India is erecting a new non-cut steel fence to plug vulnerable and infiltration-prone patches along its sensitive border with Pakistan and Bangladesh. The officials said, the single row fence, with loops of concertina wires on top is being erected at a 60km border stretch near Amritsar in Punjab. A pilot project of this new fence […]
Delhi, January 8: Hundreds sat before of the Jama Masjid in Delhi with candles and posters in a peacweful protest against the amended citizenship law, NRC and the National Population Register. Residents from all parts of Old Delhi —Lal Kuan, Gali Kasim, Bhuja Pandi and Ajmeri Gate – participated in the protest. They also expressed […]
NEW DELHI, Jan 5 – Violence swept the Jawaharlal Nehru University here on Sunday as several masked individuals, both male and female, thrashed students, including girls, and teachers inside the varsity campus with wooden and metal rods. Masked men wielding sticks, rods and sledgehammers terrorised Jawaharlal Nehru University for close to three hours on Sunday […]
India’s factory activity expanded at its fastest pace in seven months in December as a jump in new orders prompted companies to ramp up production, a private business survey showed, says a Reuter’s report from Bangalore. But, while policy makers may be smiling, the business sector is still very low on optimism, the report adds. […]
Bangalore: “The growth story of India depends on its achievements in the Science & Technology sector. There is a need to revolutionise the landscape of Indian Science Technology and Innovation.” Thus said Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he inaugurated the 107th Indian Science Congress (ISC) at University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru (Bangalore). He also said […]
In Cochin (Kochi), Kerala, New Year’s Day saw a huge demonstration by Muslim groups in favour of withdrawing the Citizenship Amendment Act. Holding national flags and placards which read: “Born in India, Lived in India, will die in India”, thousands of people hit the streets in this port city on the New Year day, demanding […]
Panaji: Ireland Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, who has his roots in India, is in Sunny Goa to bring in the New Year. Lest Auld Acquaintance be forgot… Leo is rounding off a visit to India with a 31st December night in coastal Goa. Varadkar, who is currently on a private visit to India, would arrive […]
Glen Galstaun is set to go down in history as the last Anglo-Indian MLA of Jharkhand. 24 days from now, we will not have an Anglo-Indian MLA. George Baker and Richard Hay represented the community in Parliament during 2014-2019. Quietly, the Modi Government has removed legislative representation of one of India’s vibrant micro-minorities. On Wednesday, […]
The Delhi High Court foiled a BJP MLA’s attempt at mischief mongering with reference to the so-called JNU sedition case, it seems. The Delhi High Court recently (December 4) refused to direct the AAP government to grant sanction for prosecution of former JNU students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar in a sedition case. A bench of […]
Catholics across India , be they clergy, religious or laity, give witness to the Lord Jesus by leading lives of compassion, service and peace. When non-Catholic brothers and sisters who observe their lives and worship wish to lead similar lives, they are free to do so, said Most reverend Leo Cornello, Archbishop of Bhopal in […]
You want to get rid of single use plastic? Why not give away one kilogram of good quality rice for a kilo of empty plastic bottles? Other districts across India could learn from this innovative District Collector! It began with a school challenge in early October, now a district in Telengana has collected nearly fifty […]
Did you know that RO purifiers (water purifiers) are supposed to have been banned in some states in India? And that some people within the government machinery are trying to delay this? And that none of the mainstream Tv channels have made a noise about it? The National Green Tribunal has gone blue in the […]
