Thu, 30 Mar 2017 14:49:42
Five workers died on Thursday after allegedly inhaling poisonous gas in an aqua food processing unit at Mogalturu town in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, police said. According to a senior police official in Eluru, the five persons, aged between 21 and 25, were cleaning a tank filled with chemicals, used for shrimp processing, when they inhaled the gas, and died. The poisonous gas was su
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Thu, 30 Mar 2017 14:48:43
At least two persons were charred to death in a fire at a hotel in southern Kolkata on Thursday, police said. Anup Agarwal and Jugalkishore Gupta, guests at the hotel, were rushed to a hospital after suffering serious injuries in the fire but could not be saved.
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Wed, 29 Mar 2017 19:56:56
The government today faced a major embarrassment in the Rajya Sabha as five amendments moved by the opposition to the Finance Bill 2017 were adopted before the House approved the measure. Of the five opposition amendments, three were moved by the Congress member Digvijaya Singh and two by Sitaram Yechury of CPI(M).
The amendments were adopted with a significant margin, with the difference of vo
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Wed, 29 Mar 2017 19:54:33
In a resolute reply to rumours about his name being proposed for President, Rashtriya Sawayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday said he won't accept the post even if he is offered.
"Whatever is going on in the media won't happen. I work in the Sangh. I don't want to go there. I won't accept it even if I get the offer," Bhagwat said.
His clarification comes days after the Shiv
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Wed, 29 Mar 2017 19:47:51
With four successful seasons completed in a span of just two years and the sport's ever increasing popularity, Pro Kabaddi League is now set to expand to up to four new geographies.
With the addition of these new teams, Pro Kabaddi is gearing up to surpass other Indian sports leagues in terms of geographic representation (teams from 12 states), number of matches (130+ matches), and duration of
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Wed, 29 Mar 2017 19:46:10
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has imposed a year-long ban and a fine of one million dollar on left-arm pacer Mohammad Irfan for violating its anti-corruption code during the second edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL).
Irfan's central contract has also been suspended by the PCB. As a result, he would be offered no more contracts during the first six month of the ban.
However, the toweri
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Wed, 29 Mar 2017 19:43:29
Supreme Court today banned the sale and registration of vehicles which are not compliant with BS-IV emission norms from April 1 across the country.
The apex court observed that the "health of the people is far far more important than the commercial interest of automobile manufacturers".
A bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta prohibited registration of any vehicles which do not me
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Wed, 29 Mar 2017 19:38:42
India lost a whopping Rs 12 lakh crore due to years of delay in implementation of the GST due to the stiff opposition by the BJP when the UPA government was in power, the Opposition said today. Initiating a discussion on the four GST bills in the Lok Sabha, Congress leader Veerappa Moily said what the NDA government has brought about in the name of a "revolutionary tax reform is not a game change
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Wed, 29 Mar 2017 19:36:06
Around Rs 8,000 crore in junked Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes is piled up with 371 district central cooperative banks after RBI barred Currency Chest Banks, veteran NCP leader Sharad Pawar said today. Making a zero hour submission in the Rajya Sabha, Pawar made a passionate plea to the government for allowing the old currency lying with district central cooperative banks (DCCBs) to be deposited with
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