First Oppn parties meet to be shifted to June 23 in Patna
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) The first meeting of the Opposition parties called to discuss unity ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha polls, which was scheduled for June 12 is now likely to take place on June 23, sources said.
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Crime/Disaster/ National 12:04 AMMinor wrestler's father says stands by sexual harassment charges against WFI chief
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National Human Interest/ 12:02 AMDrone show by Cyberabad Police dazzles people in Hitec City
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RJD slams BJP leaders for blaming Bihar govt over bridge collapse
Patna, June 4 (IANS) The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Sunday criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after it blamed the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government for the collapse of a four-lane under-construction bridge on the Ganga river in the state's Bhagalpur district.
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Food processing units in all mandals after elections, promises KCR
Hyderabad, June 4 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday promised that food processing units will be established in every mandal in the state after the elections.
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After Kharge's accountability demand, Rahul demands Rail Min quit over Balasore tragedy (Ld)
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) Hours after Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led Central government over the triple train accident in Odisha's Balasore, demanding fixing "accountability from top to bottom", senior party leader Rahul Gandhi demanded resignation of Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.
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Nitish orders probe after under-construction bridge on Ganga collapses again
Patna, June 4 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday ordered a probe after a large portion of an under-construction four-lane bridge on the Ganga river collapsed -- the second such instance after the same structure suffered a collapse earlier due to a storm last year, an official said.
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PM Modi condoles death of veteran actor Sulochana
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) Prime minister Narendra Modi condoled the death of veteran Hindi and Marathi film actor Sulochana who passed away on Sunday.
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Odisha train tragedy: 'Govt's negligence exposed', says AAP
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday demanded the resignation of Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, holding him responsible for the June 2 Odisha train tragedy in which over 270 people were killed.
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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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Balasore train accident: Updated death toll from Bengal 62, says Mamata
Kolkata, June 4 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday put the updated death figure of persons from the state following the terrible train accident at Bahanaga railway station in Odisha's Balasore districtAon Friday evening at 62.
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Himachal inherits Rs 75K cr debt, focuses on resource mobilisation: CM
Shimla, June 4 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Sunday said despite inheriting a whopping debt of Rs 75,000 crore from the previous BJP government and facing financial restrictions on restoring the old pension scheme, the state government is actively focused on resource mobilisation.
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Manipur: Amit Shah appeals for lifting NH blockades, Cong MLA's house burnt
Imphal, June 4 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who was on a four-day visit to ethnic violence hit Manipur last week, on Sunday appealed to the people of the state to lift the blockades from National Highway-2 so that essential items, transport fuel and medicines can be ferried to the state without any troubles.
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Alliance with TDP mere speculation, says Telangana BJP chief
Hyderabad, June 4 (IANS) Telangana unit BJP president Bandi Sanjay has dismissed as mere speculation some media reports that BJP will have an alliance with the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in Telangana for the coming Assembly elections.
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Jaishankar thanks Blinken for expressing support on Odisha train tragedy
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Sunday thanked US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken for expressing support and sympathy on the Odisha train tragedy.
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Jaishankar in Namibia on 3-day visit
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Sunday arrived in Windhoek, the capital city of Namibia, on a three-day visit.
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De-classify 'Operation Bluestar' documents: AAP MP Sahney
Chandigarh, June 4 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP from Punjab Vikramjit Singh Sahney on Sunday demanded that all government documents pertaining to 'Operation Bluestar' be de-classified.
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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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'Unpreventable accident': Railways plays down absence of 'Kavach' System on accident route
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) Indian Railways on Sunday said that indigenously-developed automatic train protection system "Kavach," which was not installed on the route where the accident in Odisha's Balasore occurred on Friday evening, could not have prevented it.
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Priyanka demands resignation of Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) As the Congress on Sunday sharpened its attack on the BJP over the Odisha train tragedy, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said that accountability should be fixed and Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw must resign.
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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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'Modi govt's incompetence, only high decibel PR', says Cong, seeks Minister's resignation
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) The Congress on Sunday demanded the resignation of Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and said the Odisha train tragedy was "man-made" devastation caused by "utter negligence, serious lapses in the system, incompetence, a narcissistic sense of 'know it all' attitude by the Modi government clubbed with high decibel PR that has "exposed the hollowness at every level of railway governance".
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Why law panel believes colonial provision used to jail the Mahatma must stay
By Sumit Saxena
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) The Law Commission of India has recommended that the 153-year-old colonial law on sedition -- which was used by the colonial government against leaders of the stature of Lokmanya Tilak and Mahatma Gandhi -- be retained.
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Mehbooba Mufti gets passport after 3 years
Srinagar, June 4 (IANS) Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and president of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti was issued a passport after three years.
