By Suchitra New Delhi: A fire at a Rohingya refugee camp in Okhla’s Madanpur Khadar destroyed over 50 temporary shanties and displaced nearly 270 people. Although nobody is certain about what started the fire at about 11.30 pm on June 12, many refugees claim that “they were targeted.” Rohingya refugeesContinue Reading
Chandigarh: Iconic sprinter Milkha Singh, who died of Covid-19 complications, was cremated in Chandigarh on June 19 evening with full state honors. Federal Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju, Punjab Governor and Chandigarh Union Territory Administrator V P Singh Badnore and Haryana Sports Minister Sandeep Singh were among those present at theContinue Reading
By Kanika Gupta New Delhi: Earlier this month, Noor Aisha, a 55-year-old Rohingya refugee, died from COVID-19 complications at a government hospital in Indian-administered Kashmir. Aisha was among more than 200 refugees arrested three months ago and jailed in the Himalayan region’s Kathua district for living in India “illegally”. “MyContinue Reading
Mumbai: The National Investigating Agency (NIA) has opposed the bail plea filed by Jesuit activist Father Stan Swamy in the Bombay High Court. The probe agency said the priest, accused in the Elgar Parishad case, was a “Maoist” who was engaged in activities to spread Maoism, and that he wasContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis on June 17 appointed an Italian priest and philosopher as an “ecclesiastical assistant” to the Vatican’s communications department. Forty-year-old Father Luigi Maria Epicoco, from the southern Italian region of Puglia, is the author of more than 20 books and a frequent radio and television guest. HeContinue Reading
Srinagar: The Hajj Committee of India on June 16 cancelled all the applications for Haj-2021 after the Saudi government decided to cancel the International Haj for the second straight year in 2021 im wake of Covid pandemic. A circular issued by Chief Executive Officer Hajj Committee, Dr. Maqsood Ahmed Khan,Continue Reading
AIZAWL:Top leaders of Mizoram Presbyterian Church, the largest denomination in the State has urged the State government to take measure to resolve border disputes with neighbouring States, an official statement said. The church leaders called on Chief Minister Zoramthanga and urged him to resolve the border dispute with neighbouring StatesContinue Reading
For a lay person the visual of a person getting arrested or being escorted to court, includes him being restrained by handcuffs. That is how arrests were and are portrayed in movies and pop culture for decades. However, the use of handcuffs, while once a common practice, has now beenContinue Reading
New Delhi: Journalists and cartoonists are being targeted in India, contrary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s global stance on free speech and fostering democratic values in cyberspace, the Editors Guild of India said June 14. The government itself heaps pressure on these professionals if and when their views are criticalContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: A Dalit Christian movement has urged India;’s new Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli to take steps to appoint bishops from their community in vacant dioceses in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry. Such a move would “restore confidence in Dalit Catholics” and “prevent their imminent uprising inContinue Reading