7 bridges collapsed in Bihar in last 1 yr
Patna, June 5 (IANS) The Bihar government is facing criticism over the Bhagalpur bridge collapse but there are a long list of such incidents that happened in the past one year.
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National Crime/Disaster/ 11:54 PMAssam Rifles strikes at roots: Funding of Ultras via arms smuggling; Maoist nexus stalled
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National IANS Special Se 11:02 PMNitish orders probe after under-construction bridge on Ganga collapses again
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Thief arrested for killing married lover in Delhi
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) A man, facing cases of theft and snatching, was arrested on Sunday for killing his 26-year-old lover - a married woman with whom he was having an extra-marital relationship - in north Delhi's Narela area, police said.
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MHA sets up judicial panel to probe Manipur violence
Imphal/New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) The Union Home Ministry (MHA) on Sunday constituted a three-member Commission of Inquiry, under the chairmanship of the Gauhati High Court's former Chief Justice Ajai Lamba, to probe the recent series of ethnic violence in Manipur that so far claimed 98 lives and injured 315 people.
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Odisha train accident: Five-member family from Bihar had miraculous escape
Bhubaneswar, June 4 (IANS) Five members of a family from Bihar, who were travelling in Coromandel Express on the fateful day, had a mirculous escape post the deadly Odisha train accident.
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Railway recommends CBI probe into Odisha train tragedy
Balasore, June 4 (IANS) Under fire from the opposition over the horrific Odisha train tragedy, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday said that the Railway Board has recommended for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the accident.
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Odisha train tragedy: 3 of the eight missing TN passengers traced (Lead)
Chennai, June 4 (IANS) Three of the eight Tamil Nadu residents, who had reserved tickets in Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express that met with an accident in Odisha's Balasore on Friday, leaving at least 275 dead, have been traced, officials said on Sunday.
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Rs 10L ex-gratia for families of train accident victims from Andhra
Amaravati, June 4 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Sunday directed the officials to pay ex-gratia to the families of passengers from the state who died or were injured in the Odisha train accident.
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Next 'mahapanchayat' only of wrestlers, dates to be announced in 3-4 days, says Punia
Chandigarh, June 4 (IANS) With the date of next 'mahapanchayat', only of wrestlers, to be announced in three-four days, a 'mahapanchayat' was held on Sunday at Mundlana in Haryana's Sonipat, a third in a series in four days and the second in Haryana, to express solidarity with wrestlers protesting against WFI chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over charges of sexual harassment.
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Govt engaging with Vedanta to facilitate its residual stake sale in BALCO
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) Government plans to sell a part of its 49 per cent stake in Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (BALCO), for which it is learnt to have asked its main promoter Vedanta, to take back an ongoing arbitration case.
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Chandrababu Naidu-Shah meet spurs talk of TDP-BJP alliance
Amaravati, June 4 (IANS) Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N. Chandrababu Naidu's meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president J.P. Nadda in New Delhi has triggered speculation of the two parties reviving their alliance.
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Odisha train tragedy: Initial probe indicates flaws in signalling system
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) Initial probe in the Odisha train tragedy has revealed a problem with the signalling system, a Railway Board official said on Sunday while confirming the cause of the accident.
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Death toll in train tragedy stands at 275, says Odisha govt
Bhubaneswar, June 4 (IANS) The Odisha government on Sunday said the death figure in the tragic triple train accident at Bahanaga station in Balasore stood at 275.
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Odisha tragedy: SCR announces cancellation of more trains
Hyderabad, June 4 (IANS) The South Central Railway (SCR) has announced cancellation of few more trains due to train disaster in Odisha in Kharagpur-Bhadrak section of South Eastern Railway.
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Odisha train accident: 137 survivors arrive at Chennai railway station in special train
Chennai, June 4 (IANS) At least 137 survivors of the Odisha train crash arrived at the Chennai railway station on Sunday morning.
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Odisha govt to run free bus service to Kolkata for stranded passengers
Bhubaneswar, June 4 (IANS) To facilitate the smooth transportation of passengers stranded in Odisha due to triple train tragedy, the Odisha government on Sunday announced free bus service to Kolkata from three cities of the state.
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Odisha train tragedy: Team of expert doctors to arrive from Delhi
Bhubaneswar, June 4 (IANS) A team of expert doctors along with medical equipment and medicines from New Delhi will reach Odisha to provide quality care to the critically injured in the tragic 3-train accident in Odisha.
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Odisha train tragedy: List of injured, deceased passengers put on websites
Bhubaneswar, June 4 (IANS) To facilitate smooth identification of victims of the Balasore train mishap, the Odisha government has uploaded the details of passengers on three websites.
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If such readiness was shown earlier, the tragedy would not have taken place: Adhir Ranjan
Balasore, June 4 (IANS) Congress Leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday visited Odisha's Balasore, where the horrific train accident took place and thanked the NDRF, ODRF, administration and locals for the rescue and relief operations, and also attacked the government saying "if such kind of readiness would have been shown before accident then such a tragedy would not have taken place".
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After delivering on guarantees, K'taka Cong buckles up for BBMP & 2024
By M.K. Ashoka
Bengaluru, June 4 (IANS) Following the announcement of guarantees promised during polls in Karnataka, the Congress party is bursting with confidence to win maximum seats in Lok Sabha elections. The Congress party has garnered tremendous goodwill across the state.
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Goa's ST community seeks political quota, threatens to boycott LS polls
By Sanjay Borkar
Panaji, June 4 (IANS) Fighting for their rights for the last several years, a section of the Scheduled Tribe community of Goa has threatened to boycott the Lok Sabha election 2024, if the government fails to provide them political reservation in the state assembly.
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Bihar: 35 sentenced to life imprisonment in double-murder case
Patna, June 3 (IANS) The district court in Purnea has awarded life sentence to 35 persons in connection with a double-murder case that took place 10 years ago.
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Aamir Raza Husain, creator of stage spectacles, passes away aged 66
By Sourish Bhattacharyya
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Much before India was swept off its feet by big-screen spectacles such as 'Baahubali', 'RRR' and now the upcoming 'Aadipurush', Aamir Raza Husain was the creative powerhouse who gave us our earliest experience of a mega theatrical production in 'The Fifty Day War', which till the year 2000 had not been replicated on any stage in either scale or vision.
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Gehlot throws mike at Barmer dist collector after it malfunctions
Jaipur, June 3 (IANS) Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot lost his cool after his mike went off twice while he was speaking at a programme in Barmer, and threw the device at the District Collector.
