Sat, 30 Sep 2017 17:14:11
Congress leader P Chidambaram today criticised the bullet train project, saying it will be a demonetisation-like move "which will kill everything else", and suggested that the money should instead be spent on improving rail safety.
The former finance minister's comments come a day after a stampede on a footbridge connecting Mumbai's suburban railway stations of Parel and Elphinstone claimed 22
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Sat, 30 Sep 2017 17:09:19
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today inaugurated the Pratham-Shyok bridge that will link Leh to Karakoram, providing connectivity on the strategically important Darbuk-Shyok-Daulat Beg Olde axis for military transport.
Addressing the officers and personnel of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), the defence minister, who is on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, said the construction of
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Sat, 30 Sep 2017 16:57:09
The death toll in Mumbai stampede increased to 23 after a person succumbed to injury on Saturday.
Earlier on Friday, 22 people were killed and over 30 injured in stampede on a narrow foot-over-bridge that connects the Elphinstone Road station on the Western Railway to Parel on the Central line.
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Sat, 30 Sep 2017 13:20:30
A PIL has been filed in the Bombay High Court seeking that railway officials be booked for negligence and culpable homicide in connection with the stampede at the Elphinstone Road railway station in which 22 people were killed.
The public interest litigation (PIL) was submitted yesterday to the high court registry by city resident Pradeep Bhalekar.
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Sat, 30 Sep 2017 12:52:39
The government has extended the deadline for sale of pre-GST goods with stickers of revised rates by three months to December 31, Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said today.
The decision came after several companies and retailers body CAIT highlighted that they are still left with huge unsold stocks of pre-GST goods and need more time to clear that.
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Sat, 30 Sep 2017 12:46:05
Chinese envoy to India Luo Zhaohui has said it was time for India and China to turn the old page and start a new chapter, stressing that the countries have made a lot of progress at bilateral level.
Chinese President Xi Jinping met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the BRICS Summit in Xiamen earlier this month, and the two leaders sent a clear message of "reconciliation" and "cooperation", he sai
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Sat, 30 Sep 2017 12:45:58
Effectively combating terrorism was one of the major focus areas during the talks Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah had with Indian leaders as both sides emphasised the need to dismantle terror safe havens in the region.
Abdullah, who arrived here yesterday, held talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj during which a wide-range of issues were d
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Sat, 30 Sep 2017 12:35:03
President Ram Nath Kovind, on Saturday, appointed five new Governors with Banwarilal PurohitBrig. (Dr.) B. D. Mishra (Retd.) taking over as the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh.
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Sat, 30 Sep 2017 12:27:45
Ousted Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharifwill be re-elected as the President of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) during the party's general council meeting at Islamabad Convention Centre on October 3.
The first meeting of the council would be held at the Islamabad Convention Centre on Oct 2 after a meeting of the Central Working Committee (CWC) earlier in the morning to amend the PML-N c
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