IMPHAL : Manipur will host the United Nations International Conference to discuss issues related to drug and substance abuse and HIV/AIDS on September 30-October 1, Governor Dr Najma Heptulla announced on Sunday. She made an announcement while speaking at the 13th foundation day celebrations of the Manipur State Commission for Women (MSCW) in Imphal. Delegates […]
Sahibganj, Jharkhand: Read this. A mob attacks a college. Police are called. The police chase some of them away. Greater mob comes back. More police arrive. Mob throws stones at policeman, damages police vehicles, injures a sub inspector, 2 tribal boys also badly beaten and hospitalized. Witnesses give names of ring leaders, file cases with […]
Old boys and staff of St. Augustine’s school in Kalimpong would remember Father Gressot, teacher, bursar, and Principal. Fr. Edouard Gressot, 97 years old, the last surviving Canons Regular missionary who worked in Kalimpong under Darjeeling diocese, died on September 9, 2019 at St. Maurice Abbey, Switzerland. He was associated with St. Augustine’s School, Kalimpong. […]
Jharkhand: The Food Security Act of 2013 is no more than a pious piece of legislation, due to government apathy and corruption in the PDS system. The poor have been denied their right to essential grains because of ‘technalities’. Fed up with the callous and corrupt system, the affected people are now coming together to […]
Only a bibliophile understands what book means to them. A program of book launch was organized by Xavier’s Institute of Social Research in Gandhi Sangrahalay ,Patna for the launch of the book “Bihar Ke Dom: Jeevan Sangharsh, Shamshaan se Sadak tak” by Hasan Imam. Hasan Imam said, the title of this book “Bihar Ke Dom: […]
Patna, Bihar: For the small Catholic community in Bihar, the month of September has special significance. September 9 marks the 100th anniversary of the formation of Patna Diocese (now archdiocese). On Sunday, September 8, most of the churches within the Archdiocese, – which currently includes the diocese of Bhagalpur (1956), Muzaffarpur (1980), Bettiah (1998), and […]
Imagine yourself on Platform No. 10 of Patna Railway Station waiting with all your luggage and family to board your train and you feel the urge to urinate, you’ll have to go from Platform 10 to Platform Number 1. Patna Railway Station has 10 platforms but only one has a women’s toilet. And it’s an […]
KOHIMA: Bringing together all the areas inhabited by Naga tribes to form the Nagalim dream has fuelled the imagination of the Nagas for decades. Nagaland Vhief Minister has spoken out urging the Indian government to accede to the longstanding desire of the Naga people. Reiterating his support for integration of all contiguous Naga-inhabited areas, Nagaland […]
GUWAHATI, Aug 16: Northeast Now, a Guwahati-based regional news portal, has filed a complaint against the Meghalaya Police’s move to gag the media, its spokesperson said here on Friday reports IANS. The spokesperson said the portal lodged the complaint with the Press Council of India, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar, Indian Journalists […]
HAILAKANDI (Assam) – Independence day cannot get any greener than this. A flag that grows up as a marigold plant! A local women’s club has come up with a unique alternative to the commonly used ‘plastic flag’ that people use to show their patriotism on Independence Day. In a bid to make the environment plastic […]
Vashistha Narayan Singh, is man who challenged the Einstein theory(e=mc2). He was a great mathematician born in Bihar on 2nd of April,1942 in Basantpur village of Bhojpur District. Since childhood he was a brilliant student at Mathematics. When he was in the 5th standard he used to solve the problem of 11th standard and when he […]
Patna, July 31, 2019: Archbishop William D’Souza SJ of Patna on July 31 urged the students of the Bihar Capital’s only Jesuit College of Management and Technology to imbibe right moral values as they strive to do well and excel in life. “All of us want to succeed in life. We want to be achievers. […]
