A Pakistani University will be the first to house a Catholic church and has allotted one square kilometre for its construction, a brave move given the many reports of intolerance against religious minorities in that country. While most Pakistani universities host mosques, UAF will be the first to allow a Christian house of prayer on […]
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The diabolical language of hypocrisy, which ensnares others through flattery, has the power to destroy Christian communities, Pope Francis said. Like the Pharisees who spoke to Jesus with soothing words of adulation, Christians who engage in hypocrisy speak gently yet “brutally judge a person,” the pope said June 6 at his […]
A sweeping ban on trading cattle for slaughter, imposed by India’s Government to appease its ultra conservative Hindu vote-base, is being seen by the nation’s meat and leather industries as an attempt to destroy businesses ultra conservative Hindus do not agree with. Other critics argue the ban is an attempt to control what people eat, […]
PESHAWAR: An outspoken Pakistani student killed by a lynch mob was falsely accused of blasphemy, according to an official report that added his murder was organised by faculty members and rival students. Mashal Khan, 23, was stripped, beaten and shot before being thrown from the second floor of his hostel at the Abdul Wali Khan […]
New Delhi, Jun 6 Does a woman forfeit her right to her parent’s property because she converted from Hinduism to Islam? That’s the question before a Delhi court which is hearing a civil suit from a 33-year-old woman claiming a share of the property purchased by her deceased father. Her two brothers say she no […]
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 […]
New Delhi: Foreigners who don’t know about Indian laws may find themselves in a pickle. Now, the Delhi High Court has asked the Centre to inform the embassies and the high commissions in India to advise their citizens about the local laws while travelling to India. The direction comes amid a rise in cases lodged against foreigners, found […]
NEW DELHI: The knee -jerk ‘cattle sale’ ban is already having a fallout. The leather industry say they have been handed a ‘death certificate ‘ by the Modi government. Over the past few days, Indian exporters were scrambling to assure global clients like Zara and Giorgio Armani their shipments would arrive despite a government crackdown […]
Bihar grows more sensitive to the needs of Transgenders . At a recent meeting on disaster management, about a dozen transwomen were invited to air their views. Sharing their problems, the transgenders asserted that the discrimina tion they face even more becomes pronounced in the event of natural disasters like floods, because just like the […]
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. […]
A brave Malayali girl bobbitized a predatory Guruji when he tried to rape her. The 54 year old ‘holy man’ , has learnt the hard way, and has now lost his membership to the holy men’s club, it is said. An Indian woman cut off a man’s penis after he allegedly tried to rape her […]
