New Delhi — Pledging full protection to minorities, home minister Rajnath Singh on Monday questioned the practice of conversions and advocated a debate on the need for an anti-conversion law. He also wanted to know whether people cannot be served without indulging in conversions. “There are sometimes rumours and controversies aboutContinue Reading
Dimapur — NSCN-IM chairman Isak Chishi Swu said that tribalism, factionalism, communalism and the spirit of other people and ‘our people’ are eating into the vitality of Naga nationhood. “It is seen that any incident of individual crime is often communalised by negative elements for their vested interest. We must combatContinue Reading
Panajim — RSS leader Mohan Bhagwat’s comments about Mother Teresa have created yet another storm with many condemning his calling the mission work as a conversion. Earlier this week, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Mohan Bhagwat’s comment saying the real motive behind Mother Teresa’s missionary work was to convert people into Christians generatedContinue Reading
Navi Mumbai — Three unidentified men attacked the St George Catholic Church in New Panvel, Navi Mumbai in the wee hours of Saturday by hurling stones inside the church compound and damaging the glass enclosure of the statue of Saint George. The surprise attack which lasted for just over a minuteContinue Reading
Agasaima — Archbishop of Goa and Daman Filipe Neri Ferrao exhorted the Catholic community to bear witness to Christ in all situations, through the staunch faith provided by their ancestors. He was addressing the community at the opening ceremony of 450th Jubilee Year celebrations of St Lawrence church building atContinue Reading
Mirza -– The Himalayan griffon, a migratory bird which comes to Assam every winter from the Himalayan region, has been becoming a victim of poisoning in Assam every year and over 200 vultures, mostly Himalayan griffons, have died in the last one year in Assam. Sources at the the VultureContinue Reading
New Delhi – It was a tweet trending on Twitter that literally came to their rescue. Railway Police, alerted by the Twitter trend, rescued three children who were ‘abandoned’ at New Delhi railway station on Tuesday evening and united them with their mother residing in Nabi Karim area. It was aContinue Reading
Guwahati – Riding on the “make in India” wave of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an university in northeast India is creating indigenous substitutes for expensive instruments for scientific experimentation. The Electronics and Communication Engineering Department of the School of Technology, Assam Don Bosco University (ADBU) has been designing and fabricatingContinue Reading
Agartala — Health Care services in the northeastern state of Tripura got a much-needed impetus with the inauguration of St. Joseph Hospital at the capital city of Agartala on 19th March 2015. Shri Pabitra Kar, the Local MLA and Deputy Speaker of the Tripura Legislative Assembly inaugurated the hospital andContinue Reading
Kolkata – The West Bengal police on Thursday (19 March) registered a case against the protesters who blocked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s convoy on Monday when she went to Ranaghat to visit the nun who was allegedly raped in a local hospital. Those booked include students and teachers of theContinue Reading
