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Decorated American Soldier’s Last Remains to Head Home After 58 Years

Kolkata: The last remains of Major General Harry Kleinbeck Pickett, one of America's most highly decorated officers who served in both World War I and World War II, is set to return home to the...

Eid Milan Celebrates Sweetness Of Sewai And Discusses Changing Social Fabric

Kolkata: Eid-ul-Fitr, also called Mithi (sweet) Eid by many in India was celebrated with the sweetness of sewai at a small yet thought-provoking Eid Milan event in the heart of Kolkata on Saturday evening. Organized by...

Grammy-winning musician curates 12 pieces of music for Prabha Khaitan Foundation

Kolkata: The Prabha Khaitan Foundation has announced a collaboration with Ricky Kej, a three-time Grammy Award-winning musician, who has created 12 pieces of music for the Foundation to use as its "Music of the Month." The...

Activists warn of ‘road to genocide’ as Hindu extremes use religious festivals to target Muslims

Washington DC: Hindu supremacists weaponizing their religious festivals to launch massive attacks on Muslims across India is a sign that the nation is on “the road to genocide,” said Indian human rights activist Kavita Srivastava...

Kolkata Mosque serves humanity, offers free dinners to the hungry

Kolkata: At a time when mosques across India are being targeted, a mosque in Central Kolkata has chosen to open its door to the hungry, irrespective of one's faith. Like the langars of Gurudwaras, Kobi...

Indian Americans condemn FM Sitharaman’s denial of Muslim persecution, seeks retraction

Washington, DC: The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) strongly condemns and vehemently refutes India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s claim that Muslims are not being subjected to violence and persecution because their population “is only growing in numbers.”  Speaking...

Dissatisfied with progress, families of Ranchi lynching and alleged police killing write to NHRC and Minister

Ranchi: The families of both - the Ranchi lynching victim and the alleged police killing case, are living in despair. None are satisfied with the progress in the respective cases. Mumtaz Ansari, father of Wasim Sajjad...

One teacher for 145 students in Jharkhand school

Ranchi: A rally was held today by parents and children from 16 villages of Garu Block in Latehar District to protest against Single-Teacher Schools, 107 kilometers from state capital Ranchi. They demanded teacher postings as per...

Black Friday for two Muslim youth in Jharkhand

Ranchi: Last Friday night brought the news of the deaths of two young Muslim men in their respective families in Jharkhand. They were 21 and 25 years old. One has been alleged as a thief,...

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Why leaving Giridih Lok Sabha seat may cost dearly for BJP in Jharkhand

Ranchi: The news of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) getting into an alliance with All Jharkhand Student Union (AJSU) for 14-Lok Sabha seats in Jharkhand...

India’s religio-superstitious public and collapse of government’s healthcare system

Then Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh observed in December 2014 -- a few months after the NDA government took office for the first time...

Second hunger death in a month, and cover ups by Jharkhand officials

Dhanbad/Ranchi: It’s not even a month, since Santoshi Kumari, an 11-year-old girl died of hunger in Simdega, and news of a rickshaw puller dying...

I was in Seelampur protest site for 3 days and what happened to the protesting women and their families during the pogrom now haunts...

On January 27, a day after Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro visited India for the Republic Day programme I along with a friend visited the...

Reading SC order on Ayodhya: Condemn the Sin but Concede to Sinners

The five-member constitution bench of the Supreme Court began their 1045 page verdict by aptly calling the Ayodhya dispute almost as old as the...