Kolkata — Archbishop Thomas D’Souza of Calcutta has assigned Bandel Basilica Church as one of the designated churches to obtain blessings and graces connected with the Year of Mercy as declared by Pope Francis when he symbolically opened the “Holy Door” of St Peter’s Basilica in Rome to the pilgrims on 8th DecemberContinue Reading
Jammu: An ancient temple and two houses belonging to Hindus were gutted in a fire that broke out under suspicious circumstances at two different locations, leading to tension in Kishtwar town on Tuesday. Giving details, police said that fire first broke out at the houses of Malal Chand and RajeshContinue Reading
Maharashtra has some 215,000 domestic workersContinue Reading
Noida: A 26-year-old woman filed a police complaint against her husband of four months on Tuesday after he sent her a talaq over email, alleging he had done so because she was dark-skinned. The talaq, she claimed, came three days after she told him she was pregnant on December 5. SanaContinue Reading
New Delhi– Seeking to promote transparency in dealings with foreign-funded NGOs, the Modi government on Monday notified the amended Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Rules, 2015, that require all FCRA services and transactions to be made online. Applications for all registration, grant of prior permission and renewal of registration under FCRA, 2010,Continue Reading
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has upheld a Haryana law that bars candidates who have no toilets at home from contesting panchayat polls. The apex court invoked Mahatma Gandhi to lament that the “country had gained notoriety” of lacking such basic facilities despite people having sufficient means. It also justifiedContinue Reading
They had posted pictures of beef consumption on social media Continue Reading
Guwahati: A pioneering research on the need for psychosocial interventions to heal and empower street children has found that the street kids out smart “normal kids” in their life skills. Fr. C. J. George, Vice-principal of Salesian College Sonada (Darjeeling) conducted the study as part of his doctoral thesis presented at AssamContinue Reading
Agartala: The Tripura High court on Thursday acquitted the septuagenarian editor of a local daily newspaper who was convicted for murdering three persons. A district court had awarded life imprisonment until death to Sushil Chowdhury, editor of ‘Ganadoot Patrika’ (People’s messenger daily) for allegedly murdering three employees of his newspaper.Continue Reading
Guwahati: With barely six months left for the assembly polls in Assam, six ethnic communities of the state are becoming restive over the centre’s delay in granting ST status to them. Some leaders of the six communities, currently they are in OBC category, have also started thinking of going all outContinue Reading
