Sat, 20 Oct 2018 12:56:22
The gathering of people close to tracks near Amritsar where a train mowed down Dussehra revellers was a “clear case of trespassing” and no permission for the event had been given by the railways, a senior official told PTI.
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Sat, 20 Oct 2018 12:46:02
The 'Sobha Yatra' (procession) marking the culmination of this year's Mangaluru Dasara celebrations began from the Kudroli Gokarnanatheswara temple here Friday evening.
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Sat, 20 Oct 2018 12:42:03
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Friday said the city would soon turn into a "gas chamber" as the central, Punjab and Haryana governments were doing "absolutely nothing" for the farmers burning paddy straw.
The national capital's air quality has deteriorated over the last week.
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Sat, 20 Oct 2018 12:36:40
The world's longest sea bridge Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge will be thrown open for traffic on October 24, the authorities said Saturday.
The 55-kilometer-long bridge, situated in the Lingdingyang waters of the Pearl River Estuary, will be the world's longest sea bridge, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
The construction of the multibillion-dollar bridge had begun in December 2009.
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Sat, 20 Oct 2018 12:28:40
India’s Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth stormed into the semifinals of the Denmark Open with hard-fought victories over Nozomi Okuhara and Sameer Verma respectively.
Saina, ranked 10th, recovered after the losing the first game to beat familiar foe and world number seven Okuhura of Japan 17-21, 21-16, 21-12 in the quarterfinal lasting 58 minutes on Friday night.
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Sat, 20 Oct 2018 12:23:55
Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has agreed to give about 300 acres of land for building a new airport in Mysuru, Union Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu said on Friday.
"Met @CMofKarnataka and discussed issues related to aviation. He agreed to give about 300 acres of land for a new airport," tweeted Prabhu after a day-long visit to the city, located about 150 km from Bengaluru.
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Sat, 20 Oct 2018 12:17:44
At least 50 people were killed Friday evening after a crowd of Dussehra revellers that had spilled onto railway tracks while watching burning of Ravana effigy was run over by a train near here, officials said.
The train was coming from Jalandhar to Amritsar when the incident occurred at Joda Phatak.
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Sat, 20 Oct 2018 12:11:36
A priest, who went missing on Tuesday, was found murdered on Friday. His boy was buried in a farmhouse at Kujalli village near Kumta. Property dispute is said to be the reason for the murder. The police arrested two persons in connection with the murder.
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