Kano: Gunmen killed at least 15 people and wounded many more on Sunday in an attack on a university theatre being used by Christian worshippers in Kano, a northern Nigerian city where hundreds have died in Islamist attacks this year. Security sources said gunmen arrived on motorbikes and threw small homemade bombs into the theatre before shooting fleeing worshippers. There was sporadic gunfire in other parts of the city later...
01:40 AM, Apr 30, 2012
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It was a hard blow for those who could not think of celebrations without non-vegetarian items. Fish and meat vendors in the city, anticipating Easter, increased the prices by up to 50 per cent. The prices of fish registered an increase of 50 per cent, on an average, during the past one week. The price of neymeen rose from Rs 250 per kg to Rs 320. The price of...
12:16 PM, Apr 09, 2012
Kandhamal: It seems likely that Naxal leader Sabyasachi Panda, who has kept the Italian national Paolo Bosusco hostage to force the government to agree to his demands, may just have committed a big blunder and in fact, put his own safety at risk. CNN-IBN has learnt that the local Dalit community, which was his main support base in Kandhamal up until now, is not supporting him on the hostage issue....
08:35 AM, Apr 09, 2012
New Delhi: Christians across India and other parts of the world took part in midnight masses and celebrations are to continue through the day that marks the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Pope will also deliver his message later on Sunday afternoon at the Vatican's mass. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh greeted the people of the nation on Easter. The Prime Minister said in his message said the universal significance of...
08:01 AM, Apr 08, 2012
New Delhi: Christians around the world are observing Good Friday today. The day marks the crucification of Jesus Christ at the end of the Lent period and devotees will spend the day fasting. Good Friday is the culmination of the 40-day Lent period during which they abstained from meat, alcohol and sweets. Good Friday is observed during the Holy Week, which also includes Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday and Holy Saturday....
08:29 AM, Apr 06, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: With just two days left for Easter, Christians in the state are geared up for the celebrations. The lent, which involves a 50-day abstinence from all non-vegetarian items including milk and curd, ends this Sunday with the Easter. A retired priest said there has been a considerable decrease in observing the traditional beliefs during the lent these days. He said this was mostly due to lifestyle diseases people suffer...
04:53 PM, Apr 05, 2012
Panaji: If Mayawati stormed to power in Uttar Pradesh in 2007 riding on the electoral shoulders of Brahmins and Dalits, Manohar Parrikar has similarly rewritten the 'social engineering' primer for Goa. For the last four years now, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been desperately reaching out to the sizeable 23 percent-strong Christian community here, which has played a potential but hesitant suitor, thanks to the party's 'infamy' inherited from...
01:43 PM, Mar 12, 2012
Chennai: The central government should stop harassing Christians and withdraw the negative remarks on the Tuticorin Diocese for allegedly financing the anti-Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) protesters, said the Tamil Nadu Bishops Council (TNBC) here on Thursday. In a statement issued here, A.M. Chinnappa, archbishop of Madras-Mylapore and president of TNBC, said: "It is open secret that the central government is taking these actions against the Diocese of Tuticorin and...
10:36 AM, Mar 09, 2012
Tamil Nadu Bishop's Council has asked the Prime Minister to stop harassing the Christians. ...
08:46 PM, Mar 08, 2012
Panaji: Politicians in Goa have suddenly begun sponsoring pilgrimages to Hindu and Christian religious sites with gusto - possibly hoping for "divine intervention" in the March 3 polls. Both aspiring candidates as well as Election Commission officials acknowledge that Hindu and Christian voters were being sponsored for pilgrimages to Shirdi in Maharashtra - known as the destination of Sai Baba devotees - and to Vailankanni in Tamil Nadu, a famous...
02:53 PM, Jan 18, 2012
Cairo: Egypt's Coptic Christians turned their fury against the army on Monday after at least 25 people were killed when troops broke up a protest, deepening public doubts about the military's ability to steer the country peacefully toward democracy. In the worst violence since Hosni Mubarak was ousted, armored vehicles sped into a crowd late on Sunday to crack down on a protest near Cairo's state television. Online videos showed...
07:50 AM, Oct 11, 2011
Cairo: At least five people were killed in a sectarian clash in Egypt on Saturday over a Christian woman who allegedly had converted to Islam, according to officials. Interfaith relationships often cause tension in Egypt, where Christians make up about 10 percent of its 80 million people. The strife represents another challenge to Egypt's military rulers who are trying to restore law and order after President Hosni Mubarak was forced...
08:43 AM, May 08, 2011
Cast: Minka Kelly, Leighton Meester, Cam Gigandet Director: Christian E Christiansen Leighton Meester, who stars as spoilt little rich girl Blair Waldorf in the 'Gossip Girl' series, slums it out as a nutjob collegian obsessed with another female student in the insultingly dumb teen thriller 'The Roommate'. A worthy contender for Most Unoriginal Movie of the Year, this lame 'Single White Female' rip-off sees Meester's clingy character, Rebecca develops a...
10:50 PM, Apr 22, 2011
Cast: Minka Kelly, Leighton Meester, Cam Gigandet Director: Christian E Christiansen Leighton Meester, who stars as spoilt little rich girl Blair Waldorf in the 'Gossip Girl' series, slums it out as a nutjob collegian obsessed with another female student in the insultingly dumb teen thriller 'The Roommate'. A worthy contender for Most Unoriginal Movie of the Year, this lame 'Single White Female' rip-off sees Meester's clingy character, Rebecca develops a...
10:50 PM, Apr 22, 2011
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