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  Will spare no efforts to rescue priest missing in Yemen: Sushma Swaraj

  Politics | March 06, 2016 20:09 IST

  New 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 | December 19, 2015 8:44 IST

  Vatican 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 | December 18, 2015 16:11 IST

  Kolkata: 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 | October 10, 2015 16:47 IST

  Kolkata: 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

  Politics | September 15, 2015 9:48 IST

  New 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 | August 26, 2015 21:47 IST

  Kolkata:  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 | June 24, 2015 9:23 IST

  Kolkata: 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 | June 23, 2015 13:51 IST

  New 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 | June 23, 2015 10:49 IST

  New 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

  Politics | June 08, 2015 15:10 IST

  New 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 16:55 IST

  Kochi: 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 | April 15, 2015 9:07 IST

  New 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

  Politics | March 02, 2015 8:29 IST

  Hubballi: 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

  Politics | March 01, 2015 18:05 IST

  New 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

  Politics | February 28, 2015 21:31 IST

  Kolkata: 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

  Politics | February 26, 2015 20:00 IST

  Panaji: 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 | February 25, 2015 21:16 IST

  Kolkata: 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

  Politics | February 25, 2015 10:00 IST

  Mumbai: 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

  Politics | February 24, 2015 21:34 IST

  New 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

  Politics | February 24, 2015 20:36 IST

  Chennai: 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