Bhubaneswar, Jun 6 (PTI) Railways put the official death toll in the Odisha triple train crash at 278, stating that three more people have succumbed to their injuries. The state government’s revised toll, however, remained unchanged at 275. Khurda Road Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Rinkesh Ray said on Monday that apart from 278 deaths, 1,100 […]
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 5 (ANI): Veteran actor Gufi Paintal, best known for appearing as Shakuni Mama in BR Chopra’s TV serial ‘Mahabharat’, passed away on Monday morning. His cremation will take place on Monday evening. Gufi Paintal had been unwell for a long time and was admitted to the hospital on May 31 after […]
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New Delhi/Jaipur, Jun 5 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday conducted searches at multiple locations in Rajasthan in connection with a money laundering investigation into an alleged exam paper leak case for recruitment of teachers in the state, official sources said. Premises in state capital Jaipur, Barmer district and some cities are being covered […]
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Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 5 (ANI): A special MP-MLA court in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi convicted jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari in the over three decades old murder case of Awadhesh Rai. On August 3, 1991, Congress leader and brother of former MLA Ajay Rai, Awadhesh Rai, was shot dead outside Ajay Rai’s house in Varanasi. […]
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Bhagalpur (Bihar) [India], June 4 (ANI): An under-construction Aguwani-Sultanganj bridge in Bhagalpur collapsed on Sunday. The moment when the bridge collapsed in the Ganga River was caught on video by locals. A similar incident of bridge collapse happened last year as well. A portion of a bridge that was built across the Burhi Gandak River […]
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Balasore, Jun 4 (PTI) The root cause of the three-train crash in Odisha’s Balasore district and the people responsible for it have been identified, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Sunday. He also said the Railways is aiming to restore normal services on the affected tracks by Wednesday. Talking to reporters at the accident site, […]
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Mumbai, Jun 4 (PTI) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will maintain the policy repo rate at 6.5 per cent during its upcoming June 8 announcement, considering the easing of retail inflation in April and the potential for further decline, indicating the effectiveness of previous policy rate actions, anticipate experts. Headed by Reserve Bank Governor […]
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Pali (Rajasthan) [India], June 4 (ANI): Hitting out at the central government over the ongoing protests by the wrestlers demanding the arrest and sacking of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Singh, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday said it wasn’t even bothered about the plight of the women grapplers. Speaking at […]
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Balasore (Odisha) [India], June 3 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday arrived at the accident site in Odisha. He will take stock of one of the most horrific train accidents in recent memory, which has according to latest estimates killed over 261 people and over 1000 people injured. PM Modi landed in an Air […]
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Kolkata, Jun 3 (PTI) Ashwani Kumar has been appointed as the new MD and CEO of city-based public sector UCO Bank with effect from June one. Prior to this, he was the executive director of the state-owned Indian Bank and is a qualified chartered accountant, a statement by the bank said on Saturday. Kumar, an […]
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