Inspection of Rajdhani Express rake reveals unhygienic practices

KOLKATA: Felt squeamish after watching the Rajdhani Express waiter place trays of food on the floor near the toilets before serving them to passengers? He may not have had any other option. In all probability, the pull-out trays above the pantry heaters...

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PM launches unique web platform to get citizens' ideas for governance

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched a web platform - MyGov - which will allow common man and experts from different fields to reach out to the government with their ideas a nd suggestions. The web platform - www.mygov.nic.in-...

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Telangana bus-train collision: 7 children still in critical condition

HYDERABAD: The condition of seven of the students who were injured in the fatal bus-train collision at an unmanned railway crossing in Telangana's Medak district on Thursday continued to remain critical, doctors said today."Four children are still in...

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UP government reshuffles 9 IAS officers, including two district magistrates

LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh government today shifted nine IAS officers, including two district magistrates.DM of Bahraich N K Singh has been put on the wait list and administrator, Sharda Canal Project, Satyendra Singh has been posted in his place, a...

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Suspended Goa Youth Congress president alleges 'harassment'

PANAJI: Valanka Alemao, who was on Friday suspended as the chief of Goa Youth Congress, on Saturday alleged that she was "tortured and harassed" by the party officials who wanted her to resign.State Congress chief John Fernandes refuted the allegations,...

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Australia to send troops to MH17 crash site in Ukraine: Tony Abbott

SYDNEY: Australian troops plan to join a police contingent in helping secure the Flight MH17 crash site in Ukraine, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Friday, while stressing that the mission would be humanitarian in nature.Abbott has been highly critical...

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RBI fines 12 banks Rs 1.5 crore for Deccan Chronicle default

MUMBAI: Reserve Bank of India has fined 12 banks Rs 1.5 crore ​​for not following proper guidelines in advancing loans to the Deccan Chronicle group which has defaulted to the extent of Rs ​4000 crore. ​The Reserve Bank had carried out a scrutiny of...

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Court adjourns hearing in 2002 hit-and-run case involving actor Salman Khan

MUMBAI: A sessions court on Friday adjourned the hearing in the 2002 hit-and-run case involving actor Salman Khan to August 21.During the previous hearing earlier this month, the police had told the court that they could not trace the original documents...

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52 priests defrocked by Catholic Church in England and Wales for sexual abuse since 2001

LONDON: As many as 52 priests have been defrocked by the Catholic Church in England and Wales for sexual abuse since 2001.Data made public on Friday by the National Catholic Safeguarding Commission (NCSC) has shown that 465 sexual assault claims were...

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Teachers recruitment scam: High court extends bail of Chautalas

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Friday extended the interim bail till August 1 of former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala and his MLA-son Ajay Chautala, sentenced to ten years in prison in a teachers recruitment case.A bench of Justice Siddharth...

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Elusive killer leopard caught after three months in Tamil Nadu

ERODE: Forest officials on Thursday trapped a leopard that killed a truck driver and a forest guard on the Dhimbam ghat road in Erode district recently.Forest department personnel had been combing the Thalamalai forest range, especially a 5km radius...

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Delhi road accident victim's family gets Rs 46.4 lakh compensation

NEW DELHI: The family members of a 40-year- old man, who died in a road accident involving a negligently driven motorcycle, have been awarded a compensation of over Rs 46 lakh by a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) here.The tribunal directed New...

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Kurdish politician Fouad Massoum elected Iraq's president

BAGHDAD: Kurdish politician FouadMassoum has been named the new president of Iraq following a parliamentary vote.Massoum, 76, is one of the founders of current President Jalal Talabani's Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party. He is considered a soft-spoken...

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Train-bus collision in Telangana: Railways announce ex-gratia for accident victims

NEW DELHI: Railway ministry on Thursday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each to the next of kin of school children and others who died in the train-bus collision in Telangana.Making a statement in both Houses of Parliament, railway minister Sadananda...

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Over 25,000 people in 42 villages affected in floods in Assam

GUWAHATI: Over 25,000 people have been affected in 42 villages across Assam in second round of floods this year.According to an official release by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), flood water has affected Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Sonitpur...

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7 students injured after minitruck hits school bus in Mumbai

NAVI MUMBAI: Seven students from Podar International school in Nerul suffered minor injuries when their school bus was side-swiped by a mini-truck on Wednesday morning on Palm Beach Road.Two students, a boy and a girl, were treated for minor injuries...

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One killed, three injured in bomb blast in Goalpara district of Assam

GOALPARA: One person was killed and three others were injured in a bomb blast triggered by suspected militants in front of Krishani police station in Goalpara district on Wednesday.The bomb, which exploded at about 8.10am, was kept in a cycle, police...

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Jayalalithaa urges Modi to ensure release of Indian fishermen from Sri Lankan custody

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday condemned the "deliberate strategy of the Sri Lankan government to destroy the primary means of livelihood of Indian fishermen" by impounding their fishing boats.In a letter to Prime Minister...

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Lithuania to adopt euro as its currency from next year

VILNIUS: It's now official - Lithuania will adopt the euro as its currency from January 1, 2015.The European Council on Wednesday adopted a decision allowing Lithuania to adopt the euro as its currency.The decision enlarges the euro area to 19 member...

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MH17 victims' bodies arrive in Netherlands

EINDHOVEN: Two military transport planes carrying 40 coffins bearing victims of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 landed Wednesday in the southern city of Eindhoven, and pro-Russian rebels shot down two Ukrainian fighter jets in the east as...

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Govt launches scheme to minimise wastage of fruits, vegetables

NEW DELHI: Government has launched a scheme for technology upgradation and establishment and modernization of food processing industries across the country to minimise wastage of perishable fruits and vegetables.Food processing industries minister Harsimrat...

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BJP clinches Junagadh civic body from Congress in Modi's Gujarat

JUNAGADH: In a setback to Congress, ruling BJP in Gujarat here on Tuesday snatched the Junagadh Municipal Corporation (JMC) from the opposition party in the civic body election by winning 41 out of 60 seats.JMC was the only municipal corporation ruled...

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Bihar govt sacks 1,137 teachers over fake degree, invalid documents

PATNA: Bihar government on Tuesday said that the services of 1,137 fixed pay teachers in schools have been terminated as they had acquired the job on the basis of fake and invalid documents and initiated action against those responsible for their appointment.This...

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Government launches scheme to minimize wastage of fruits, vegetables

NEW DELHI: Government has launched a scheme for technology upgradation and establishment and modernisation of food processing industries across the country to minimize wastage of perishable fruits and vegetables.Food processing industries minister Harsimrat...

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Britain announces public inquiry into death of Russian dissident spy Alexander Litvinenko

LONDON: In order to further choke Russian president Vladimir Putin, Britain has announced a public inquiry into the death of Russian dissident spy Alexander Litvinenko to see whether the Russian state was behind his murder.Theresa May, the home secretary...

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Child rape; stir continues, ABVP workers clash with police

BANGALORE: Protests over alleged rape of a six-year old girl turned violent on Monday as ABVP activists clashed with police in front of the public school, where the incident happened, leading to a lathicharge.After heated arguments, ABVP activists who...

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Oral cancer claims one life every six hours in India

KOLKATA: One person dies every six hours due to oral cancer in the country, signalling an alarming rise in the incidence of the disease, according to a top orthodontist.The situation could be still graver as many cases of the disease went unreported,...

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Kejriwal meets Delhi LG, says delay in dissolving assembly encouraging horse trading

NEW DELHI: Twenty-seven Aam Aadmi Party MLAs led by Arvind Kejriwal on Monday met lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung and told him that delay in dissolving the Delhi assembly was "encouraging horse trading"."We met the lieutenant governor and explained to...

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Mobile networks in naxal-affected areas in 15 months, government says

NEW DELHI: Mobile networks, under the Universal Service Obligation Fund scheme, in naxal-affected areas are likely to be set up in 15 months, the government said on Monday.Communications and information technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad informed...

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Child rape: Stir continues, ABVP workers clash with police in Bangalore

BANGALORE: Protests over alleged rape of a six-year old girl turned violent on Monday as ABVP activists clashed with police in front of the public school, where the incident happened, leading to a lathicharge.After heated arguments, ABVP activists who...

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Turkish PM Erdogan says Israel 'surpasses Hitler in barbarism'

ANKARA: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan accused Israel on Saturday of having "surpassed Hitler in barbarism" through its attacks on Gaza, but warned Turks against taking out their anger on the country's Jewish community.Erdogan continued to ratchet...

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Saradha scam: Police officials of West Bengal under CBI scanner

NEW DELHI: Some officers of West Bengal Police are under the scanner of CBI for alleged destruction of crucial documents related to Saradha scam having evidential value.CBI sources said despite repeated requests they have not received complete set of...

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Dhandapani, veteran Tamil actor, passes away at 71

CHENNAI: Actor Dhandapani, who shot to fame with his villainous role in 2004 Tamil film 'Kaadhal', died here on Sunday of cardiac arrest.71-year-old Dhandapani complained of uneasiness and was taken to a private hospital here where he breathed his last,...

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JD(U), RJD to contest Bihar assembly by elections together

PATNA: Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) will contest by elections to 10 assembly seats in Bihar together, it was announced on Sunday.Ending days of speculation, JD(U) state president Vashsisht Narain Singh made...

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NCP to contest Maharashtra polls in alliance with Congress

NASHIK: Maharashtra state unit Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sunil Tatkare said here today that the NCP would contest upcoming the state assembly elections with the Congress party."We have asked the Congress to hold a co-ordination committee...

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