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CHURACHANDPUR/IMPHAL: Three church leaders were killed and four others grievously injured in an ambush by unidentified armed men on Wednesday morning on the Churachandpur-Kangpokpi road in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district, triggering multiple shutdown calls.The attack occurred around 10:25am on the stretch locally known as Tiger Road, between Kotzim and Kotlen villages.The deceased were identified as Rev…
Image Credit: TOI/ Bengaluru BENGALURU: Bookworm, the iconic bookshop on Church Street, saw nearly 5,000 books destroyed after rainwater gushed into the shop within minutes.Proprietor Krishna Gowda said, “The hailstones clogged the drainage outlets, and almost instantly, water started pouring in from all sides,” he said. By 5.30pm, shelves that once held stories, ideas and…
Renowned choreographer and filmmaker Remo D’Souza became a household name after appearing as a judge on Dance India Dance nearly 17 years ago. Alongside his professional journey, audiences also grew familiar with his personal life, especially his relationship with his wife, Lizelle D’Souza.However, long before fame, Remo was known as Ramesh Gopi Nair. Over the…
An explosion occurred at Abundant Life Fellowship Church on State Route 12 in the town of Boonville, New York, leaving five people injured. The New York State police have started the investigation. The authorities said that the first responders were dispatched around 10.23 am (US time) after reports of a gas odour inside the church,…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from Centre and states on a petition by National Council of Churches alleging freedom of religion laws enacted by states violate citizens’ fundamental rights by criminalising voluntary and conscience-based conversions and arguing that prior govt-approval for conversion violates individuals’ right to privacy.One of the laws challenged by…
Former CNN anchor Don Lemon has been arrested by federal agents in connection with his presence at a Minnesota church protest, his lawyer Abbe Lowell confirmed. Lemon’s lawyer said the independent journalist was taken into custody on Thursday night in Los Angeles. “Don Lemon was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los…
KORAPUT: Tension mounted in Kapena village in Nabarangpur district of Odisha after members of the Christian community were allegedly harassed, assaulted and prevented from holding prayers.Earlier on Jan 25, a group of miscreants allegedly disrupted a prayer service and warned nearly 30 tribal Christian families to renounce their faith.The victims claimed that the group used…
CHENNAI: A road or a street does not have any religious character. Irrespective of the nature of the superstructure, whether it is religious or irreligious, if it is an encroachment on a street or a public place, or on land vested in or belonging to a local body, the commissioner (of the local body) is…
When most people think about space missions, they imagine huge labs, shiny buildings, and gadgets that cost a fortune; right?. But ISRO didn’t start out like that. And here’s a story that every child must know. Did you know India’s space agency, ISRO, started in a church? Back in the 1960s, a tiny team of…
Jemimah Rodrigues (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Indian women’s cricket team batter Jemimah Rodrigues recently shared a scary yet funny story from her childhood that left everyone shocked at the time. The incident happened when she was just eight years old, long before she became a World Cup hero for India.Jemimah recalled that she was at…
