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August 6, 2015 8:09 PM

Udhampur attack: Pak says terrorist not its national, asks India to give proof

Pakistan has denied that the terrorist caught alive after the ambush on a BSF convoy in Udhampur yesterday was a Pakistani national. Reacting to statements from India on the Pakistani origins of Mohammed Naved Yakub, Foreign Office Spokes person Syed Qazi Khalilullah said the Indian claim was basele...

August 6, 2015 7:48 PM

Railways say Harda train accident due to erosion of soil below tracks

Railway Ministry today said that the Harda Railway accident was caused due to erosion of soil from below the tracks after exceptionally heavy rainfall. Talking to media this evening, Member Engineering in the Railway Board, V K Gupta termed it as the freakiest of freak accidents by railway standards...

August 6, 2015 7:46 PM

Bribery case: Ex Goa minister Alemao remanded to 4-day police custody

Arrested Former Goa Public Work Minister Churchill Alemao has been today remanded to 4 day Police Custody by the District and Session Court North Goa. Mr. Alemao was arrested by the Crime Branch of the Goa police last night in connection with Louis Berger bribery scam. Mr. Alemao has moved bail appl...

August 6, 2015 7:19 PM

Nearly 1.5 lakh people die every year in road accidents: Govt tells LS

Nearly 1.5 lakh people are killed every year in road accidents in the country. Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Pon Radhakrishnan told Lok Sabha today, more than five lakh accidents being witnessed on an average each year. He said, about 78 per cent of the accidents occur due to the...

August 6, 2015 6:12 PM

Railways say Harda train accident due to erosion of soil below tracks

Railway Ministry today said that the Harda Railway accident was caused due to erosion of soil from below the tracks after exceptionally heavy rainfall. Talking to media this evening, Member Engineering in the Railway Board, V K Gupta termed it as the freakiest of freak accidents by railway standards...

August 6, 2015 5:59 PM

PM to launch first National Handloom Day in Chennai tomorrow

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the first National Handloom Day in Chennai tomorrow. On the occasion, Prime Minister will confer the Sant Kabir awards and National awards for the years 2012, 2013 and 2014 to distinguished handloom personalities. <br/><br/>An official release sai...

August 6, 2015 5:57 PM

NDA MPs write to Hamid Ansari on disruption by Congress in RS

As many as 30 NDA MPs have written to Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari demanding action against the members who are disrupting the proceedings of the House. They alleged that the Congress MPs are disrupting the Rajya Sabha for over two weeks in this session despite the warnings by the chair. <br...

August 6, 2015 5:53 PM

Pendency of cases in Supreme Court come down: Sadananda Gowda

Government has informed that the pendency of cases in Supreme Court has come down from 62,791 to around 61 thousand matters as on 29th of last month. Union Minister of Ministry of Law and Justice D. V. Sadananda Gowda said in a written reply in Lok Sabha today. He said, there is no proposal at prese...

August 6, 2015 5:38 PM

President on 2-day visit to Odisha beginning tomorrow

President Pranab Mukherjee will be on a two day visit to Odisha beginning from tomorrow. On the first day, Mr. Mukherjee will inaugurate the golden jubilee celebrations of Rameswar High School at Rameswar village of Khurda district. On Saturday, the President will attend the convocation of National ...

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