Mumbai,October 2,201 - The Congress said on Monday political and administrative accountability for the stampede on a foot-over-bridge at the Elphinstone Road station in Mumbai needed to be fixed. “The people need answers from Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and former Railway Minister Suresh Prab

October 3, Uttar Pradesh An uproar couldn't be avoided when the Uttar Pradesh government dropped the iconic Taj Mahal from its list of tourist destinations published recently. The new booklet, titled 'Uttar Pradesh Paryatan-Apaar Sambhavanaayein', instead mentions temples in Mathura, Ayodhya,

New Delhi: Amit Shah will on Tuesday launch a 15-day march in Kerala to target the state's CPI(M) government with the BJP accusing the Left party of being on a "killing spree" against its workers. Making the announcement, Union minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday accused the CPI(M) of "murder po

Kolkata, 2 October 2017: The driver of a local train fell so sick while at the wheel today that he fainted and fell right off the train. Fortunately for passengers, the train automatically came to a halt as the driver had taken his hand off the "dead man's switch" - the automatic switch that gets tr

October 2, New Delhi For seventy years, Mahatma Gandhi’s statue, which has found a home in hundreds of locations across the country and the world, wasn’t seen at one important venue: his Samadhi at Rajghat in the national capital. Here the nation’s founding father was remembered only through t

GUWAHATI: A wheelchair-bound man was called a "Pakistani" at a cinema hall in Guwahati for failing to stand during the National Anthem. Arman Ali, who helps run an NGO, had taken his nephew and nieces for a matinee show of Lucknow Central last week. They were seated in one of the front rows. As othe

October 1, Gujarat A 21-year-old Dalit man was allegedly beaten to death by a group of men belonging to the upper caste Patel community for attending a garba event in Gujarat’s Anand district in the early hours on Sunday, police said. The incident took place around 4 am. Jayesh Solanki, cou

New Delhi: The country’s largest lender State Bank of India from 1st October 2017 lowered the minimum average monthly balance (MAB) requirement in a savings account to Rs 3,000 from Rs 5,000 and also revised downwards penalties for not maintaining such a balance. The public sector lender also dec

October 1, Mumbai Ramping up his rhetoric against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray has warned of consequences if the bullet train is allowed to roll into Mumbai. A day after the Elphinstone Road suburban train station foot overbridge stampede o

October 1, New Delhi Government agencies in the national capital have failed the dying Yamuna yet again this year, as the nine-day-long Durga Puja festivities, which came to a halt on Saturday, left the river in dire straits. Despite a strict order by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in Septe

Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday criticised the bullet train project, saying it will be a demonetisation-like move “which will kill everything else”, and suggested that the money should instead be spent on improving rail safety. The former finance minister’s comments come a day after a s

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India]: Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray, on Saturday launched an all-around attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at Shiv Sena’s Dussehra rally here. Taking a dig at Bullet Train announced by Prime Minister Modi, Uddhav asked why the Go

Lucknow: In a fresh and innovative move, a jail superintendent in Uttar Pradesh is offering inmates two extra glasses of milk for giving up ‘beedi smoking’ and ‘chewing gutka’. The jail superintendent of Kaushambhi district jail, B.S. Mukund has taken the step to make jail a tobacco-free zone, re

30 September, Andhra Pradesh A 30-year-old man set his brother and mother on fire as he was frustrated just because he was not able to get married. According to police, the incident took place Chapagedda district of Andhra Pradesh. The accused has been identified as Srinu Babu. His brother and

29 September, Kerala In a shocking crime that sends chills down your spine, a seven year old girl from Kerala's Kollam district was brutally raped and murdered by her uncle. The body of girl who went missing on Wednesday was found in a rubber estate in a rubber estate in Kulathupuzha, some 60 km

Ahmedabad, September 29 Merely 15km from the state capital,Gandhinagar, a dalit youth was beaten up by some upper caste people allegedly for sporting a moustache! Three persons from the darbar community allegedly abused and assaulted Piyush Parmar(24), the youth from Limbodara village in Kalol

September 29, New Delhi Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday asked why there is an outcry over deaths due to encephalitis only now when it’s been occurring for the past 40 years. The chief minister’s remarks come nearly a month after over 60 children lost their lives in state-ru

KANPUR: A student of Delhi Public School (DPS), Kalyanpur in Kanpur who attempted suicide by consuming sleeping pills and phenyl on Saturday, alleged harassment by his teachers. The Kalyanpur student is hospitalised in a critical condition. The student identified as Arsh blamed the school mana