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 […]
जाने-माने सोश्ल वर्कर पाटकर नर्मदा बांध के निर्माण से विस्थापित हुए लोगों के समर्थन में 25 अगस्त से अनिश्चिकालीन भूख हड़ताल पर हैं। शनिवार को उनकी हालत बिगड़ गई तो उन्हें पानी देने की कोशिश भी नाकाम रही। मध्य प्रदेश के बडवानी ज़िले के छोटा बड्डा गांव में मेधा पाटकर और उनके सैकड़ों सहयोगी हड़ताल […]
Mandalay, Burma: Religious leaders, monks and priests have a duty to spread goodwill and not hate, says a Buddhist monk in Burma (Myanmar), even as another ‘ firebrand’ monk named U Wirathu is known for his open encouragement of anti-Muslim sentiment in the country. Ashin Ariya Wun Tha Bhiwun Sa, a Buddhist monk from Mandalay […]
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 […]
The first International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief, observed on Thursday, aims at turning the spotlight on increased hostility against religious minorities. In our own Indian terminology, it is the UN day against communal violence. Interestingly, the government in the land of Gandhi and Ahimsa, didn’t issue […]
Losses in India’s textile industry are spinning out of control, jobs are being snipped off, and exports are falling off. Yet there’s no focus on an industry which is being crippled by high interest rates and high taxes on export. The Indian textile industry which provides employment to about 10 crore people directly and indirectly […]
बुधवार को बिहार के 3 बार के मुख्यमंत्री रहे जगन्नाथ मिश्रा को गार्ड ऑफ ऑनर देते समय बिहार पुलिस को भारी फजीहत का सामना करना पड़ा। बिहार पुलिस के 21 जवानों ने पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री को गार्ड ऑफ ऑनर देने के लिए अपने राइफल से फायर किया। पर 21 में से 1 भी राइफल से फायर […]
IMPHAL, Aug 14 – Various civil society organisations today celebrated the 73rd ‘Manipur Independence Day’, remembering the historic day on which the British left the then kingdom of Manipur, marking the end of the colonial rule. Various functions were held at several levels by the civil society organisations, commemorating the day by hoisting the flag […]
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: The bishops of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City warned Monday against a false Marian devotion and other deviant ritual practices meant to cast out evil spirits, according to UCA News. The local Church’s auxiliary bishops, Joseph Do Manh Hung (who is also serving as apostolic administrator) and Louis […]
The One Holy Apostolic Universal Catholic Church has stood strong through the centuries, because of the strong spiritual formation process and exercises in piety that until recently, was the bulwark of pastoral work. But with changing times, greater accent on Bible study and less stress on the Teachings of the Church has brought about a […]
As Kerala once again faces flood disaster, a small-time textile trader in Kochi has donated all the dress materials he had purchased for Eid sales for the floods affected in Wayanad. When relief worker approached Naushad for donation, he told him that a truck with goods was being sent to Nilambur in Wayanad. Naushad took […]
हम एक ऐसे समाज में रहते हैं, जहाँ पर्यावरण, सड़क को गन्दा करने वाले, कचरा फैलने वाले को सलाम करते है वही जो पर्यावरण को साफ करते है बगैर अपनी सेहत की चिंता किये, उसकी निंदा करते है उनसे दूर भागते हैं। समाज के ऐसे कुछ वर्गो के लोग जो अपना घर चलाने के लिए […]
