Salesian builds girl power, brick by brick
2015-11-21
Eleven girls have formed six companies, specialize in building modular kitchens and modern baths in apartment blocks in West BengalContinue Reading
70 rupees a day earner runs an orphanage and a school
2015-10-31
Kolkata : He travels more than 150 kms a day to earn 2,000 rupees per month, working in a social organization. He has almost hit the age of retirement. But for the 58-year-old Abdar Rahman, all this is worth it. The journey and the meagre earnings may break the backContinue Reading
RSS hopes to double number of branches in West Bengal
2015-10-13
Kolkata: As a teenager, Uttam Shaha says he used to watch scornfully from his bedroom window as men in brown shorts performed martial exercises in a car park below. Like many Indians then, he viewed the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as a fringe group. Now 43, Shaha is a recentContinue Reading
Lightning kills 8 in West Bengal
2015-06-03
Rains and thunderstorm have lashed Murshidabad district for the past couple of daysContinue Reading
Rebuilding life with NGO help
2015-04-14
Madhabi rebuilt life with the help of SAHAYContinue Reading
Nuns get threat letters to quit Bengal town
2015-03-25
The letters from unidentified groups have threatened to burn school and churchContinue Reading
Catholic schools plan special assembly, protest cancelled
2015-03-24
The Archdiocesan Board of Education does not want disturb examsContinue Reading
Case filed against protestors who blocked cm convoy
2015-03-20
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
All citizens, not just cows, need protection: Cardinal
2015-03-18
New Delhi – Ahead of his visit to West Bengal to meet the nun who was gang-raped last week, the head of the Catholic Church in India, Cardinal Baselios Cleemis, on Tuesday said: “The country has a responsibility towards all of us — every human being — and not justContinue Reading
75-year-old nun raped in West Bengal
2015-03-14
The chief minister has ordered a probeContinue Reading