Bhopal: Harassment of Christians grows more frequent in BJP ruled Madhya Pradesh. A Catholic nun and four girls accompanying her were on June 13 forced out of a train in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, reports Matters India (14 June). Government Railway Police detained them at Satna station in the state after right […]
The Bombay High Court has issued notice to the central and the Goa governments over a petition filed by meat traders challenging the newly-introduced restrictions on cattle trade. Quraishi’s Meat Traders’ Association of Goa challenged in the Goa bench of the high court the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Markets) Rules, 2017, […]
The so-called Organic food lobby and some Hindutva ideologists could be behind the rumour factory that spreads lies about ‘plastic rice’ and ‘plastic eggs’ and the dearth of scientific temper leads consumers to believe such stories. [By Narendra Nayak] The recent publicity for plastic rice made me ponder on why these rumours are being circulated. […]
Four teams of Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday morning began a search operation at the residence of Prannoy Roy in Greater Kailash-1 in New Delhi besides three other locations in Dehradun and Delhi. Agencies confirmed that the CBI had registered a case against Roy, his wife Radhika Roy and others for causing loss of […]
Chief minister Nitish Kumar called on Governor Ram Nath Kovind and summoned education minister Ashok Choudhary to the CM’s residence, fuelling speculation about the government’s response to the Intermediate exam result shock. Choudhary and Nitish were closeted at 1 Aney Marg for almost 45 minutes, and sources said they discussed remedial measures after more than […]
Jabalpur (MP): The Madhya Pradesh High Court ordered police to register a criminal case against Congress MLA Kamleshwar Patel for allegedly forging medical documents to skip hearing of an election petition against him. (May 28) Justice Atul Shridharan directed the Bhopal police to register a criminal case against Patel, MLA from Sinhaval in Sidhi district. […]
New Delhi: The Income Tax Department has issued summonses to RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s MP daughter Misa Bharti and her husband in connection with its probe in Rs 1,000 crore alleged benami land deals and a tax evasion case, reports PTI. The development followed the arrest of chartered acountant Rajesh Kumar Agrawal by the Enforcement […]
What’s the Bihar cricket association doing around the Supreme Court? Kicking up a storm? Well, here’s what a PTI report says: New Delhi, May 22 (PTI) Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB) today moved the Supreme Court seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against BCCI’s acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary and others for allegedly violating the apex court’s […]
Why have attacks against different groups or sects of Christians increased over the past two years? Who are behind these terror tactics? Perhaps it is time for the mainstream media to investigate! For quite some time now, we have been getting reports on what appears to be a series of low-intensity, small scale attacks on […]
Bombay (Mumbai) The Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD), commonly known as the monkey fever, has claimed 11 lives in Maharashtra this year, according to health officials (May 16). All the victims were from Sindhudurg district and succumbed to the viral infection between January and May, they said. According to Sindhudurg District Health officer, Dr Yogesh Sale, […]
Lucknow, May 15: In a new low, The Uttar Pradesh Governor was bombarded with paper balls during his Official Address to the legislature! The maiden session of the newly elected UP Assembly opened today with Governor Ram Naik being bombarded with paper balls during his address, as an angry opposition protested what they described as […]
Patna: Attacks on pastors and people who profess belief in Christ have been increasing in Bihar over the past year, and observers feel that the powers that be are turning a blind eye to violent incidents that victimize Christians in villages. A pastor in eastern India’s Bihar state has lost his hearing after Hindu extremists […]
