DANG (Nepal), Around 100 churches in Dang district rely heavily on money collected from followers, most of whom are from poor economic backgrounds. The believers have been paying 10 percent of their income ‘willingly’ on a monthly basis as a religious duty. When they are not able to give cash to the churches, they offer […]
PANITANKI (INDIA), Sept 1: India has put a ban on import of ginger from Nepal, arguing that the rhizome has ‘high pesticide residue’ and that ‘Chinese ginger’ was being exported in the disguise of the Nepali product. However, a cleverly worded circular, put out by India does not mention the word ‘ban’. According to reports, […]
Sir, The latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) on has placed Bihar in the eleventh position among the states and Union Territories in terms of crime against women and the state was at eighth position in 2014. According to the data, in 2015, there were 13,891 cases of crime against women reported […]
Sir, Every time when you go through a newspaper or shuffle through news channels, you will find one or two barbaric rape incidents flashing on screen. The story of victim living traumatized and the perpetrator living unaffected. The recent rape incidents in Bihar includes Motihari dragged and rape incident of a 21-year-old woman, the rape […]
Gene Wilder is no more. His performances combined sentimentality, comedy and suppressed rage, often veering between idiocy and apoplexy. Gene Wilder died holding hands with his family while listening to Somewhere Over the Rainbow… after Alzheimer’s battle which he kept secret from fans so he wouldn’t upset them. Gene Wilder died aged 83 at […]
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA)’s Council of Complaints Saturday recommended Rs 5 Lakhs (Pakistan currency) fine each on as many as 13 television channels for running a report on wedding of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan without evidence. The council has also recommended that these channels would air apology and also recommended […]
Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam has said that India is “uniquely positioned to recast the global narrative” to achieve prosperity. He urged India to speed up reforms and target growth of 8 to 10 per cent over the next 20 years. He also pointed out that India is facing a ‘crisis in education’ with […]
NEW DELHI – The Centre on Wednesday (Aug 24) approved plans to ban the booming commercial surrogacy industry, a move that would block thousands of foreign couples who flock to these centres to have a baby. India will join several other countries who have made ‘rent-a-womb’ facilities illegal. Commercial surrogacy is banned in most developed […]
While Maharastra might indict Islamic tele-evangelist Naik for unlawful activities, the case is stirring up a lot of interest in Muslim and non-Muslim circles all over the country. Several liberal Muslims have been quite uncomfortable with the tone and nature of Naik’s television broadcasts, which they say lean towards the fundamentalist, Wahabi brand of Islam, […]
Is India on the brink of a ‘Dalit uprising’? Are the self proclaimed ‘gau rakshaks’ queering Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pitch? Will Prime Minister Modi rise to the occasion and come up with a master stroke that unifies India? India cannot be the country where a cow is more valuable than a human being, writes […]
AGARTALA: Gymnast Dipa Karmakar, fresh from the Rio Olympics received a rousing welcome as she touched down on her home state. The state government declared a one day holiday for educational institutions in honour of Deepa, who actually didn’t win a bronze but took fourth place. Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar announced that Dipa Karmakar would be […]
Can you land up in jail for viewing a torrent site in India or not? Yesterday, we heard that a jail term as well as a fine of Rs 3,00,000 was the penalty for a visit to a blocked URL, including a torrent site. Today, some reports said no, you won’t be jailed just because […]
