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 VIOLENCE
DOESN'T BRING JUSTICE : DANTEWADA INCIDENT OF APRIL 6
The shocking death of 76 jawans of the CRPF in Dantewada
in their encounter with Maoists on April 6 has naturally
shaken the nation. The home minister even offered to
resign. The violence has brought into focus the urgency
of dealing with issues that had driven tribals, adivasis
and the poor to the side of the Maoists who believe in
violent means to achieve their ends.
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 CHRISTIANS
DEMAND APOLOGY FROM RAMESH OVER ‘BARBARIC' REMARK
A Christian group on Sunday demanded an unconditional
apology from Union Minister of State for Environment and
Forest Jairam Ramesh for terming the wearing of the
traditional convocation robe as a "barbaric colonial
practice".
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HURT CHRISTIANS WANT GOWN RULE FROM GOVT
New Delhi, April 8: Christian organisations hurt by Jairam Ramesh’s
comments on vicar-like convocation gowns have asked the
government to decide whether graduates should wear the
robes or formals.
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GOOD
NEWS FESTIVAL
New Delhi: A "Good News Festival" will be held at the
Centenary Methodist Church, 24 Lodhi Road, New Delhi-3
from 30 April to 2 May 2010.
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EASTER MILAN CELEBRATED
New Delhi : The North West Council of Churches organized
Easter Milan and Masih Mela on April 5 at St. Michael
church ground, Bhogal. It was a time of get together of
churches in Delhi and NCR to celebrate the resurrection
of Jesus Christ.
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MARY ROY 'SUCCESSION RIGHTS' CASE: SYRIAN CHRISTIAN
SEEKS REVIEW OF SC RULING
New Delhi, April 10: A petition has been filed in the
Supreme Court seeking a review of a 24-year-old judgment
that gave Mary Roy and other Syrian Catholic women as
much share as their male siblings in their patriarchal
property.
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MOBILE TELEPHONES MORE COMMON THAN TOILETS IN INDIA:
UN REPORT
UNITED NATIONS, April 14 -- More people in India, the
world's second most populous country, have access to a
mobile telephone than to a toilet, according to a set of
recommendations released on Wednesday by United Nations
University (UNU) on how to cut the number of people with
inadequate sanitation.
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PRIEST ACCUSED OF US ABUSE WON'T FIGHT EXTRADITION
NEW DELHI, (AP, By RAVI NESSMAN ) — A Roman Catholic
priest charged with sexually assaulting a teenage
parishioner in Minnesota said Tuesday he would willingly
leave his native India and try to clear his name in the
courts if the United States tried to extradite him.
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