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7 Railway staff suspended after train runs without engine for 10 km

BHUBANESWAR: Five more railway officials have been suspended after a train in Odisha travelled for 10 kilometres without an engine on Saturday night. Passengers of the Ahmedabad-Puri Express had a miraculous escape after the engine of the train was detached from the other coaches. Twenty two engine-

CBSE leaks: 3 school staffers held in Himachal's Una

NEW DELHI: The Class 12 Economics paper of CBSE was leaked on March 23 - three days before the exam date - in Himachal Pradesh's Una town and it was shared on at least 40 WhatsApp groups, Delhi Police said on Saturday after the arrest of three people in this connection. The three - Rakesh Kumar,

Defence ministry website not hacked, says NIC

The official website of Ministry of Defence was down on Friday and the government was working to restore it, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said. According to officials, there were Chinese characters on the website, indicating that Chinese hackers may be involved in it. While many believed the

Arun Jaitley admitted to AIIMS, scheduled to undergo a kidney transplant operation tomorrow

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was today admitted to AIIMS and is scheduled to undergo a kidney transplant operation tomorrow, sources said. Jaitley, 65, has been suffering from a kidney ailment and skipped office since Monday. He has not even taken oath of office after being re-elected to the Rajya

Blackbuck Poaching Case: Salman Khan to be in same jail as Asaram Bapu

Salman Khan was taken to the Jodhpur Central Jail today after being sentenced to five years in prison for killing blackbucks in 1998. The 52-year-old actor spent 18 days in the same jail in 1998, 2006 and 2007. His lawyers say he will spend the night in jail as his bail request will be heard only to

With a massive show of strength, BJP to kickstart 2019 Lok Sabha campaign on Friday

MUMBAI: The Bharatiya Janata Party will kickstart its campaign for the ensuing Lok Sabha elections with a massive show of strength on its 38th Foundation Day to be celebrated on Friday, a top party official said on Wednesday. Present on the occasion will be BJP President Amit Shah, Union Shipping Mi

Bharat Bandh: People being misled, we are not diluting SC/ST Act, says Supreme Court

The Supreme Court today said it will consider in detail the Centre's review petition against its March 20 judgment on the SC/ST Act but declined to keep in abeyance the directions passed by it to deal with the issues of arrest and sanction under the special law. The apex court said people who are

PM Modi announces ex-gratia for kin of Iraq's victims

New Delhi [India], Apr. 03 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh for each of the families of 39 workers killed by ISIS in Iraq. The announcement comes after Congress MPs from Punjab staged a protest in Parliament demanding compensation for the workers

DDCA Defamation Case: Jaitley accepts Kejriwal's apology

A joint application was moved in the Patiala House Court here on Monday by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to withdraw criminal defamation case against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and other Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders. Court will take up the matter tomorrow. Union Finance Minister Aru

Petrol price hits 4-year high in Delhi, diesel at all-time high

New Delhi: Petrol price on Sunday hit a four-year high of Rs73.73 a litre while diesel rates touched an all-time high of Rs64.58 in Delhi, renewing calls for the government to cut excise tax rates. State-owned oil firms, which have been since June last year revising auto fuel prices daily, on Sun

Madrassas radicalising youth against Hindus and Shias, alleges UP Shia Waqf chief Waseem Rizvi

NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board chief Waseem Rizvi has repeated his allegation that madrassas are creating are promoting hard line sentiments against Hindus and Shias. He also alleged that the Darul Uloom seminary in Deoband is hosting hard line foreign preachers. "The hardliner mentalit

CBSE paper leak: Three people, including two teachers, arrested by SIT

Three persons, including two teachers of a convent school have been arrested by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Delhi Police Crime Branch for their alleged role in leaking the class XII Central Board of Secondary Education economics paper. Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch) Alok

Young Wali Rahmani set to open orphanage on April 01

Bhatkallys News Bureau/ Ismail Zaorez Kolkata 31 March 2018: 19 year old, social media speaker Wali Rahmani is all set to become the 'Father of ten kids' on 01 April 2018, after the inauguration of his dream foundation 'Umeed' in Kolkata on Sunday. The foundation will adopt ten orphan kids and

IT department seizes 2 bank accounts of Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu for nonpayment of taxes

Navjot Singh Sidhu, former cricketer and a minister in Punjab's Amarinder Singh government, has fallen in the net of the Income Tax (I-T) department which has seized two of his bank accounts for non-payment of taxes. The I-T department sealed his bank accounts as he had failed to present bills of

Bengal Ram Navami violence: Babul Supriyo stopped from entering Asansol, FIR filed

Union minister Babul Supriyo was prevented by police from entering his constituency, Asansol, where the situation remained tense on Thursday after violence over Ram Navami celebrations erupted earlier this week. Supriyo, who tried to enter the Railpar area in Paschim Bardhaman district, was stopp

4 arrested for enabling cheating in SSC exam

NEW DELHI: The Delhi and Uttar Pradesh Police in a joint operation arrested four people from here for enabling cheating online in the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) examination. The accused identified as Ajay, Parma, Gaurav, Sonu, were arrested from Delhi's Gandhi Nagar area. The culprits us

Kidnapped Delhi student's family drove around with 10 Lakh ransom, found his body

NEW DELHI: A Delhi University student kidnapped a week ago was found murdered last night, the police said today. Ayush Nautiyal, 21, was kidnapped from his home in Dwarka in northwest Delhi. His kidnappers had demanded a ransom of Rs. 50 lakh. The police received a complaint on Thursday last, the

No one can be denied Healthcare if they don't have Aadhaar: UIDAI Chief Ajay Bhushan Pandey

NEW DELHI: E-way bill, the electronic billing system, is all set to be rolled out from April 1 for inter-state movement of goods. The e-way bill is an online document that is generated under the GST system when goods of the value of more than Rs. 50,000 are shipped inter-state or intra-state. The el