Kerala church attack: state Home Minister assures action
2016-01-02
A group of 30 persons under the influence of alcohol pelted stones at the church, police said, adding there was no damage caused to the place of worship.Continue Reading
Tamil Nadu temples welcome devotees with new dress code
2016-01-02
New Delhi: Visitors at the Kapaleeswaran temple in Chennai’s Mylapore, on the first dawn of the new year, were greeted with a notice asking people to be dressed appropriately before entering the temple. The new dress code for temples in Tamil Nadu, which was enforced on Friday. The dress codeContinue Reading
Muslim group ushers in 2016 by launching campaign against ISIS
2016-01-02
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
Odisha Church to build memorial for Kandhamal martyrs
2016-01-02
The proposed memorial is likely to come up at the premises of Divya Jyoti (divine light) Pastoral Centre, K. Nuagam in KandhamalContinue Reading
India’s contraceptive methods raise concern
2016-01-02
Women accounted for almost three fourths of sterilizations in IndiaContinue Reading
Assam chief minister’s challenge to ‘Religious Intolerance’
2016-01-02
Tarun Gogoi plans common prayer facilities in every districtContinue Reading
Mizoram, Manipur to implement food security scheme
2016-01-01
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
IAS officer converts religion, says feeling ‘victimised’
2016-01-01
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
10 people charred to death in Ramban in Jammu – Kashmir
2016-01-01
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
Women to defy temple entry ban on Republic Day
2015-12-31
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