Adoption guidelines: upset Christians plan unified opinion
2015-10-16
Catholic church representatives term the new guidelines as “anti-child, anti-family and anti-faith”Continue Reading
Sikkim to get airport by next year: Minister
2015-10-15
Gangtok: A domestic airport will be built in Sikkim by next December, Minister of State for Culture and Tourism Mahesh Sharma said here on Thursday. “The airport will be opened in December 2016 and is going to boost the connectivity of the state in a big way,” he told theContinue Reading
‘Dead man’ who came alive at hospital mortuary dies
2015-10-15
Mumbai: A 50-year-old man who was mistakenly declared dead by doctors but was found to be alive when brought to mortuary of a hospital here on Sunday, died on Tuesday night. According to sources at the civic body-run Sion Hospital, after realising that the man, identified as Prakash, was alive,Continue Reading
Unique train launched to educate on climate change
2015-10-15
New Delhi: With countries across the globe gearing up for the crucial Paris climate summit, India on Thursday launched a massive awareness drive on the issue by flagging off a ‘climate change special’ science express train. The 16-coach train will travel across the country in next seven months and makeContinue Reading
Delay in hearing appeals as good as justice denied
2015-10-15
New Delhi: The wheels of justice, the saying goes, grind slowly but grind exceedingly fine. In the Indian context, it would be more true to say that they grind so exceedingly slowly that there can be nothing fine about the outcome. When we set out to look at instances ofContinue Reading
Maharashtra ban on dance bars put on hold
2015-10-15
The state police had cracked down on dance performances in bars for the first time in 2005Continue Reading
Attack on officer delays Agartala-Kolkata bus service through Bangladesh
2015-10-15
Some miscreants attacked a transport department officer in DhakaContinue Reading
Legal experts back Teresa nuns
2015-10-15
The government cannot force a voluntary organization to continue adoption workContinue Reading
Husbands introduce opium to Arunachal women: report
2015-10-15
Itanagar: Most women drug-users in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh were introduced to opium by their husbands, a new study has revealed. The household study titled, “Women Who Use Drugs in Northeast India,” found that 2.1 percent of females in the state were opium users and that “aContinue Reading
Miscreants damage cross of Methodist church
2015-10-14
Belagavi: Miscreants in city once again attempted to create communal disharmony, by damaging the holy cross belong to Methodist Church in India near Sangolli Rayanna Circle on Tuesday late night. Church authority has claimed it was the cross at the same location since decades and was being worshiped every day.Continue Reading