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September 4, 2015 12:57 PM

Coal scam: Ex-Coal Secretary HC Gupta, 4 others get bail

Former Coal Secretary H C Gupta and four others, including a senior public servant, were today granted bail in a coal block allocation scam case by a Special Court in New Delhi. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar granted relief to Gupta, serving public servant K S Kropha, who was a former Joint Direc...

September 4, 2015 12:57 PM

Pakistani troops violate ceasefire twice along LoC

In Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire twice overnight by resorting to small arms firing and mortar shelling along the Indo-Pak border in Jammu and along the LoC in Poonch districts.<br/><br/>According to Defence sources, Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked fir...

September 4, 2015 12:57 PM

President teaching students to mark Teacher&apos;s Day

President Pranab Mukherjee is now teaching students to mark the Teacher&apos;s Day.<br/><br/>Mr Mukherjee is holding a joint class of the students of 11th and 12th standards of Dr Rajendra Prasad Sarvodhya Vidhalaya school located in the President Estate.<br/><br/>It is for t...

September 4, 2015 12:10 PM

Chennai-Mangalore Express derails in Tamil Nadu, 39 passengers injured

In Tamil Nadu, preliminary inquiry by railway officials is being done on the derailment of Chennai-Mangalore Express near Vridhachalam Poovanur early today. <br/>More than 39 persons were injured when five compartments of the train derailed.<br/>AIR correspondent reports, most of the pas...

September 4, 2015 11:32 AM

Centre cancels FCRA registration of NGO Greenpeace

Government has cancelled the registration of Greenpeace India under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA).<br/><br/>The move will make the NGO ineligible to receive funds from abroad that could force it to close down operations.<br/><br/>In an affidavit submitted to ...

September 4, 2015 9:22 AM

21 people died during Haj pilgrimage this year: External Affairs Ministry

External Affairs Ministry has informed that 21 people were died during Haj pilgrimage this year.<br/><br/>An official press release said, out of 21, twenty deaths were due to natural causes and one person died in road accident.<br/><br/>It said, 19 of the deaths have occurred...

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