Day: April 4, 2021

HM’s remark against custodial torture, a welcome move

Amit Shah vows befitting response to Naxals after Chhattisgarh ambush

11:09 pm April 4, 2021

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday vowed a befitting response to the Naxals, who killed 22 security personnel in Chhattisgarh, and said that the battle against the extremists will be won through joint efforts of the central and state governments. Shah also reviewed with top security officials the situation arising out of […]

Gita Press president Radheshyam Khemka passes away at 87; PM, CM condole his demise

10:49 pm April 4, 2021

Varanasi: The president of Gita Press, Radheshyam Khemka, passed away in Varanasi following a brief illness, his family members said on Sunday. He was 87. Khemka died on Saturday afternoon and his last rites were performed at the Harishchandra Ghat, they said. He was under treatment at a private hospital in Ravindrapuri. Prime Minister Narendra […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Europe ramps up vaccinations as virus haunts Easter holidays

10:38 pm April 4, 2021

Paris: The French city of Lyon’s main stadium opened as a mass vaccination center during Easter weekend, and thousands spent the holiday lining up for injections at hippodromes, velodromes or other sites as France tried to speed up shots amid a new rush of coronavirus cases. But as Europe celebrated its second Easter in a […]

In Easter speech, Pope Francis calls wars in pandemic ‘scandalous’

In Easter speech, pope calls wars in pandemic ‘scandalous’

10:33 pm April 4, 2021

Vatican City: Pope Francis in his traditional Easter Sunday address denounced as “scandalous” how armed conflicts continue to rage even as the coronavirus pandemic has triggered severe social and economic suffering and swollen the ranks of the poor. Francis tempered his “Urbi et Orbi″ address (Latin for ”To the city and to the world”) wishes […]

Singing hymns through masks, Christians mark pandemic Easter

10:28 pm April 4, 2021

Vatican City: Christianity’s most joyous feast day was celebrated worldwide with the faithful far apart in pews and singing choruses of “Hallelujah” through face coverings on a second Easter Sunday marked by pandemic precautions. From vast Roman Catholic cathedrals to Protestant churches, worshippers followed national or local regulations on the coronavirus. In some European countries, […]

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