Rome, March 1 (IANS/AKI) Prominent child abuse survivor Marie Collins has quit a Vatican panel set up by Pope Francis to tackle the problem of paedophile priests, citing her frustration at a lack of cooperation…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Wednesday said the Centre will establish five world-class institutions to provide better education in technical, medical, ayurveda and unani fields to students belonging to…
Vatican City, March 1 (IANS/AKI) Catholics should show down-and-outs “great humanity” and not treat them like “stray dogs”, Pope Francis has said. “Homeless people have great dignity. We need to speak to them with great…
Chandigarh, March 1 (IANS) Hailing the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) victory in DSGMC elections, party President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday said it was proof of “complete rejection” of AAP and Congress by the Sikh…
Patna, March 1 (IANS) Angry over Bihar Excise and Prohibition Minister Abdul Jalil Mastan’s reported video clip asking people to beat Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s photograph with shoes, the BJP members on Wednesday disrupted the…
Vatican City, Feb 28 (IANS/AKI) To truly welcome migrants, host nations must know how many they can integrate, Pope Francis said on Tuesday. “Each country must know the number of migrants it is capable of…
Kannur (Kerala), Feb 28 (IANS) A Catholic priest in Kerala was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl, who subsequently gave birth to a baby boy, police said. Robin Vadakkanchery, 49, a parish…
Vatican City, Feb 27 (IANS/AKI) Merciful God will help Catholics up should they stumble on life’s “uncertain” journey, Pope Francis said on Monday. “When the journey is uncertain and you fall, God, rich in mercy,…
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Union Ministers Uma Bharti and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Monday echoed Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s stand on the BJP fielding Muslim candidates in the ongoing Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. Bharti,…
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Union minister Uma Bharti on Monday said the BJP made “a huge mistake” by not fielding any Muslim candidate in the ongoing Uttar Pradesh assembly polls. “I am really feeling…
Ayodhya, Feb 27 (IANS) Senior BJP leader Vinay Katiyar on Monday claimed that there was a wave in favour of his party in Uttar Pradesh and said constructing a grand Ram temple here was “very…
New York, Feb 27 (IANS) The US Police has said that over 100 headstones were vandalised at a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia, local media reported. This came less than a week after similar vandalism was…
Mandi, Feb 26 (IANS) In a record of sorts for this Himachal Pradesh town, on Sunday over 2,000 musicians played the traditional ‘bajantri’ at the same point of time, an official said. The performance by…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 26 (IANS) Sixteen fire tenders on Sunday battled for four hours flames which at one point threatened the Sree Padmanabha Swamy temple here. The fire began at a post office near the shrine…
Mandi, Feb 25 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Saturday inaugurated the weeklong International Shivratri Mandi Fair in this town popularly known as “Chhoti Kashi”. Speaking on the occasion, he announced a medical…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) The Students Islamic Organisation of India (SIO) on Saturday demanded a judicial probe into the disappearance of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Najeeb Ahmed. Ahmed has been missing for the…
Jaipur, Feb 25 (IANS) A local court on Saturday announced it is likely to give its verdict in the 2007 Ajmer Dargah bomb blast case now on March 8. The special National Investigation Agency (NIA)…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) The Congress on Saturday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he has “stooped to extremely low level of politicking” in his poll speeches and was also trying to divide voters…
Kathmandu, Feb 25 (IANS) Over 600,000 devotees offered prayers to Lord Shiva till Saturday morning at the Pashupatinath Temple in Nepal on the occasion of the Mahashivaratri festival, media reports said. The visitors from within…
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu), Feb 24 (IANS) Describing yoga as the “sharpest weapon” in the world to fight stress and bring peace, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said it is also the passport for health…