Mass cleaning campaign launched in Hubballi

Mass cleaning campaign launched in Hubballi

Union Minister Pralhad Joshi participates in a mass cleaning campaign launched by members of Dr Shri Nanasaheb Dharmadhikari Pratisthan in Hubballi on Sunday. | Photo Credit: KIRAN BAKALE A large number of members of Dr Shri Nanasaheb Dharmadhikari Pratisthan and volunteers descended on Hubballi on Sunday and took part in a mass cleaning drive in … Read more

Israeli tanks advance deep into Gaza town after strikes cause new mass exodus

Israeli tanks advance deep into Gaza town after strikes cause new mass exodus

Israeli tanks advanced deep into a town in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday after days of relentless bombardment that forced tens of thousands of already displaced Palestinian families to flee in a new exodus. A Palestinian journalist posted pictures of Israeli tanks near a mosque in a built-up area of Bureij, the armoured contingent … Read more

Suspend synod decision on Mass celebrations, demands lay group

Suspend synod decision on Mass celebrations, demands lay group

A lay people’s group in the Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese has demanded that the Syro-Malabar synod’s decision on liturgy be suspended, and a commission be constituted by Rome to look into what the group called “sabotage” of the synod’s decision on Mass celebration. In a public statement, the lay group, Almaya Munnettam, alleged that the synod’s decision … Read more

1.30 lakh primary school teachers on mass leave in Odisha for better pay

1.30 lakh primary school teachers on mass leave in Odisha for better pay

The primary school education in Odisha has been hit badly as 1.30 lakh teachers of over 50,000 schools have gone on a mass strike, demanding a “respectable” salary. Primary school teachers have staged dharna in front of schools and block education offices, and threatened to prolong their agitation for indefinite period if their demand is … Read more

Gujarat Congress launches mass contact program to revive dormant party network

Gujarat Congress launches mass contact program to revive dormant party network

Congress leaders Shaktisinh Gohil. File. | Photo Credit: PTI The Gujarat Congress launched a district wise padyatra from Kheda district on August 28 to revive its cadre and reach out to party workers.  As part of the initiative, state leaders including state president Shaktisinh Gohil and Congress legislative party leader Amit Chavda will travel to … Read more

Mass communication students from 174 universities to participate in second GMC workshops

Mass communication students from 174 universities to participate in second GMC workshops

Twitter image of Global Media Congress Mass communication students from 174 universities will be participating in the second edition of the Global Media Congress (GMC) workshops from November 14 to 16 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Comprising a conference and an exhibition, the GMC will take … Read more

Row over gifting of make-up kits with condoms at mass wedding in Madhya Pradesh 

Row over gifting of make-up kits with condoms at mass wedding in Madhya Pradesh 

A political controversy was triggered in Madhya Pradesh after condoms and birth control pills were found in make-up kits gifted to brides during a mass marriage programme under a government scheme in Jhabua district on Monday.  Earlier, as many as 296 couples tied the knot under the Mukhyamantri Kanya Vivah/Nikah Yojana, and when the make-up … Read more

Pregnancy test during mass marriage ceremony in Madhya Pradesh causes stir

Pregnancy test during mass marriage ceremony in Madhya Pradesh causes stir

Attacking the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Madhya Pradesh over the alleged pregnancy test of 200 beneficiaries of a government scheme in Dindori district, the Opposition Congress accused it of undermining the dignity of women. These women were brides-to-be for a mass marriage to be held under the ‘Mukhya Mantri Kanya Vivah Yojana’ on Saturday. … Read more

Record 6.37 lakh Olive Ridley turtles arrive at Odisha’s Rushikulya beach for mass nesting 

Record 6.37 lakh Olive Ridley turtles arrive at Odisha’s Rushikulya beach for mass nesting 

An Olive Ridley turtle is seen at the Rushikulya river mouth beach and laying eggs on their mass nesting time near to the Podampeta village in Ganjam district of Odisha. | Photo Credit: Biswaranjan Rout About 6.37 lakh Olive Ridley sea turtles have arrived for mass nesting at Rushikulya coast this year, setting a new … Read more