Fr Richard D’Souza with Pope Leo XIV. D’Souza has served as superior of the Jesuit community attached to Vatican Observatory since 2002 PANAJI: Physicist, astronomer,…

NEW DELHI: Communities living around areas in India that witness mining operations are showing measurable signs of lung impairment and heavy-metal exposure, according to new…

LG Sinha and CM Abdullah (File photo) SRINAGAR: A political face-off erupted Saturday over age relaxation for J&K’s civil services exam, with chief minister Omar…

MEERUT: Stressing that “no home can be demolished without due process”, a division bench of justices Ajit Kumar and Satyavir Singh of Allahabad HC stayed…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi Saturday said India was witnessing a “psychological renaissance” as it shook off the slavery mindset, which…

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman NEW DELHI: Govt will soon undertake “comprehensive” reforms of Customs to make it more transparent and ease compliance, Union finance minister…

Building a place of worship is a constitutional right, Kabir declared BERHAMPORE/KOLKATA: The programme, organised by suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir at Beldanga, happened under…

KOLKATA: The pre-hearing phase of Bengal’s SIR of electoral rolls is nearing completion with nearly 100% of 7.6 crore voters’ data having already been digitised.…

NEW DELHI: More than 20 years after her marriage, Rousanara Begum finally heard the words she had waited for when the Supreme Court recently ruled…

Nainar Nagendran (File photo) CHENNAI: With the ‘deepam’ row heating up, DMK netas accused BJP of attempting to stir communal unrest in TN, prompting BJP…