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Mirzapur: Four passengers were killed by an approaching train at Chunar Railway Station Wednesday while alighting from the wrong side of the train, according to railway officials. The passengers got off the Chopan Express on the track and were hit by the approaching Netaji Express, Amit...

Purnea: The elder brother of a JD(U) leader, along with his wife and daughter, was discovered dead in their Purnea district residence Wednesday, according to police officials. The bodies were recovered from their house in the European colony under the Kehat Police Station limits Tuesday...

Kolkata: A three-member Election Commission of India team arrived in Kolkata Wednesday to review the progress of the ongoing first phase of the three-stage Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. The members -- Deputy Election Commissioner Gyanesh Bharti, Deputy Secretary Abhinav Agarwal, and Principal Secretary...

Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh): The death toll in the collision of a passenger train with a goods train near Bilaspur railway station in Chhattisgarh has gone up to 11, officials said Wednesday. The incident occurred around 4 pm Tuesday when the MEMU (mainline electric multiple unit) passenger...

Jammu: A gunfight began Wednesday between security forces and terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district, according to official reports. "In an intelligence-based operation, launched in coordination with the Jammu and Kashmir Police early this morning, alert troops of the White Knight Corps established contact with...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has stated that the introduction of the Biometric Attendance System (BAS) in a government office is for the benefit of all stakeholders, and the fact that employees were not consulted before its installation does not render the facility illegal, according...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Tuesday urged the Ministry of External Affairs to take immediate steps for the safe release of a man from the state who has been taken hostage by a group involved in Sudan's ongoing civil war. The state government wrote to the...

New Delhi: Five Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru and Delhi University have figured in Asia's top 100 institutions, according to the QS University Rankings announced Tuesday. IIT-Delhi, IIT-Madras, IIT-Bombay, IIT-Kanpur and IIT-Kharagpur figured in the list of top 100...

Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh): At least eight persons were killed and 14 others injured after a passenger train collided with a goods train from behind near Bilaspur station in Chhattisgarh Tuesday, railway officials said. The incident took place around 4 pm when the MEMU (mainline electric multiple...

Ghatsila: Asserting that the BJP will win the by-election in Jharkhand's Ghatsila seat, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday claimed the results will reflect the people's desire for a change. Addressing a rally at Dampara for BJP candidate Babulal Soren, CM Majhi claimed that...