News portal probes Pentecostal’s charity scam
2016-03-25
GFA has obviously denied any involvement in financial impropriety.Continue Reading
Salesians to offer special prayers for abducted priest
2016-03-23
Holy Thursday to be intense moment of prayerContinue Reading
Sr Sally’s eyewitness account of Yemen killings
2016-03-18
New Delhi: A three-page note based on the sharing by Missionaries of Charity Sister Sally, the only nun who survived the March 4 attack on a Catholic charity in Aden, Yemen, narrates the chilling events of that fateful day. Sr Sally spoke to Missionaries of Charity nun Sister Rio andContinue Reading
Indian-origin man becomes 1st Sikh police chief of Kuala Lumpur
2016-03-15
Kuala Lumpur: An Indian-origin man has become the police commissioner of Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur, the first Sikh to get selected to the top police post in the Muslim-majority country. Amar Singh, 58, succeeded Tajuddin Mohamed as the city police chief on Monday. In his speech during the ceremony atContinue Reading
Pope Francis announces Indian firm’s Global Teacher Prize
2016-03-14
The US$1-million prize has gone to a Palestinian primary school teacherContinue Reading
Yemen massacre survivor in shock, says Church leader
2016-03-10
Abu Dhabi: The Apostolic Vicar of Southern Arabia says the Indian nun who survived the recent massacre in Yemen is physically fine. “She is doing reasonably well. As one might expect, she is still in a state of shock. She is certainly exhausted by her ordeal, but physically she isContinue Reading
Kerala mulls police unit for Indian expats in UAE
2016-03-09
Abu Dhabi: The new NRI (non-Indian resident) Commission set up by the government of Kerala is considering a police cell that will cater to overseas Indians, the newly elected member of the commission Dr. Shamsheer Vayalil has said. “Dealing with legal issues or property disputes back home is a costlyContinue Reading
Indian captives in Iraq alive: Sushma
2016-03-09
New Delhi: The 39 Indians, who have been held as captives by the dreaded ISIS in Iraq since June 2014, are believed to be still alive, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj told Lok Sabha today, as she asserted the government is making all efforts to bring them back. Out of theContinue Reading
Yemen convent attack: Indian nun evacuated safely
2016-03-08
Indian External Affairs Minister announced the nun’s evacuationContinue Reading
Two Indian sailors killed, three injured in Yemen
2016-03-08
Muscat: Two Indian sailors lost their lives in fire while on board a vessel in Yemeni waters. There others who suffered burns are in a critical condition at the Sultan Qaboos Hospital in Salalah. Indian Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj said this on her official Twitter handle. Indra ManiContinue Reading