Coimbatore: Dejected over being sacked from his job for “negligence” in duty, a 70-year-old watchman allegedly starved himself to death in his house here, police said. Francis was dismissed as watchman of a textile mill a week ago for alleged failure to record receipt of a parcel, though he pleadedContinue Reading
New Delhi — More than 90 per cent of Muslim women surveyed want the “triple talaq” divorce ritual and polygamy banned from family civil law in the country, a study by a women’s rights organisation said on Friday. The Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) said its survey also showed that threeContinue Reading
New Delhi — Delhi cemented the perception of being the most unsafe city for tourists with the latest crime data. Of the total 384 cases of crimes against foreign tourists registered in 2014, about a third are from Delhi. This comes at a time when Delhi has dropped in rankContinue Reading
Close behind Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram were Chennai and DelhiContinue Reading
The main demands are the withdrawal of the land acquisition bill, higher budgetary allocation to rural development schemesContinue Reading
Guwahati: Vice chancellor of an Assam university has urged visual communication students to use photography for social change. “Photography can act as a medium for change. It is a strong voice of the people. Photography exhibitions can create awareness among various sections of society,” said Dhrubajyoti Saikia, vice chancellor ofContinue Reading
New Delhi: The government today said it has a launched a website, vidyalakshmi.co.in, for students seeking educational loans and five banks including SBI, IDBI Bank and Bank of India have integrated their system with the portal. “Vidya Lakshmi (www.vidyalakshmi.co.in) was launched on the occasion of Independence Day i.e. 15th August,Continue Reading
Guwahati– Flash floods and heavy rains have led to lakhs of people being affected in Assam, due to the rising waters of Saralbhanga River and other major tributaries of the Brahmaputra River, as the Indian Army has now launched major relief operations in the north-eastern state. Two flood relief columnsContinue Reading
The New Evangelization has been a major effort in the Catholic Church for more than 40 years. Unfortunately, it has failed to stem several significant downward trends among faithful in the United States. Since 2000, 14 million Catholics have left the faith, parish religious-education participation of children has dropped byContinue Reading
Mumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president Raj Thackeray’s wife Sharmila Thackeray underwent a surgery on Tuesday after she was bitten on the face by one of the family’s pet dogs at their home in Mumbai. Family sources said that Thackeray’s wife Sharmila was recovering in Mumbai’s premier Hinduja Hospital, after sheContinue Reading
