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Congress satrap Balasaheb Vikhe leaves behind rich legacy CAMIL PARKHE |  Saturday, 31 December 2016 AT 06:03 PM IST            goo.gl/1olCtO  Balasaheb Vikhe Patil  ,  death ,  Congress ,  Ahmednagar ,  profile , Sakal Times   Eknath Vitthalrao alias Balasaheb Vikhe Patil who died on Friday was a veteran Congressman who steadfastly maintained his fiefdom in Maharashtra and in his Ahmednagar home district for a stretch of over four decades. The change of political tides in the state or the country did not wither away his influence and clout as he skillfully managed to ride over these changes to his own advantages. A seven terms Lok Sabha member from Ahmednagar district, he was one of the senior most members of the lower house of Parliament. He was part of the young, new faces chosen by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1970s after she had succeeded in defying the Congress party's old guards. But when Rajiv Gandhi succeeded his mother in 1984, the young prime minister was

Canonisation of Mother Teresa a prominent event in Church this year CAMIL PARKHE |  Friday, 23 December 2016 AT 11:17 AM IST       adieu to 2016 ,  Canonisation ,  Mother Teresa ,  new cardinals ,  Vatican ,  sainthood ,  Indian Catholic Church , Pune ,  Camil Parkhe PUNE:  Canonisation of Mother Teresa in the presence of a huge gathering at the Vatican, appointment of new cardinals including for Bangladesh, Syria, and Malaysia were some of the prominent events that took place in the global church in 2016. As good news to the faithful in India, the pontiff has also announced his intention to visit India along with Bangladesh next year. Declaration of sainthood to Nobel laureate Mother Teresa of Kolkata was one of the most important days for the Indian Catholic Church during the present year. The Mother’s canonisation was also important for the Church as she, besides Pope John Paul, was given the rarest honour of being canonised within a few years after her death. In the h

St Paul Book Centre gets ready for Christmas CAMIL PARKHE |  Friday, 16 December 2016 AT 03:28 PM IST          sakal Times  goo.gl/bhpbXw Christmas ,  St Paul Book Centre ,  Pune Camp ,  festival ,  Church ,  Christian community ,  Pune ,  Camil Parkhe PUNE:  It is the advent season, the period heralding Christmas, and St Paul Book Centre in Pune Camp is drawing a large number of people for the purchase of various articles essential for the festival celebration. People from various parts of Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad, belonging to various parishes, have been visiting St Paul Book Centre for the past few days to purchase cribs, Christmas trees, carols audio CDs, calendars with religious themes and various other articles and stationery associated with Christmas. St Paul is also a major centre supplying religious books, stationery and articles to various Catholic Church institutions. Priests, nuns and representatives of various Church institutions visit the shop to make bul