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NEWS &
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125 YEARS OF ST STEPHEN'S HOSPITAL
 New Delhi: ‘The Church exists for the love of
God and it exists on the love of God,’ thus began Dr
Sudhir Joseph, director of the St Stephens Hospital, his
short speech tracing the story and philosophy of the
hospital which has now existed for 125 years. The
occasion was the ‘thanksgiving and rededication service
on the afternoon of January 1, the start of the New Year
day.
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SOCIAL SECURITY NET FOR INDIAN WORKERS RETURNING
HOME: PM
NEW DELHI, 8 Jan 2010, PTI : Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh said his government was conscious about
the adverse effect of economic crisis on Indians
employed abroad and was working on a project to provide
social security net for the workers returning home.
Inaugurating the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas celebrations
here, he said security of overseas Indian workers and
students was a top priority of his government.
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SC NOTICE TO CENTRE ON QUOTA FOR DALIT CHRISTIANS
New Delhi 1/7/2010: The Supreme Court issued
notices to the Union government on a petition filed by
All India Christian Federation challenging the validity
of clause 3 of the Constitution (Scheduled Castes)
order, 1950 (as amended from time to time), which denies
the benefits of reservation to SC converts to
Christianity, Islam, Jainism and Zoroastrianism.
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PAINTING COMPETITION FOR CHIDLREN
Christian AIDS/HIV National Alliance (CANA) has
announced NAASPC 2009 (National AIDS Awareness Spot
Painting Competition) in Partnership with World Vision
India & Ravi Bharati Institute, and The Leprosy Mission
(TLM).
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CHURCH BACKS PROBE INTO CATHOLIC SCHOOL OVER GIRL'S
SUICIDE
NEW DELHI (UCAN) -- Church officials say they
will back a government investigation into Sacred Heart
School in Chandigarh, which expelled a girl a month
after she had been molested by a senior police officer.
The girl, Ruchika Girhotra, 14 at the time, subsequently
committed suicide.
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‘INDIAN DEMOCRACY BELONGS TO CROREPATIS’
In December, 1996, Murugesan, a Dalit, contested
for the post of president of Melavalavu panchayat, near
Madurai, and won. The members of the dominant community,
the Kallars, were aghast and angry. “They told Murugesan
he would be taught a lesson,” says Dr George Mathew,
founder-director of the Delhi-based Institute of Social
Sciences.
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CASTE BIAS AGAINST DALITS PERSISTS: CJI
NEW DELHI, 11 January 2010, TNN : In what could
raise serious concerns over the working of the
60-year-old reservation system to uplift the dalits,
Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan on Sunday said
caste prejudices had not come down against the dalits.
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