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Kolkata Priests To March Against Citizenship Act On January 20
During Christmas, some churches in Kolkata had called for a protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and, on December 26, a few hundred people carriedplacards with slogans like ''Don''t be silent, don''t be violent'', ''We are all citizens'', ''No NRC no CAA'' and marched from St Paul's Cathedral to the Gandhi statue. Priests and nuns had be...
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With Choir Days Before Christmas, A Throwback To Sister Act By 15 Nuns In Kolkata
Remember Sister Act starring Whoopi Goldberg who played a singing nun who rocked the world? Well, just days before Christmas, Kolkata has just discovered its own Sister Act. 15 nuns of the Loreto order formed a choir and sang publicly for the first time at the Kolkata Christmas Festival on Park Street that kicked off celebrations on Monday.
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Nuns Pay Tribute To Mother Teresa On Her 109th Birth Anniversary
Several nuns gathered at the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata this morning to pay tribute to Mother Teresa on her 109th birth anniversary.
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Bangladeshi Man Convicted Of Raping Elderly Nun In Bengal
A court in Kolkata has convicted a Bangladeshi man for raping an elderly nun in 2015 in West Bengal's Nadia district. The five other men have been convicted of conspiracy and dacoity. The 71-year-old nun was raped after a group of seven men broke into a convent school, the police said. They vandalized the school before the nun was sexually assaulte...
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Hundreds Take Part In Walk Celebrating Mother Teresa's Canonisation
Hundreds of people, from nuns to school children, cutting across religious and social boundaries, took part in a procession on Sunday to celebrate Mother Teresa's canonisation.
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Thousands Pay Tributes To St Teresa On Death Anniversary
Thousands of faithfuls and nuns from Missionaries of Charity from across the city gathered at the Mother House to pay tribute to Saint Teresa on her 19th death anniversary today.
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In A Rare Occasion, Kolkata Nuns Watch TV For Mother Teresa
Having stayed away from TV sets all their life, hundreds of nuns of the Missionaries of Charity today made an exception when they were glued to screens beaming Mother Teresa's canonisation ceremony live.
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In Kolkata, Songs, Celebrations For Mother Teresa's Sainthood
Singing nuns and followers clutching flowers flocked to Mother Teresa's tomb in Kolkata to celebrate her proclamation as a saint at the Vatican later Sunday.
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Rescued By Mother Teresa, He Returns From London To Pay Homage
A young polio-afflicted child who was abandoned by his parents in Kolkata but rescued by Mother Teresa, has now returned from London as an NRI to retrace his roots and pay homage to the late nun who will be declared a saint next month.
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Visitors To Rome For Mother Teresa Sainthood To Get Taste Of Kolkata
When lakhs of people will gather in Vatican City this September to watch the historic ceremony of granting sainthood to Mother Teresa, a group of Kolkatans will hold photo exhibitions in Rome inviting visitors to the city where the late nun worked.
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Opinion: When Mother Teresa Scored Over Hard-Nosed Bankers
For me, Mother Teresa's greatest miracle was her life and work, and how she came to Kolkata as a geography teacher and a nun but left it as the city's patron saint.
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Bengal Nun Rape Case: Main Accused Arrested in Kolkata
A man believed to be the main accused in the sexual assault of a 72-year-old nun during an attack at a convent school in West Bengal last year has been arrested.
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Prime Accused in West Bengal Nun Rape Case Arrested from Sealdah Station
The two prime accused in the gangrape of a septuagenarian nun at Ranaghat in Nadia district of West Bengal have been arrested by the CID from Sealdah station, a senior official of the investigating agency said in Kolkata on Friday.
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4 Detained from Ludhiana in West Bengal Nun Rape Case
Four people were today detained here in connection with the gang rape of a 72-year-old nun in Ranaghat in West Bengal's Nadia district, police said.
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CBI Won't Investigate Case of Bengal Nun Who Was Raped, Centre Reportedly Says
The Bengal government's request for the country's premier investigating agency, the CBI, to handle the case of the elderly nun who was raped at the convent where she lived near Kolkata has been rejected, according to the Press Trust of India.
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Kolkata Priests To March Against Citizenship Act On January 20
During Christmas, some churches in Kolkata had called for a protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and, on December 26, a few hundred people carriedplacards with slogans like ''Don''t be silent, don''t be violent'', ''We are all citizens'', ''No NRC no CAA'' and marched from St Paul's Cathedral to the Gandhi statue. Priests and nuns had be...
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With Choir Days Before Christmas, A Throwback To Sister Act By 15 Nuns In Kolkata
Remember Sister Act starring Whoopi Goldberg who played a singing nun who rocked the world? Well, just days before Christmas, Kolkata has just discovered its own Sister Act. 15 nuns of the Loreto order formed a choir and sang publicly for the first time at the Kolkata Christmas Festival on Park Street that kicked off celebrations on Monday.
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Nuns Pay Tribute To Mother Teresa On Her 109th Birth Anniversary
Several nuns gathered at the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata this morning to pay tribute to Mother Teresa on her 109th birth anniversary.
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Bangladeshi Man Convicted Of Raping Elderly Nun In Bengal
A court in Kolkata has convicted a Bangladeshi man for raping an elderly nun in 2015 in West Bengal's Nadia district. The five other men have been convicted of conspiracy and dacoity. The 71-year-old nun was raped after a group of seven men broke into a convent school, the police said. They vandalized the school before the nun was sexually assaulte...
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Hundreds Take Part In Walk Celebrating Mother Teresa's Canonisation
Hundreds of people, from nuns to school children, cutting across religious and social boundaries, took part in a procession on Sunday to celebrate Mother Teresa's canonisation.
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Thousands Pay Tributes To St Teresa On Death Anniversary
Thousands of faithfuls and nuns from Missionaries of Charity from across the city gathered at the Mother House to pay tribute to Saint Teresa on her 19th death anniversary today.
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In A Rare Occasion, Kolkata Nuns Watch TV For Mother Teresa
Having stayed away from TV sets all their life, hundreds of nuns of the Missionaries of Charity today made an exception when they were glued to screens beaming Mother Teresa's canonisation ceremony live.
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In Kolkata, Songs, Celebrations For Mother Teresa's Sainthood
Singing nuns and followers clutching flowers flocked to Mother Teresa's tomb in Kolkata to celebrate her proclamation as a saint at the Vatican later Sunday.
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Rescued By Mother Teresa, He Returns From London To Pay Homage
A young polio-afflicted child who was abandoned by his parents in Kolkata but rescued by Mother Teresa, has now returned from London as an NRI to retrace his roots and pay homage to the late nun who will be declared a saint next month.
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Visitors To Rome For Mother Teresa Sainthood To Get Taste Of Kolkata
When lakhs of people will gather in Vatican City this September to watch the historic ceremony of granting sainthood to Mother Teresa, a group of Kolkatans will hold photo exhibitions in Rome inviting visitors to the city where the late nun worked.
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Opinion: When Mother Teresa Scored Over Hard-Nosed Bankers
For me, Mother Teresa's greatest miracle was her life and work, and how she came to Kolkata as a geography teacher and a nun but left it as the city's patron saint.
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Bengal Nun Rape Case: Main Accused Arrested in Kolkata
A man believed to be the main accused in the sexual assault of a 72-year-old nun during an attack at a convent school in West Bengal last year has been arrested.
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Prime Accused in West Bengal Nun Rape Case Arrested from Sealdah Station
The two prime accused in the gangrape of a septuagenarian nun at Ranaghat in Nadia district of West Bengal have been arrested by the CID from Sealdah station, a senior official of the investigating agency said in Kolkata on Friday.
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4 Detained from Ludhiana in West Bengal Nun Rape Case
Four people were today detained here in connection with the gang rape of a 72-year-old nun in Ranaghat in West Bengal's Nadia district, police said.
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CBI Won't Investigate Case of Bengal Nun Who Was Raped, Centre Reportedly Says
The Bengal government's request for the country's premier investigating agency, the CBI, to handle the case of the elderly nun who was raped at the convent where she lived near Kolkata has been rejected, according to the Press Trust of India.
