Day: December 1, 2020

Man, sister-in-law commit suicide

5:55 pm December 1, 2020

Fatehpur (UP): A man and his sister-in-law who were allegedly having an affair committed suicide at Brahmantara village in Ghazipur area here on Tuesday, police said. “Bodies of Ram Milan Nishad (22) and his sister-in-law Sunita (26) were found hanging from the ceiling of a room which was locked from inside,” Kamlesh Pal, SHO, Ghazipur […]

Muslim man converts before marrying a Hindu, couple under Haryana Police protection

3:26 pm December 1, 2020

Yamunanagar: A Muslim man, who converted to Hinduism before marrying a Hindu woman, and his wife are under police protection here following the intervention of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij had last week said the state government has set up a three-member committee to draft a law against ’love […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Germany bans far-right, pro-Nazi group, police raid homes

3:22 pm December 1, 2020

Berlin: Police raided homes in three German states early Tuesday after the German government banned a far-right group, a spokesman for the interior ministry said. The homes of 13 members of the far-right group Wolfbrigade 44 were searched in Hesse, Mecklenburg West-Pomerania and North Rhine-Westphalia to confiscate the group’s funds and far-right propaganda material, the German news agency dpa reported. “Whoever […]

Coronavirus robs biblical Bethlehem of Christmas cheer

3:18 pm December 1, 2020

Bethlehem : The coronavirus has cast a pall over Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem, all but shutting down the biblical town revered as Jesus’ birthplace at the height of the normally cheery holiday season. Missing are the thousands of international pilgrims who normally descend upon the town. Restaurants, hotels and souvenir shops are closed. The renowned […]

Serum says AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine safe, no co-relation with side-effects

3:12 pm December 1, 2020

New Delhi: Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer, on Tuesday denied allegations that a COVID-19 trial volunteer suffered serious side effects from a vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, saying that the vaccine is safe and immunogenic. “We would want to assure everyone that the vaccine won’t be released for mass […]