Police stop BJP protest rally against don bosco statue desecration
2015-08-14
Party denies desecrating statue
Local Hindi daily journalist murdered in UP, one arrested
2015-08-14
Bareilly: A part time journalist working for a local Hindi daily newspaper was murdered in the Baxariya area of Faridpur, police said on Friday. A police patrol team had found two people dragging a body on Station Road in Bareilly on Thursday night. While one of the men fled afterContinue Reading
Banned Santhara ritual is not similar to suicide, say Jains
2015-08-14
Mumbai: The Rajasthan high court ruling banning the practice of Santhara (fast unto death) and terming it abetment of suicide has met with mixed reaction from members of the Jain community with some welcoming it and others saying the tradition is aligned with Indian philosophy. Santhara is a controversial practiceContinue Reading
Activists off guard as Bhopal toxic waste incineration begins
2015-08-14
Bhopal: Activists struggled to come up with a plan of action on Friday after the Madhya Pradesh government began disposing tonnes of toxic waste left behind by one of the world’s worst industrial disaster, saying they were caught off guard by the hush-hush move. More than three decades after theContinue Reading
Jharkhand’s tribal girls win off football field
2015-08-14
Hutup : Jharkhand-based sports and literary organisation YUWA has taken yet another giant leap: This time off their favourite football field. The YUWA girls, who hail from a part of society where the average marriageable age is barely 13 to 14 years, are set to turn heads as they areContinue Reading
Passing of witch hunting bill hailed
2015-08-14
Guwahati: As passage of the Assam Witch Hunting (Prohibition, Prevention and Protection) Bill, 2015 in the State Assembly Thursday empowered the State to tackle this menace, social activist Dibyajyoti Saikia said the Act should be implemented without further delay. Thanking the State government for taking up stringent measures against the propagatorsContinue Reading
DB Alumni slam BJP for desecration of statue
2015-08-13
Guwahati: Some Don Bosco alumni Wednesday condemned the alleged desecration of the statue of St John Bosco by the state BJP, hours after the national party staged a protest in front of Raj Bhavan alleging government misuse of police to arrest four of its “innocent” members. The statue was partially damagedContinue Reading
Alert sounded in northeastern states ahead of Independence day
2015-08-12
A massive security alert has been sounded in four northeastern states after separatist rebels announced a boycott of Independence Day celebrations on August 15, a home ministry official said on Tuesday. “We are aware that they (rebels) will be making attempts to disrupt Independence Day celebrations in Manipur, Nagaland, AssamContinue Reading
Grants to Church-run English medium schools will become a law: Parsekar
2015-08-12
Panaji: Following footsteps of the Congress government, the Bharatiya Janata Party government has decided to make it a law to give grants to ‘only’ Church-run English medium primary schools. “Let the bill come to the Assembly from the select committee in the next session. Let us pass it without muchContinue Reading
Quran dating back to Akbar’s period recovered in Mysuru
2015-08-12
A 10-member gang was trying to sell the book for Rs. 5 croreContinue Reading