New Delhi: Citing alleged incidents of mob lynchings at Haryana’s Mewat, UP’s Loni and some other places, Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind President Maulana Arshad Madani on June 20 said that cases of hate increase when elections are around. “People of a certain ideology started targeting unarmed Muslims on the basis of theirContinue Reading
Kochi: The Kerala High Court has stayed the operation of two controversial orders passed by Lakshadweep’s new administrator Praful Khoda Patel. The first order demanded closure of dairy farms managed by the island’s administration. The second aimed at changing the diet for school children by removing chicken and other meatContinue Reading
Kochi: The pandemic has created a demand for portable crematoriums in Kerala with many churches relying on it as an alternative to burying those who succumbed to Covid-19. Covid victims’ families and relatives see portable crematoriums as a viable solution as the units can be used either inside the cemeteryContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Anti Terror Squad of Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested two clerics from Delhi’s Jamia Nagar area for allegedly converting more than a thousand people to Islam. Senior police officers said they suspect that the duo were acting on directions and monetary support of Pakistan’s ISI or someContinue Reading
Aizawl: A Mizoram minister has announced a cash incentive of 100,000 rupees to a living parent with the highest number of children in his constituency to encourage population growth among the demographically small Mizo communities. Sports Minister Robert Romawia Royte did not mention the minimum number of children. The declarationContinue Reading
Agartala: Three suspected cattle smugglers were lynched in the Khowai district of Tripura. The deceased in the June 21 incident were identified as Jayed Hossain (30), Billal Miah (28) and Saiful Islam (18), reported the Press Trust of India news agency. All of them were residents of Sonamura in SepahijalaContinue Reading
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on June 20 launched a special scheme to help children who have lost both parents in the coronavirus pandemic. Under the scheme, “Ashirvad” (blessing) 2,500 rupees will be given every month to such orphans. A comprehensive package divides beneficiaries into three categories — children who haveContinue Reading
French statesman Robert Schuman, known as the “Father of Europe” for his role in creating the institutions that became the European Union, has been put on the path towards possible sainthood by the Catholic Church. Pope Francis on Saturday approved a decree declaring the “heroic virtues″ of Schuman, a devoutContinue Reading
Rome : In light of a report that China’s rapidly aging population has caused Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials to consider eliminating government-imposed birth restrictions in 2025, a human rights advocate has asked: why wait? After vigorously imposing a one-child policy from 1980 to 2016, CCP officials have discussed theContinue Reading
By Hussein Yassine Beirut: Pope Francis has received a wooden crucifix made from debris collected in the aftermath of the Beirut Port explosion. The crucifix was created by Mario Khoury using the shattered wood of the doors and windows of the Maronite Archdiocese of Beirut, which was heavily damaged duringContinue Reading