Lent begins on February 18, 2026, with Ash Wednesday. What do these observances signify, and where did these important traditions for Christians originate? Here's the story.

Lent is a 40-day season observed by many Christians that begins with Ash Wednesday and leads into the final weeks of the ...

The man, who moves around on a wheeled board while seeking alms, was found to own multiple assets, officials said.

An anti-beggary drive in Indore revealed a leprosy-afflicted man who owns multiple houses, vehicles and lends money in the bullion market. Officials are verifying his assets, while an NGO has urged a ...

While officials said they will take legal action only after verifying facts, an NGO said the leprosy patient was forced to beg after facing social and family discrimination ...

Officials in Indore in Madhya Pradesh were left stunned when an anti-beggary drive led them to a leprosy-afflicted man who ...

Three houses, three autorickshaws and a chauffeur-driven car. One would think these belonged to a jeweller from Indore’s Sarafa Bazaar, not a leprosy-afflicted man, who moves around inconspicuously on ...

It is hard to believe that the Lenten season is only a couple of weeks away. In the Catholic Liturgical Calendar, there are ...

An Indore man long believed to be a destitute beggar was found to own multiple houses, vehicles and run a money-lending ...

When the rescue team picked up Mangilal late Saturday night, acting on information that he was a leprosy patient begging regularly in Sarafa, they expected another routine case. Instead, they stumbled ...

My colleagues pushed him a bit and they found he owns a three-storey house, a second house, and a flat that was given to him ...

Ordinary time matters because it doesn’t require you have one thousand traditions to fit the season, it’s just time when you can just sit and steep in God’s grace as you go about the business of the ...