Denver: Pope Francis declared a blind 14th-century Italian lay Dominican a saint April 24 using a process known as “equipollent” canonization. The Holy See press office said April 24 that the pope had authorized the extension of the liturgical cult of Blessed Margaret of Castello to the universal Church duringContinue Reading
Darjeeling – Fr. Thomas Panakezham also known as P.C. Thomas died at the hospice of the Little Sisters of the Poor, Hosur Road, Bangalore, at 2.25 pm on April 24, 2021. He was 91 years old. Fr Panakezham was the first Indian Salesian to be provincial of Chennai and firstContinue Reading
New Delhi: Amid a dire shortage of medical oxygen across the country, 48 cylinders of oxygen were seized from a house in Delhi on April 23. A team of Delhi Police has recovered 32 big and 16 small cylinders of oxygen during a raid at the house in the south-westContinue Reading
New Delhi: The shortage of medical oxygen in the national capital region came to a head with one of the largest hospitals, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, reporting on April 23 morning that 25 severely ill patients had died in the past 24 hours and 60 other patients were at risk.Continue Reading
New Delhi: With 332,348 new Covid-19 cases as of 11:30 p.m. on April 22, India reported more than 300,000 new infections for the second consecutive day. As many as 2,247 new deaths were also recorded. The country has so far reported a total of 16,257,337 cases and 186,919 deaths. TheContinue Reading
New Delhi: Despite repeated assurances from the government on medical oxygen, vaccines and hospital beds, Covid patients and their families have got little relief as cases continue to soar. At Delhi’s Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) Hospital on April 22, amid a huge traffic pile-up of ambulances and private vehicles,Continue Reading
Mumbai: Mayur Shelke, a pointsman with Central Railway who was hailed as a hero for risking his own life to save a child at a Mumbai station, is earning plaudits online once again. This time, for donating a share of his award money to the very child he had saved.Continue Reading
New Delhi: Indian Islamic scholar and peace activist Maulana Wahiduddin Khan has died in the capital New Delhi after contracting novel coronavirus, his family members announced. He was 96. Khan was recently admitted to a hospital in New Delhi after testing positive for COVID-19. “The great Islamic scholar Maulana WahiduddinContinue Reading
Amritsar: The Border Security Force (BSF) wants to register a case against an intruder from Pakistan, that happens to be a pigeon, while the Punjab Police are seeking a legal opinion on this. The pigeon landed on the shoulder of a BSF soldier at the Rorawala post in Amritsar, Punjab,Continue Reading
Gwalior: Three migrant workers were killed and at least seven injured in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior district after the heavily overcrowded bus they were travelling in overturned on an accident-prone stretch at Jourasi Ghati around 8.30 am April 20. Local police said the bus was carrying around 100 migrant workers whoContinue Reading
