders UdayContinue Reading
