Month: July 2019

Church crisis: Senior bishops to meet on Friday

Kochi, Jul 4: Senior Bishops of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church will assemble here Friday against the backdrop of protests by a section of priests in the Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese against the reinstatement of Cardinal George Alencherry as major archbishop. The permanent Synod of the Church consists five bishops including the […]

QNET Is Not a Money Circulation Scheme

(Eds: Disclaimer: The following press release comes to you under an arrangement with Business Wire India. PTI takes no editorial responsibility for the same.) New Delhi, Delhi, India Business Wire India QNET is an e-commerce based, leading Asian direct selling company, which markets a unique range of products […]

TMC opposes Aadhaar legislation

New Delhi, Jul 4: The Trinamool Congress Thursday opposed amendments to the Aadhaar law, saying it lacks transparency and strikes at the very heart of individual privacy. Participating in the debate on The Aadhaar and other Services (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in Lok Sabha, Mahua Moitra said the bill speaks […]

45 Japanese Encephalitis deaths reported in Assam

Guwahati, Jul 4: Forty-five people have died till July 3 since the outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis in Assam, the National Health Mission said Thursday. Most of upper Assam districts, including Jorhat, Golaghat, Dibrugarh, Lakhimpur, and the lower Assam district of Kamrup have been affected by the mosquito-borne disease. “Assam […]

Curry’s Cumin Home to Kolkata!

(Eds: Disclaimer: The following press release comes to you under an arrangement with Business Wire India. PTI takes no editorial responsibility for the same.) Raajkutir – a boutique hotel, Swabhumi hosts the first ever Taste of Britain Curry Festival in Kolkata Kolkata, West Bengal, India Business Wire India […]

Outside court, Cong workers ask Rahul to withdraw resignation

Mumbai, Jul 4: As Rahul Gandhi reached a court here to appear before it in a defamation case, many Congress supporters gathered outside shouted slogans, asking him to rescind his resignation as the party chief. Across the road from the metropolitan court building, around 150 Congress supporters held placards […]

Pakistan announces terrorism finance crackdown on Lashkar-e-Taiba

LAHORE, Pakistan – Pakistani authorities announced a crackdown on Wednesday against Hafiz Saeed, leader of the group blamed for deadly attacks on Mumbai in 2008, amid growing international pressure to act against militant groups. Pakistan’s counter-terrorism department said it had launched 23 cases against Saeed and 12 aides […]

Rahul Gandhi calls for change as he quits as Congress leader

NEW DELHI – Rahul Gandhi, leader of opposition Congress party, said on Wednesday he had asked party bosses to find a successor after he took responsibility for losing a general election that has left the party in crisis. Gandhi, the fourth generation scion of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, released […]

Rouhani: Iran will enrich uranium to ‘any amount we want’

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s president warned European partners in its faltering nuclear deal on Wednesday that Tehran will increase its enrichment of uranium to “any amount that we want” beginning on Sunday, putting pressure on them to offer a way around intense U.S. sanctions targeting the country. The […]

Central American officials avoid focus on immigration

TECUN UMAN, Guatemala — From the steps of his church in this Guatemalan border town, the Rev. Fernando Cuevas has watched the flow of migrants evolve from massive caravans that filled the nearby plaza to small groups of families arriving by bus to scramble aboard rafts waiting to […]

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