Focolare Movement

Statehood demand to intensify in Northeast

Edit The Times of India 10 Jul 2016

Ethnic organizations of the northeast which have been seeking the creation of separate states have decided to intensify their movement after August 15 under the aegis of National Federation for New States (NFNS). NFNS is led by Raja Bundela, who has been leading the movement for a separate Bundelkhand state, and Shrihari Aney, the leader of the Vidarbha movement....

BDS movement targets St. Clair Ave. store

Edit Toronto Sun 10 Jul 2016

Kym Klopp had never heard of the Boycott, Divest and Sanction (BDS) movement when she decided five years ago to carry SodaStream products in her darling store on St. Clair Ave. West ... “My store is about the environment ... The global BDS movement has been engaged in a series of actions designed to restrict ties and trade with the Jewish state ... “The BDS movement has been good for business.”. *****. WHAT IS THE BDS MOVEMENT?....

The coat of many colours

Edit Indian Express 10 Jul 2016

Born in Kerala in 1924, and keenly interested in the arts since childhood, he decided to study art only after an initial engagement with socialist and Gandhian activism, and a short term in prison for participating in the Quit India Movement ... In Santiniketan, he came into intimate contact with Nandalal Bose and his close associates, Benodebehari Mukherjee and Ramkinkar Baij, who were ushering in a new art movement....

Dallas massacre a turning point for Black Lives Matter movement

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 10 Jul 2016

Patrick acknowledged that the demonstration in Dallas on Thursday night had been peaceful until the gunman struck, but he accused the movement of creating the conditions for what happened ... [...] in a sign of alarm over the volatile situation, leaders of several organizations associated with the movement put out formal statements that repeatedly describe the Dallas attacker as a lone gunman, unconnected to the group’s cause....

Road, rail traffic hit, Amarnath pilgrims stranded

Edit Indian Express 10 Jul 2016

THOUSANDS of Amarnath pilgrims and tourists were stranded on Saturday as authorities, as part of precautionary measures following the death of top Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani, suspended movement of all vehicular traffic along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway ... A decision on resumption of movement of pilgrims between Jammu and Srinagar ......

Jr Bhushan offers help to challenge bail for accused

Edit DNA India 10 Jul 2016

--> ... In fact, the lawyers from Chennai who were helping them in the case were doing it pro bono and the movement to get the accused punished is now getting stronger ... "The medical advice is to restrict her movement as much as possible as there is a cast on her right hind leg and it needs to heal," he said refuting the claims being made that she has been adopted. Virat A Singh. ....

Rain revelry stalls eway traffic

Edit The Times of India 10 Jul 2016

PUNE ... The Pune rural police stopped vehicular movement on the Lonavla-Bhushi dam road around 2.30pm after thousands of people from Pune and Mumbai visited the dam as it started overflowing. Vehicles were parked everywhere and there was no space left for traffic movement, prompting police to take the decision ... Road safety experts and activists called for strict action against the revellers holding up traffic movement ... TIMES VIEW ... RELATED....

Film captures Devdas’ ‘love affair’ with trains

Edit Indian Express 10 Jul 2016

Related Article ... 6, slideMargin ... Talking on how the movement of Devdas’ and Paro’s characters in the last 15 minutes corresponded with the filmmakers’ train of thoughts, Gangar added, “Symbolism and temporality in the films were some of the added features brought in by the use of the steam engine ... The train’s movement then in comparison to the steam engine’s movement indicated the sluggishness with which the society moved then.” ... ....

Huge Victory For The Bernie Sanders Campaign: The Democratic Party Platform Now Calls For A ...

Edit Inquisitr 10 Jul 2016

But thanks to pressure placed on the Clinton campaign and other Democrats opposed to the $15 minimum, language expressing solidarity with the Fight for $15 movement is now present in the Democratic platform ... “Sanders’s movement,” Sargent argues, “is succeeding.” ... progressive movements throughout American history.”....

Budget boost for public transport infra

Edit The Times of India 10 Jul 2016

Kozhikode ... Narrowness and bad condition of the bridges have been causing traffic congestion ... Vehicular movements on the bridges are regulated by allowing heavy vehicle only to one direction at a time ... "The new bridge across Moorad river will ease movement for motorists," said K K Bineesh, a resident of Vadakara who added that now the people want the government to complete the work at the earliest ... RELATED. From around the web....

Amarnath pilgrims stranded after vehicular traffic suspended along Jammu-Srinagar highway

Edit Indian Express 10 Jul 2016

Thousands of Amarnath pilgrims and tourists were stranded with authorities, as part of precautionary measures, on Saturday suspending movement of all sorts of vehicular traffic along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in the region, where people in only Banihal town observed bandh and took out a procession in protest over the killing of top Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani by security forces the previous day....

Calls grow for downfall of deceitful Iran regime

Edit Arabnews 10 Jul 2016

Attached Files.  ... The head of the French-based Iranian opposition movement Free Iran said Tehran is concealing its “failure” by supporting “massacres” committed by the Syrian regime during an indoor rally in Paris ... Prince Turki paid special tribute to the movement’s “martyrs” as well as its leader Mariam Rajavi and her late husband and former leader Massoud Rajavi for their struggle to bring an end to the radical regime in Iran ... ....

City Beat

Edit Sacramento Bee 10 Jul 2016

Sacramento mayoral ......

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Pope Francis meets with 500 Focolare members

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