Noted satirist KP Saxena admitted to hospital, serious

LUCKNOW: Hindi satirist and Padam Shri awardee K P Saxena has been admitted to a hospital in serious condition in Lucknow.Saxena (81), who was suffering from cancer in the tongue and had been operated upon recently, was having difficulty in breathing...

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CBI books UBI deputy general manager, 5 others in fraud case

NEW DELHI: CBI has booked three former senior officials of Union Bank of India (UBI) and as many directors of a Nagpur-based private company for allegedly causing a loss of over Rs four crore to the bank, the agency officials said on Friday.The agency...

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Delhi gang rape: Defence lawyer collapses in midst of arguments

NEW DELHI: Proceedings in the December 16 gang rape trial before a fast track court here were interrupted on Friday when the lawyer for two of the accused in the case collapsed in the courtroom.Advocate A P Singh, appearing for accused Vinay Kumar and...

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Bomb blast in Kolkata creates panic, no casualty reported

KOLKATA: A 'box bomb' on Friday exploded in the busy Chandni Chowk area in Central Kolkata creating panic in the locality during peak office hours.Police, however, said there was no casualty. They said that a box, which was lying near the crossing of...

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Tourism ministry to create 2.5 crore additional employment in 12th plan

MUMBAI: Ministry of tourism has targeted to create additional employment of about 2.5 crore in the tourism sector during the 12th five-year plan. The additional employment that would be created would be both direct as well as indirect employment. India...

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5.1 magnitude quake in affects 52,000 in China’s Yunnan and Sichuan provinces

BEIJING: Over 52,000 people have been affected by the 5.1-magnitude earthquake which hit the border of southwest China's Yunnan and Sichuan provinces, local authorities said on Thursday.Some 126 aftershocks have been recorded, the largest measuring 4.4...

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Vadodara building collapse: Contractor, VUDA officials booked for culpable homicide

VADODARA: A day after eleven people were killed in the collapse of two buildings here, police today sought to attribute the cause to inferior quality of material used in construction and filed an FIR against contractor and officials of Vadodara Urban...

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Action director Tinu Verma arrested for attacking stepbrother

MUMBAI: Bollywood action director Tinu Verma was on Thursday arrested for allegedly attacking his stepbrother over a property dispute, police said."Tinu Verma was arrested at about 3.00am today from his hideout in the city," S D Dafle, senior inspector...

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Visakhapatnam HPCL fire: Four more dead, toll rises to 18

VISAKHAPATNAM: The death toll in Friday's fire at the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd's refinery complex here rose to 18 with four more workers succumbing to their injuries on Thursday.Executive Director of HPCL's Vizag refinery VVR Narasimham said...

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Earthquake of mild intensity rocks parts of Himachal Pradesh

SHIMLA: An earthquake of mild intensity on Thursday rocked several parts of Himachal Pradesh.The tremors, which were felt at 3.43pm, lasted few seconds, the India Meteorological Department officials said.The epicentre of the quake, which measured 4.7...

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Strong response needed to LoC firing, Chinese incursions: Ex-Army chief VK Singh

MUMBAI: The five accused arrested in connection with the gang rape of 23-year-old photojournalist were on Wednesday taken to Shakti Mills compound here to reconstruct the sequence of events that led to the crime.All the five accused were brought to the...

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Strong response needed to LoC firing, Chinese incursions: Ex-Army chief VK Singh

MUMBAI: The five accused arrested in connection with the gang rape of 23-year-old photojournalist were on Wednesday taken to Shakti Mills compound here to reconstruct the sequence of events that led to the crime.All the five accused were brought to the...

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Fresh rains in Uttarakhand, many key routes remain blocked

DEHRADUN: Light to moderate rains occurred at some places in Uttarakhand on Wednesday, where many key roads continued to be blocked due to recurring incidents of landslides.The Badrinath highway was again blocked at Patalganga and Maithana following...

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Forest officer in Tamil Nadu loses 30-year battle over date of birth

CHENNAI: A forest range officer lost his 30-year battle over his date of birth, when the Madras high court refused to order the authorities to alter his year of birth from 1952 to 1956, and consequently to reinstate him in service.R Mohanasundaram, who...

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Prasar Bharti declines to provide info on Pak sought under RTI

LUCKNOW: Why should people be deprived of information related to Pakistan, or about leaders who went to Pakistan prior to Independence? It's one of the most important period of Indian history and information relating to that period should be disclosed...

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Bill to negate Supreme Court verdict gets Rajya Sabha nod

NEW DELHI: Contending that there was a need to check growing "criminalisation" in politics, Rajya Sabha on Tuesday "unanimously passed" a bill negating a Supreme Court verdict to allow people in jail to contest polls.Representation of the People (Amendment...

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Onam special trains announced to clear passenger rush

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Southern Railway authorities have decided to run special trains to clear extra rush of passengers during Onam festival. Advance reservation for the special trains will commence from Wednesday.The Ernakulam-Chennai Central-Ernakulam...

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J&K National Panthers Party to take out communal harmony yatra in J&K

JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) will take out a week-long yatra, aimed at spreading the message of communal harmony, from Jammu to Kishtwar, starting on August 29."Communal harmony (Bhaichara) yatra shall be taken out by JKNPP...

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Over 40 Auschwitz guards to face German justice: Newspaper report

German investigators into Nazi war crimes will send the files of more than 40 former Auschwitz death camp personnel to state prosecutors from next month, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.Most of the suspects are aged in their 90s and they live in all...

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Malala Yousafzai awarded 2013 International Children's Peace Prize

AMSTERDAM: Teenage activist MalalaYousafzai, shot in the head by a Taliban militant last October after campaigning for girls' right to education, has won the prestigious International Children's Peace Prize, KidsRights announced on Tuesday.The Pakistani...

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VHP yatra: Allahabad HC orders release of Ashok Singhal, Praveen Togadia

LUCKNOW: Even as Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) activists staged demonstrations across the state to protest Uttar Pradesh government's crackdown on the 84-kosi yatra , the Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court has directed the state government to release...

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Two TDP MPs suspended from Rajya Sabha for a day

NEW DELHI: Cracking the whip, RajyaSabha deputy chairman PJKurien on Monday suspended two TDP members from Andhra Pradesh for a day for continuously disrupting the House by protesting against the decision to form Telangana.CM Ramesh and YR Chowdhary...

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​Mobilize all resources to provide succour to Uttarakhand: President

DEHRADUN: All possible resources should be mobilized for rebuilding the lives and hopes of the people of Uttarakhand which saw large-scale devastation by heavy rain and floods, President PranabMukherjee said on Monday.While expressing solidarity with...

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Actress-turned politician Ramya, DK Suresh take oath in Lok Sabha

NEW DELHI: Two newly elected Congress members from Karnataka - actress-turned politician Ramya and D K Suresh - took oath in the Lok Sabha on Monday.The new members took oath in Kannada language soon after the House met for the day.In the recently held...

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Muslim forum condemns Samajwadi Party for banning 84-Kosi yatra

LUCKNOW: The Forum for Muslim Studies and Analysis (FMSA) in Aligarh has condemned the SP government's move to ban the 84-KosiParikramaYatra.According to the forum, Samajwadi Party (SP) supremoMulayam Singh Yadav has dented the communal harmony of the...

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