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Catholicism was introduced in Eastern India in the late 19th Century in the State of Jharkhand as it is called now by Pioneer Belgian and Dutch Jesuit Missionaries. The most prominent of them was Father Constant Lievens S.J. -- The Apostle of Chotanagpur. He arrived in Ranchi -- The Headquarters of the Chotanagpur Plateau in 1885. He did not know at that time what the future held for him in terms of evangelization and as a Missionary Pastor too. With strong faith in God, he started educating and evangelizing Animist Oraon Tribals in Ranchi and in the surrounding areas too....

Hillary Clinton continues to be dogged by questions about her use of a private e-mail account while she was secretary of state. CBS News identified two e-mails on her server Wednesday which the intelligence community says contained classified information. The messages were uncovered during an investigation of the 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, that killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others. Play VIDEO Hillary Clinton defends private email server The first email, from April 2011, was forwarded to Clinton by aide Huma Abedin. It cited intelligence reports from the U.S. Africa Command on Libyan troop strength and movements. The...

ISLAMABAD: Love or parental consent are factors that usually decide a marriage, but believe it or not, you can also toss a coin now to procure a life partner. At least that's what happened with a woman in Jaranwala, Pakistan, recently. Casting aside established norms of societal behaviour, a woman was married off for the second time without divorcing her first husband. The matter naturally created quite a stir in the tribal-dominated area. So much so, that it was referred to the local Jirga or tribal council. Instead of stamping its authority in a conservative manner as is the norm,...

PESHAWAR: Pakistani security agencies on Wednesday arrested members of two tribes accused of sheltering suspected al-Qaeda rebels in the country's northern tribal region near Afghanistan, a government official said. Authorities also destroyed homes and impounded vehicles belonging to the Kari Khel and Desi Khel tribes, said Anwar Ali Shah, deputy administration chief at Wana, the headquarters of the fiercely autonomous Waziristan region. "We will take such action against them throughout the country if needed," Shah said. The crackdown came less than a week after Pakistani soldiers raided three homes in South Waziristan, sparking a shootout that killed eight suspected al-Qaida...