Panaji, Goa Archbishop Fr. Filipe Neri Ferrao, in his New Year message on Friday, urged people with "goodwill" to rally behind the Missionaries of Charity to help them overcome the "stressful difficulties" faced by them in India in recent times.

His call comes amid a controversy over the report

New Delhi,  Former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag's sister -- Anju Sehwag, joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) here on Friday.

Thanking the party for taking her into its fold, Anju said: "I will fulfil all my responsibilities to the best of my abilities. For me, my responsibilities will come firs

New York,   As Covid-19 cases, fuelled by the fast-moving Omicron variant, swamp hospitals across the globe, a US-based doctor said that the surge is "unlike anything we have ever seen".

"It's unlike anything we have ever seen, even at the peak of the prior surges of Covid,"

Gandhinagar,  The Gujarat High Court has restored the senior advocate designation of veteran lawyer Yatin Oza after the Supreme Court's decision in his favour.

The designation has been restored for a period of two years, effective from January 1 2022.

The high court's Registrar General

New Delhi,  The Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday extended the December 31 deadline for validity of Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) registration of NGOs to March 31.

A notice issued by the Ministry's Foreign Division said that in continuation to its Public Notice of September 30, 2021 r

New Delhi,  Union Education and Skill Development Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will launch a 100-day reading campaign titled 'Padhe Bharat' on Saturday.

The campaign will aim to improve the learning level of students as it develops creativity, critical thinking, vocabulary, and the ability to expr

New Delhi,  Hitting out at Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, former minister and senior BJP leader Brijmohan Agrawal said that religious leader Kalicharan Maharaj was arrested only to appease central leadership of Congress.

Agrawal told IANS that the Baghel government became active to arrest Ka

New Delhi,   Even as they announced a series of joint discussions, which will take place from Geneva to Brussels and Vienna in the next two weeks, Russia and the United States today warned each other amid escalating tensions over Ukraine.

In a 50-minute call, which the White House said took place "a

Gurugram, Gurugram district in Haryana on Friday reported 280 new Covid-19 cases -- the highest number of single-day positive cases recorded in the last six months, officials said.

No death, however, was reported from Gurugram city, and the district's death toll stands at 927.

Besides, 13 Omicro

Kohima,  Nagaland's ruling Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) with Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio as its senior leader on Friday demanded to nullify and revoke Union Home Ministrys notification extending the Armed Forces (Special Power) Act, 1958 (AFSPA) in the entire state till June 30 next year.
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