New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The Samastha Kerala Jamiathul Ulema on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Ordinance, 2018 on the grounds that it invokes penal provisions…
Chandigarh, Sep 25 (IANS) To mark the year-long celebrations of the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the Punjab government said on Tuesday that 550 saplings will be planted in each village of the…
Tirupati, Sep 25 (IANS) Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday stood in the queue like a commoner for a ‘darshan’ at the famed Lord Venkateswara temple on Tirumala near here. As Vice President, Naidu…
Mumbai, Sep 24 (IANS) As elaborate Ganesh immersion ceremonies ended after nearly 30 hours on Monday afternoon, as many as 18 lives were lost, mostly due to drowning, across Maharashtra, officials said. Sunday was ‘Anant…
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday referred to a Constitution Bench a plea questioning the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) prevalent in the Dawoodi Bohra community. The issue was referred…
Bengaluru, Sep 24 (IANS) Ahead of India’s Dussehra and Diwali festivals, e-tail major Flipkart will hold a five-day shopping binge from October 10, the company said on Monday. “The fifth edition of ‘The Big Billion…
Kottayam (Kerala), Sep 24 (IANS) Bishop Franco Mulakkal, arrested on charges of raping a nun, was on Monday sentenced to two weeks judicial custody by a magisterial court while the Kerala High Court posted his…
Kottayam (Kerala), Sep 24 (IANS) Bishop Franco Mulakkal, arrested on charges of raping a nun, was on Monday sent to two weeks judicial custody by a Kerala court. His bail plea will come up in…
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday referred to a Constitution Bench a plea questioning the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) prevalent in the Dawoodi Bohra community. The issue was referred…
Beijing, Sep 24 (IANS) Amnesty International (AI) in a report on Monday urged the Chinese government to end the “brainwashing” of nearly one million Muslims held in “re-education” camps in the Xinjiang Uighur region. In…
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) Hindu intellectuals and academicians on Sunday demanded the removal of government control over temples. “We demand equal rights to Hindus on par with others in the matters of running educational…
Kottayam (Kerala), Sep 23 (IANS) With the arrest of Bishop Franco Mulakkal in the nun rape case, Church authorities have begun to take action against those who supported the 14-day protest by five nuns at…
Panaji, Sep 23 (IANS) Ravana was born in Noida unlike late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi’s belief that the Lankan king was a Dravidian like him, BJP MP Subramanian Swamy said here on Sunday….
Hyderabad, Sep 23 (IANS) The mammoth Ganesh procession was underway here on Sunday amid tight security. Hundreds of idols from various parts of Hyderabad, its twin city Secunderabad and surrounding areas were bring carried to…
Kottayam (Kerala) Sep 23 (IANS) Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who has been arrested for raping a nun and presently in police custody after his bail plea was turned down, was brought to a convent near here…
Rome/Beijing, Sep 22 (IANS) The Vatican and the Chinese government signed an agreement on Saturday on the appointment of bishops in China, ending a decades-long struggle over who chooses the leaders of Catholicism in the…
Kottayam (Kerala) Sep 22 (IANS) Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who has been arrested for raping a nun, was on Saturday refused bail by a Kerala court and sent to two-day’s police custody. The bishop would be…
Kottayam (Kerala) Sep 22 (IANS) Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who has been arrested in a nun rape case, will be produced in a Kerala court on Saturday, police said. Mulakkal, who headed the Roman Catholic Diocese…
Kochi, Sep 21 (IANS) After three days of questioning, the Kerala Police on Friday arrested Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who heads the Roman Catholic Diocese in Jalandhar and has been accused of repeatedly raping a nun,…
Kolkata, Sep 21 (IANS) Beating drums and thumping their chests, thousands of Muslims across West Bengal took out large processions on Friday to mourn the martyrdom of Prophet Mohammed’s grandson Imam Hussain at Karbala 1338…