Manila, Sep 5 (IANS) Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday that many more people will die in the anti-drug campaign that he launched after assuming office on June 30. Before leaving for the Asean…
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) A day after Mother Teresa was officially declared “Saint Teresa” by Pope Francis at a ceremony at Vatican City, Vice President Hamid Ansari on Monday hailed her canonisation. Ansari in…
Bhopal, Sep 5 (IANS) Devotees crowded temples while many people installed idols of Lord Ganesha in their homes as Madhya Pradesh celebrated Ganesh Chaturthi with great pomp and show on Monday. People were seen visiting…
Mumbai, Sep 5 (IANS) Mumbai and rest of Maharashtra shifted into a festive gear with the arrival at homes and public places of thousands of big, medium and small idols of the elephant-headed Lord Ganesh…
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Sharing his experience in politics of India post-Independence, President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said that India is currently a victim of cross-border terrorism and not a homegrown one. He said…
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday paid tribute to the nation’s second President, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, on the occasion of Teachers’ Day and saluted the dedication and commitment of all teachers….
By Koh Byung-joon Seoul, Sep 5 (IANS/Yonhap) Park Myeong-hee, a 35-year-old North Korean defector, still vividly remembers how happy she felt when she walked down the aisle to get married to a man she met…
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday greeted the nation on the auspicious occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi, wishing for the blessings of Lord Ganesha on everyone. “Ganesh Chaturthi greetings to everyone….
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday greeted the nation on the holy occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi. Paying obeisance to the Vighnaharta, Gandhi said: “Hope that Lord Ganapati will remove all…
Washington, Sep 5 (IANS) The parents and friends of Lane Graves, the boy killed by an alligator at a Walt Disney World resort in June, gathered to celebrate what would have been his third birthday….
Shillong, Sep 4 (IANS) Catholic across Meghalaya erupted with joy as Pope Francis pronounced Mother Teresa of Calcutta a Saint of the Catholic Church even as thousands were glued to television sets to witness the…
Kolkata, Sep 4 (IANS) As Mother Teresa was canonised in Rome, Mother House, the world headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity, was presented a bouquet of 106 roses on Sunday — courtesy West Bengal Chief…
Kolkata, Sep 4 (IANS) Nuns shed tears of joy and hugged each other, amid euphoric scenes at the Mother House, the global headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity, as the orders founder Mother Teresa was…
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Greeting teachers on the occasion of Teachers Day, President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said teachers are the building blocks of a good eduction system. In India, Teachers’ Day is observed…
Singur, Sep 4 (IANS) Witnessing a frenzy of activities after having stood desolate for nearly eight years, the abandoned Tata Motors plant here in West Bengal’s Hooghly district is fast becoming a favourite with “selfie…
By Debayan Mukherjee Kolkata, Sep 4 (IANS) Between the Vatican and Kolkata, Spaniard Aristides Bermejo, who had met Mother Teresa several times, chose the eastern Indian metropolis to celebrate her canonisation, as “this is where…
Kolkata, Sep 4 (IANS) Nuns shed tears of joy and hugged each other, amid euphoric scenes at the Mother House, global headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity, as the order’s founder Mother Teresa was declared…
By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, Sep 4 (IANS) It was in the early 1990s when Mother Teresa visited Mumbai to attend a private NGO’s function at the Y.B. Chavan Auditorium. My boss then, Indian Express Chief…
Vatican City, Sep 4 (IANS) Singing popular Bengali devotional songs, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday walked with members of her delegation to St. Peter’s Basilica to participate in the canonisation of Mother…
Vatican City, Sep 4 (IANS) Tens of thousands of people flocked to Vatican City’s St Peter’s Square on Sunday to watch Pope Francis declare Mother Teresa a saint. Pope Francis will celebrate a Mass and…