Rail traffic restored partially in Bihar after derailment
Patna, June 26 (IANS) Rail traffic disrupted due to the derailment of 12 bogies of the Delhi-Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express in Bihar's Saran district was restored partially Thursday, an official said....
View ArticleCommemorating long-forgotten battles - and those who gave their lives...
Kohima/Imphal, June 26 (IANS) "When you go home, tell them of us and say that for their tomorrow, we gave our today....." reads the epitaph at the Commonwealth War Cemetery in Kohima. The cemetery has...
View ArticleUGC-DU row continues for fourth day
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) There were no admissions to DU on the fourth day Friday amid a continuing row between the UGC and the varsity over the controversial four-year undergraduate programme. The...
View Article14 killed in Andhra gas pipeline blast
Hyderabad, June 27 (IANS) 14 people were burnt to death and scores of others injured in a huge explosion and fire that took place at a GAIL gas pipeline in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh...
View ArticlePM expresses grief over Andhra pipeline blast deaths
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday expressed his grief over the death of 14 people in gas pipeline blast in a Andhra Pradesh district early Friday. The blast bursted and...
View ArticleLucknow hot and humid despite showers
Lucknow, June 27 (IANS) Despite heavy overnight showers, the weather in Uttar Pradesh's capital was hot and humid Friday. The weatherman said there will be no respite from the sultry weather in the...
View ArticleChandrababu Naidu rushes to Andhra accident site
Hyderabad, June 27 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has cut short his Delhi visit to rush back to his state where a blast and fire in a gas pipeline killed 14 people Friday...
View ArticleGas pipeline fire in Andhra angers villagers
Hyderabad, June 27 (IANS) A gas pipeline explosion and fire in a village in Andhra Pradesh early Friday has angered its people. The blast triggered a blaze that claimed the lives of 14 people and...
View ArticleOne killed, dozen injured in UP gas cylinder fire
Lucknow, June 27 (IANS) A woman was killed and over a dozen sustained serious burn injuries early Friday after gas leaked from a cylinder and caught fire in a home in Kanpur, police said. The incident...
View ArticleProbe ordered into GAIL pipeline fire
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) The government Friday ordered a high-level inquiry into a GAIL gas pipeline fire in Andhra Pradesh that killed 14 people. A central government team has also rushed to the...
View ArticleSensex gains 56 points; IT, healthcare stocks surge
Mumbai, June 27 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities markets Friday was trading 55.53 points or 0.22 percent up as IT and healthcare stocks surged. Good buying was observed in IT and healthcare...
View ArticleNew UP governor rattles political leaders
Lucknow, June 27 (IANS) He is only a few days old in the Raj Bhavan here. But Uttar Pradesh's acting Governor Aziz Qureshi is already courting controversy. Given additional charge of the state along...
View ArticleBomb explosions unnerve Kerala nurses in Iraq
Thiruvananthapuram, June 28 (IANS) Already coping with reports of Iraqi rebels stepping up their operations, the 46 nurses from Kerala holed up in Tikrit were further unnerved when bombs went off in...
View ArticleOdisha artist wins international sculpting award
Bhubaneswar, June 28 (IANS) Odisha sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has won a prize at the sand sculpting World Cup in the US, the artist said Saturday. Pattnaik said he won the People's Choice prize in...
View ArticleUP cop transferred after minister booked in dacoity case
Lucknow, June 28 (IANS) A senior police officer in Uttar Pradesh was transferred after a cabinet minister was booked in a dacoity and arson case. Sambhal Superintendent of Police Piyush Srivastava was...
View ArticleThree killed in Delhi building collapse
New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) Three people were killed and at least nine others injured after a building collapsed here Saturday morning, an official said. The building collapsed around 9 a.m. in North...
View ArticleTwo men held for raping two Tanzanian women in Delhi
New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) Two men, in their late 20s, have been arrested for raping two Tanzanian women here, police said Saturday. Kunal and Satish, residents of Shastri Nagar and R.K. Puram...
View ArticlePM to visit Kashmir July 4
Jammu, June 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay a one-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir July 4, his first to the state after assuming office, official sources said. The prime minister will...
View ArticleAmarnath Yatra begins, pilgrims leave for holy cave
Srinagar, June 28 (IANS) The annual Amarnath Yatra started Saturday as nearly 7,300 pilgrims left the north Kashmir Baltal base camp for the holy cave. Also, the second batch of pilgrims left winter...
View ArticleOn BJP website's MPs list, there is no Modi!
Lucknow, June 28 (IANS) Social media and internet interface may be the buzz words for Prime Minister Narendra Modi but the BJP seems to be caught up in some embarrassing time warp. Its official...
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