Explosion in cracker factory in Lucknow, 3 dead

LUCKNOW: Four persons were on Saturday killed and at least 10 injured in an explosion in a cracker factory in Mohanlalgang area of the district.Four deaths have been confirmed so far in the explosion that occurred in Sisendi here, a senior police officer...

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Four killed in cracker factory explosion in Lucknow

LUCKNOW: Four persons were on Saturday killed and at least 10 injured in an explosion in a cracker factory in Mohanlalgang area of the district.Four deaths have been confirmed so far in the explosion that occurred in Sisendi here, a senior police officer...

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Notification issued for October 15 Maharashtra assembly election

MUMBAI: The process for the October 15 election to the 288-member Maharashtra assembly began on Saturday with authorities issuing the poll notification.The bypoll for the parliamentary seat of Beed, vacated following the death of BJP leader Gopinath...

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BJP MP Rama Devi's car hit by truck in Bihar

MUZAFFARPUR: BJP MP from Sheohar Rama Devi escaped unhurt when a truck hit her car in Chandni Chowk area here, police said on Saturday.The MP claimed that on Friday night a truck which was standing near Chandni Chowk came menacingly towards her car as...

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Kurdish fighters head to Syria from Turkey to fight militants

BEIRUT: Activists say hundreds of Kurdish fighters are crossing into Syria from Turkey to defend a Kurdish area under attack by Islamic State militants.The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and local Kurdish official Nawaf Khalil said...

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France conducts first airstrike in Iraq, destroys logistics depot held by IS

PARIS: France says it has conducted its first airstrike in Iraq and has destroyed a logistics depot held by the Islamic State group.The office of President Francois Hollande's office said Rafale fighter jets struck the depot in northeastern Iraq on Friday...

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SC directs Centre to submit IT report of meat exporter Moin Qureshi by October 17

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Union government to submit the income tax appraisal report on meat exporter Moin Qureshi by October 17.Moin Qureshi had allegedly met CBI director Ranjit Sinha 90 times in last 15 months.The SC also directed...

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HPCC chief asks BJP to remove Harsimrat Kaur Badal from Cabinet

CHANDIGARH: HPCC chief Ashok Tanwar on Friday accused the BJP as well as Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) headed by the Badals, of adopting double standards to befool the people of Haryana.Tanwar asked Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal to release the...

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More than 4,000 families to be given toilet cards by Surat civic body

SURAT: Standing committee of Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has decided to issue toilet cards to more than 4,000 Families that are without toilet facility in their homes. With these cards, members of those families would get free toilet facility in...

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Jet Airways to launch new Mumbai-Dubai flight next month

The airline will deploy its next generation Boeing 737-800 aircraft, offering premiere and economy class seats on the busy sector. The author has posted comments on this articlePTI | Sep 19, 2014, 07.06PM IST MUMBAI: Jet Airways will...

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Libya's Zawiya refinery, El Sharara oil field shut: Report

TRIPOLI: Libya's 120,000 barrels-a-day Zawiya refinery has been shut down due to damaged storage, an oil ministry official said on Thursday.The El Sharara field feeding the refinery also remained closed said Ibrahim al-Awami, head of the inspection and...

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Iranian President Rouhani terms US led anti-ISIS coalition 'ridiculous'

WASHINGTON: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has decried the US-led international coalition against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq (ISIS) describing this as "ridiculous," move and alleged that some of the 40-member of this group had previously supplied...

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Poor voter turnout in Coimbatore mayoral elections

COIMBATORE: Poor voter turnout was witnessed in most of the polling booths in Coimbatore, where a mayoral election is being held on Thursday. Only 10.35% of votes were cast in the first three hours of polling.Only 1,33,657 of the 12,90,652 voters in...

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First French Ebola victim to be flown home from Liberia

PARIS: The first French Ebola patient was set to be flown home on Thursday, as the World Bank warned the spiralling epidemic is threatening economic catastrophe in west Africa. Doctors Without Borders, known by its French acronym MSF, said a female...

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Navy chopper crashes near Mumbai while landing, no casualty

MUMBAI: Two pilots and two crew members had a narrow escape when an Indian Navy helicopter crashed while landing at a heliport in Maharashtra on Thursday, officials said.The accident took place in Raigad district's Uran village."The incident occurred...

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UN 'taking lead' on global fight on Ebola: Ban Ki-moon

UNITED NATIONS: The head of the United Nations said Tuesday that the world body is —taking the lead now" on international efforts to fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa that has killed some 2,400 people and could spread further.Secretary general...

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69th session of UN general assembly begins

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations general assembly (UNGA) started its 69th session at the UN Headquarters in New York on Tuesday.Sam Kahamba Kutesa, Uganda's foreign minister who was elected president of the 69th UNGA session June 11, said in his opening...

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Fijians go to polls after 8 years of military rule

WELLINGTON (New Zealand): Thousands of Fijians got their first chance to vote in eight years Wednesday in an election that promises to finally restore democracy to the South Pacific nation of 900,000.Yet as polls opened Wednesday morning, plenty of questions...

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South Korea arrests American trying to swim to North Korea: Report

SEOUL: South Korean marines arrested an American man late on Tuesday who had been swimming in a river that flows towards North Korea and said he had been trying to go to the North to meet its leader, media reported.South Korean marines guarding the Han...

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President Pranab Mukherjee wraps up Vietnam tour, leaves for home

HO CHI MINH CITY: President Pranab Mukherjee today wrapped up his four-day state visit to Vietnam and left for home after inking key pacts and declaring a united Indo-Vietnam stand for free navigation in the disputed waters of South China Sea and adjoining...

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US in first air strike near Baghdad on IS: Officials

WASHINGTON: The United States bombed the Islamic State near Baghdad, the first time the US has targeted the militants close to the Iraqi capital, US officials said Monday.A US defense official told AFP on condition of anonymity that American warplanes...

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Four dead in armed clashes at Bolivia prison

LA PAZ: Rival gangs armed with guns and knives clashed at an overcrowded prison in central Bolivia on Monday leaving four inmates dead and 11 others wounded, officials said.The violence erupted overnight in the El Abra prison outside the city of Cochabamba...

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Domestic building of ships & dredgers to push "Make in India"

NEW DELHI: In an initiative to push the agenda of "Make in India", the government has decided that Cochin Shipyard will invest Rs 1,200 crore for facilities to make liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier ships. Two more such vessels will be made in other...

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Islamic State group issues new curriculum in Iraq

BAGHDAD: The extremist-held Iraqi city of Mosul is set to usher in a new school year. But unlike years past, there will be no art or music.Classes about history, literature and Christianity have been "permanently annulled."The Islamic State group has...

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Quake strikes northeast of Tokyo, no reports of serious damage

TOKYO: An earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 5.6 shook buildings in eastern Japan, including the capital Tokyo, on Tuesday but there were no reports of serious damage.The earthquake was centred in Ibaraki Prefecture, just northeast of Tokyo, Japan's...

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Bombay HC issues contempt notice to Maharashtra chief secretary

MUMBAI: Bombay high court on Monday issued notice for contempt of court to the chief secretary of the Maharashtra government for failing to disburse compensation amount to the next of kin of four men who were killed in the 13/7 blasts.A division bench...

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Senior IAS officer among three booked for violation of PC&PNDT Act in Madhya Pradesh

BHOPAL: A district court in Madhya Pradesh on Monday ordered the registration of a case against three top bureaucrats including state's principal secretary, secretary and former director of health for violation of Pre-Conception and Pre- Natal Diagnostic...

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Vijayawada, Vizag to be developed as smart cities: Venkaiah Naidu

VIJAYAWADA: Union urban development minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday said Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh would be developed as 'smart cities'.He also said that Vijayawada, Guntur and Tenali would be provided metro rail services.Notably,...

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Police have detained 81-year-old Chinese writer Huang Zerong, wife says

BEIJING: A well-known 81-year-old Chinese writer was taken from his Beijing home and detained by police after he wrote several articles critical of a senior politician, his wife said on Monday.Police took away Huang Zerong, better known as Tieliu, on...

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Ananth Kumar takes chartered jet, Amit Shah awaits delayed flight

BHOPAL: Last month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP national president Amit Shah asked Union ministers and party leaders to travel by regular airlines so they can stay connected with the common man. But ministers who visit Madhya Pradesh do not...

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Eminent educationist Kireet Joshi passes away at 83

PUDUCHERRY: Eminent educationist and former education adviser to the government of India, Kireet Joshi, passed away here on Sunday after battling cancer. He was 83.Joshi, who was education adviser to the government of India in 1976, passed away early...

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US embassy in Uganda tells citizens to seek shelter amid anti-terror operation

KAMPALA: The US embassy in Uganda told its citizens to seek safety on Saturday, warning that local authorities had uncovered a "terrorist cell" run by Somali militant group al Shabaab, which they believed was planning an imminent attack.Ugandan police...

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Hurricane Odile intensifies off Mexico's Pacific coast

MEXICO CITY: A rapidly strengthening Hurricane Odile intensified into a strong storm on Saturday night and appeared headed for a possible close brush with the southern end of Mexico's Baja California peninsula.The US National Hurricane Center in Miami...

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Deaths from Nigeria church guesthouse collapse rise to 41, rescuers say

LAGOS: The number of people killed in the collapse of a guesthouse under construction at the Lagos headquarters of one of Nigeria's best-known Christian evangelical pastors rose to 41 on Sunday, rescuers said, as they worked to clear the site."We have...

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Benoy Konar, CPI(M) leader, dies in Kolkata

KOLKATA: Benoy Konar, a front-ranking CPI(M) leader in West Bengal, died at a city nursing home on Sunday after a prolonged illness, party sources said.He was 84. Konar, a leading figure in the militant peasants' movement in the state during 1960s and...

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