New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): A Delhi court on Tuesday reserved the order on the point of issuance of summons in a defamation case filed by Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat against Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot over the latter’s “misleading statements” in relation to the alleged Sanjeevani scam. Additional Chief Metropolitan […]
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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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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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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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Balasore/Bhubneshwar, Jun 3 (PTI) Huge cranes and bulldozers have been brought in to raise a coach which has been buried by the impact of another wagon falling on as rescue workers wield gas torches and electric cutters to pull out survivors and the dead from the mangled steel of three trains that derailed one on […]
Read MoreBalasore (Odisha) [India], June 2 (ANI): Coromandel Express derailed near Bahanaga station in Odisha’s Balasore on Friday, said CPRO Southern Railway. According to CPRO Southern Railway, several bogies are reported to have derailed. The Special Relief Commissioner Office said that teams have rushed to the spot for search and rescue operation. Balasore Collector has also […]
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Kurukshetra (Haryana) [India], June 2 (ANI): Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait on Friday warned the Central government that if WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, facing sexual harassment charges by country’s top wrestlers, is not arrested by June 9, then farmer leaders will hold panchayats across the nation in support of the […]
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Bengaluru, June 2 (PTI) The Karnataka Cabinet on Friday decided to implement the ruling Congress’s five guarantees, without any discrimination of caste or religion, within this financial year, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said. The Cabinet held a detailed discussion regarding the five guarantees and its implementation, and has arrived at decisions, Siddaramaiah who headed the meeting […]
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