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…
Kolkata, Sep 4 (IANS) It was during her ride aboard the toy train to Darjeeling that Mother Teresa got the ‘divine mandate’ to serve the poor and 70 years on, that journey on the Darjeeling…
By Arul Louis New York, Sep 4 (IANS) Mother Teresa, who is being declared a saint by Pope Francis on Sunday, has been hailed as the “Saint of the Gutters of Kolkata”. But her sisters…
Rewa (Madhya Pradesh), Sep 3 (IANS) In a landmark achievement, three sisters of Madhya Pradesh’s Rewa district obtained their PhD degrees together in their first attempt and also registered their names in the ‘Limca Book…
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Taking strict action against 20,000 striking nurses in the national capital, as hospitals struggled to cope with soaring dengue and chikungunya cases, the Delhi Government on Saturday said it was…
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday expressed happiness over the forthcoming canonisation of Mother Teresa and said every Indian will take pride in the recognition being accorded to her for service…
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Noted NGO Sulabh International on Saturday handed over a fixed deposit receipt of Rs 5 lakh to Dana Manjhi, a poor villager of Odisha who was forced to carry his…
Mumbai: Lyricist Javed Akhtar during the special celebrity screening of film Guddu Rangeela in Mumbai on July 2, 2015. (Photo: IANS) The AIMPLB on Friday defended the practice of triple talaq and polygamy, professing that…
New York, Sep 3 (IANS) Family income and age play a key role in determining whether women living in rural Nepal could have home births or hospital deliveries, a new study has found. For the…
Kolkata, Sep 3 (IANS) On the eve of her canonisation in Vatican City where Pope Francis will confer sainthood on Mother Teresa, people on Saturday braved the rain to visit the city’s “Mother House” –…
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday completed 100 days in office and announced a road map for the state including a green initiative, homes for the poor, and development…
New York, Sep 3 (IANS) While the Islamic State (IS) continues to be one of the most influential terrorist groups in the real world, American White nationalists outperform them in the virtual world in nearly…