Thu, 09 Nov 2017 20:22:24
A fire broke out in an empty monorail train this morning in the city leading to halting of services but there were no casualties, officials said.
Service will resume after all trains undergo checks and the tracks and other equipment are declared safe, they said.
The empty mono was going from Wadala depot to Chembur station before the start of service when it caught fire and two coaches were
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Thu, 09 Nov 2017 20:18:42
The odd-even car rationing scheme will be rolled out in Delhi for five days from November 13 as part of a graded response plan to tackle the alarming level of pollution in the city, the state government announced today.
The scheme will be in place from 8 am to 8 pm and there will be exemption for women drivers, two-wheelers and vehicles carrying children in school uniforms, besides VVIPs, Delhi
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Thu, 09 Nov 2017 20:14:02
Nobelist Muhammad Yunus, the pioneer of microfinance, stresses on the need to hold clean elections saying this will lay the foundation of good governance and help fight corruption.
In an interview to PTI, he spoke on a range of issues including ways to minimise government corruption, his idea of capitalism, his baby Grameen Bank and his new book “A World of Three Zeros: The New Economics of Zer
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Thu, 09 Nov 2017 20:08:09
Voting closed today in the hill state of Himachal Pradesh, where the BJP is seeking to dislodge the Virbhadra Singh-led Congress government on the issue of corruption while deflecting attacks by rivals on demonetisation and GST.
Sixty sitting MLAs were among the 337 candidates fighting for a seat in the 68-member legislative assembly of Himachal Pradesh, one of few states under Congress rule.
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Thu, 09 Nov 2017 19:59:16
Congress gave three options to the Hardik Patel-led Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) at a late night meeting at Ahmedabad with respect to latter's quota demand for its community, even as the organisation members said they would consult their leaders and legal experts before taking a decision.
The options were conveyed to the PAAS members by senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal at the meeting
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Thu, 09 Nov 2017 19:52:01
Income Tax (I-T) department is conducting raids at All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) Karnataka in-charge V Pugazhendi’s residence at Damlur locality of Bangalore.
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Thu, 09 Nov 2017 19:48:37
The city has come under a thick security blanket ahead of the Tipu Jayanti celebrations organised across the state by the government tomorrow to mark the birth anniversary of the 18th century ruler of the Mysore Kingdom.
A large number of policemen have been deployed in the sensitive places.
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Thu, 09 Nov 2017 19:34:15
A speeding bus carrying over 100 passengers fell into a ravine killing at least 27 people and injuring 69 others in Pakistan's Punjab province, police said today.
The overloaded bus was going from Kohat to Raiwind when the accident took place in Kallar Kahar town last night.
"The passengers were going to Raiwind to attend an annual religious congregation," said Muhammad Afzal, the Station Ho
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Thu, 09 Nov 2017 19:31:30
A number of connectivity projects, including a new passenger train service between Kolkata and Bangladesh's southwestern industrial city of Khulna, were today launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina that will help reduce the travel time by three hours.
These projects also include the second Bhairab and Titas railway bridges built at the cost of U
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