Missionaries Of Charity

Supreme Court criticises NCPCR over plea for SIT probe against Missionaries of Charity, calls petition 'vague and unsubstantiated'

Mother Teresa's death anniversary is observed as the International Day of Charity. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her work in mitigating poverty, suffering and fostering harmony

An MHA official said that with the restoration of the FCRA licence, the Kolkata-based famed organisation will be able to receive foreign fundings and can also spend the money lying in the banks

Officials from the Mission, founded by Mother Teresa in 1950, said that talks were on with auditors and experts to try and resolve the situation

On the occasion of Mother Teresa's canonisation, I recall a phone call back in 1977 from the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata seeking an urgent appointment for the Mother. Within less than an hour, the Mother accompanied by a sister was before me for the release of a station wagon surrendered before the customs authorities by a foreign tourist wishing to donate the same to the Missionaries of Charity. Under the law, a tourist availing of such duty-free import was required to take the car out of the country within a time frame. This was not complied with.The Mother showed me a copy of the finance ministry order granting exemption from customs duty on the car. I explained the vehicle could not still be released for want of permission from the ministry of commerce. With childlike simplicity, she pleaded for its release to fulfill a promise made to her "children" to take them on a picnic in a new car and for which she was prepared to sign any document. Well before the day she was to take