Mother Teresa
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Will spare no efforts to rescue priest missing in Yemen: Sushma Swaraj
National | Mar 06, 2016, 08:09 PM ISTNew Delhi: India will spare no efforts to rescue father Tom Uzhunnalil, who has gone missing in Yemen after the ISIS terrorist group attacked a care home run by Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity."Yemen is
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Mother Teresa to be made a saint after Pope OKs miracle
World | Dec 19, 2015, 08:44 AM ISTVatican City: Mother Teresa, the tiny, stooped nun who cared for the poorest of the poor in the slums of India and beyond, will be declared a saint next year after Pope Francis approved a
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Mother Teresa to be elevated to sainthood next year: Vatican
India | Dec 18, 2015, 04:11 PM ISTKolkata: Mother Teresa will be elevated to sainthood after the Church has recognised a second miracle of the nun, the Missionaries of Charity said today."We have now received an official confirmation from Vatican that the
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Rules change forces Missionaries of Charity to stop adoption
India | Oct 10, 2015, 04:47 PM ISTKolkata: Following revision in guidelines on adoption by the Centre, the Missionaries of Charity, set up by Mother Teresa, on Saturday said it had stopped adoption at their orphanages two months ago."It was two months
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Government discontinues postal stamps featuring Indira and Rajiv
National | Sep 15, 2015, 09:48 AM ISTNew Delhi: In a move that is bound to create fresh political controversy, the government has discontinued stamps launched by the Department of Posts (DoP) in December 2008 dedicated to Congress party icons and former
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Mother Teresa's 105th birth anniversary observed
India | Aug 26, 2015, 09:47 PM ISTKolkata: Prayers marked the 105th birth anniversary of Nobel laureate Mother Teresa here today. At the Mother House, headquarters of Missionaries of Charity, which was founded by Mother Teresa nuns of the order started the
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Sister Nirmala: An able bearer of Mother Teresa's legacy
India | Jun 24, 2015, 09:23 AM ISTKolkata: Simple and unassuming, but gifted with tremendous inner strength born out of her deep spirituality, Sister Nirmala deftly carried on Mother Teresa's legacy by extending the footprint of the Missionaries of Charity in new
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PM Modi condoles demise of Sister Nirmala
India | Jun 23, 2015, 01:51 PM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today offered his condolences over the demise of Sister Nirmala who succeeded Mother Teresa as the head of the Missionaries of Charity founded by the Nobel laureate."Sister Nirmala's life
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Sister Nirmala Joshi, who succeeded Mother Teresa, dies
India | Jun 23, 2015, 10:49 AM ISTNew Delhi: Sister Nirmala, who took over after Mother Teresa as Head of Missionaries of Charity, died at an age of 81 today.Born in Ranchi in 1934 to a Brahmin soldier who came from Nepal,
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Shah Rukh Khan, Mother Teresa, Indira Gandhi and Hitler among the names expunged from LS records
National | Jun 08, 2015, 03:10 PM ISTNew Delhi: The names of Mother Teresa, Indira Gandhi, Shah Rukh Khan and Hitler have been expunged from the records of Lok Sabha proceedings for different reasons.As many as words and expressions uttered in 16th
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Mother Teresa to be canonised in September 2016
India | May 18, 2015, 04:55 PM ISTKochi: Mother Teresa would be canonised in September 2016, senior priest and spokesperson of the Syro Malabar Church Paul Thelekat said on Monday.Pope John Paul-II beatified Mother Teressa on October 192003."As a Christian, I am
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Why Mother Teresa given Bharat Ratna before Ambedkar, asks RSS
India | Apr 15, 2015, 09:07 AM ISTNew Delhi: After raising questions over Mother Teresa's charity work, RSS alleged that B R Ambedkar was ignored while she was given Bharat Ratna 10 years before him.On his 125th birth anniversary yesterday, RSS also
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Muslims safer in India than anywhere else in world: Yogi Adityanath
National | Mar 02, 2015, 08:29 AM ISTHubballi: Firebrand Bharatiya Janata Party MP Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said Muslims are safer in India than anywhere else in the world and the majority community is liberal by nature."Hindus are liberal in nature and
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RSS reiterates demand to enact anti-conversion law
National | Mar 01, 2015, 06:05 PM ISTNew Delhi: Amid the raging row over Mohan Bhagwat's remarks on Mother Teresa, RSS today reiterated its demand for an anti-conversion law to check the “rising incidents” of religious conversions in the country.Suhasrao Hiremath, the
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Bhagwat's comments on Mother Teresa blown out of context: RSS
National | Feb 28, 2015, 09:31 PM ISTKolkata: In the wake of a storm over RSS chief Mohan Bhagwats's controversial remarks on Mother Teresa, RSS national prachar pramukh Manmohan Vaidya today said that Bhagwat's comments had been “blown out of context”. “Mohanji
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Rahul urged to react on Bhagwat's remarks
National | Feb 26, 2015, 08:00 PM ISTPanaji: The Youth Congress in Goa wants Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi to break his silence and lend his voice to the protests against RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's comments against Mother Teresa.When asked if Gandhi,
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Archbishop demands apology from Bhagwat over Teresa remarks
India | Feb 25, 2015, 09:16 PM ISTKolkata: Archbishop of Kolkata Thomas D'Souza today demanded an apology from RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, alleging that he was getting “tacit support” from the government on his controversial remarks on Mother Teresa.“He should apologise, but
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Shiv Sena backs Mohan Bhagwat's remarks on Mother Teresa
National | Feb 25, 2015, 10:00 AM ISTMumbai: NDA's key constituent Shiv Sena has strongly come out in support of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's controversial remarks on Mother Teresa.“Missionaries are serving people with an objective of luring them for conversion. What Bhagwat
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I wish they will spare Mother Teresa: Vadra on Bhagwat's remarks
National | Feb 24, 2015, 09:34 PM ISTNew Delhi: “I wish they will spare her”, Robert Vadra said today lamenting RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat's controverisal remarks against Mother Teresa.“Sad to watch and read the ongoing efforts, who tarnished the dedicated life of
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BJP should rein in Hindu outfits, says TN Congress chief
National | Feb 24, 2015, 08:36 PM ISTChennai: Condemning the remarks of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Mother Teresa, Tamil Nadu Congress Committee President EVKS Elangovan today said BJP should rein in Hindu outfits.“The remark of Bhagwat is condemnable. The BJP should