Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a news conference in New Delhi in 2014. | Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters
The Christian community is celebrating Christmas, perhaps more joyously this season so as to get over the trauma and the gloom of the Covid-19 pandemic. However, most churches did not have the traditional midnight mass, and parishioners of many city churches were requested to call early so that they could be allotted seats in churches observing a very strict social distancing. Many attended virtual prayer services, live streamed over the internet through dedicated portals or social media such as Facebook and YouTube.
As happens always in India, festivals are joyous not just for the community that may hold that day holy. Everyone else joins in, greeting friends professing that faith, but themselves also rejoicing in the “secular” aspects of the celebration. Everyone lights a candle on Diwali, and looks forward to special Eid dishes. Ahead of Christimas, t
Manish Tewari | Is farm bills’ real aim to cover fiscal deficit?
Published : Dec 20, 2020, 7:23 am IST
Updated : Dec 20, 2020, 7:23 am IST
For a country where 65 per cent of the population lives of agriculture and 36.4 crores are poor this is nothing short of suicidal
Farmers shout slogans during their protest against the new farm laws, at Singhu Border in New Delhi on Wednesday, December 16, 2020. (PTI/Ravi Choudhary)
With the farmers’ agitation now entering the 25th day jamming the borders of the national capital the time has come to ask a fundamental question, Are the farm bills aimed at addressing a problem that the government is even terrified of acknowledging?
Kerala journalist killed in hit-and-run; Cong, BJP allege foul play; CM orders SIT probe
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December 15, 2020
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 15: City-based journalist S V Pradeep was killed in a road accident nearby Karakkamandapa on Monday evening after the two wheeler he was riding was hit by a car, police said.
Witnesses said the vehicle that hit Pradeep was a Swaraj Mazda truck and came from the same direction. The vehicle hit Pradeep s scooter, knocking him down and sped away after the accident. The police said they are focussed on tracing the vehicle that caused the accident.
The opposition Congress and BJP have demanded an inquiry into the death. The mysterious death of Pradeep must be cleared. It needs a high-level investigation to find the vehicle which hit the journalist said Kerala Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala.
UPP’s Odike attacked, suspects NPP supporters
Armed men numbering eight suspected to be supporters of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) have attacked the disqualified 2020 presidential candidate for the just-ended polls, Mr. Akwasi Addia Odike, mynewsgh.com reports.
According to the victim, the incident happened at the premises of Kumasi-based Otec FM on Monday, 15 December 2020 shortly after a radio program.
Giving details of the attack on him on Abusua FM, Mr. Akwasi Addae Odike who has been an ardent critic of the Akufo-Addo-led administration named one Agyemang, a known member of the ruling NPP in the Ashanti Region as the leader of the hoodlums.
Asot Michael Sees Promising Future for Saint Peters, Antigua
ASOT MICHAEL’S recent project to improve two Antigua-area primary schools underscores his ongoing commitment to the community. Michael, a long-time Member of Parliament, has been serving the Saint Peters Constituency for decades as a member of the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party.
As the third-generation leader in the Antiguan community, Asot Michael considers the Saint Peters’ school improvements just one of several projects that will help the twin-island nation thrive in coming years.
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ow Asot Michael is Working to Improve Schools
Pares Primary and Parham Primary in the Saint Peters region of Antigua will soon receive much-needed internal and external improvements. Students are also receiving personal items to help them to learn and to stay healthy.