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Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis Wednesday announced financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh each to the next of kin of the passengers who died in a train tragedy in Jalgaon district. At least 12 passengers were killed when they jumped from their train in...

Jalgaon: At least 12 passengers were killed Wednesday evening when they jumped from their train in panic due to a `fire incident', only to be run over by another train on the adjacent tracks in North Maharashtra's Jalgaon district, officials said. Twelve bodies were sent...

Bokaro: Two Maoists, including a woman, were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Jharkhand's Bokaro district Wednesday, police said. A red rebel, who was carrying a bounty of Rs 15 lakh on his head, was also arrested, a senior officer said. The gunfight...

Mahakumbh Nagar (UP): The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Wednesday released before and after satellite images of the tent city here giving an insight into the grandeur of the Maha Kumbh which is drawing crores of people from across the world to take a holy...

Jalgaon: Chaos erupted at Paranda railway station in Maharashtra's Jalgaon district following rumours of a fire on the Pushpak Express. In a desperate bid to save their lives, passengers began jumping off the train, only to be struck by the Karnataka Express travelling on an...

New Delhi/ Imphal: The JD(U) Wednesday sacked its Manipur unit president, Ksh. Biren Singh, in an effort to quell growing speculation about its ties with the BJP. Party's national spokesperson Rajiv Ranjan said Singh's removal was due to indiscipline and asserted that the party would...

Kolkata: The convict in the RG Kar hospital rape and murder case, Sanjay Roy, is likely to work as a gardener initially in Presidency Correctional Home where he is lodged, an official said Wednesday. Roy, a former civic volunteer with the Kolkata Police, would later...

Imphal: The JD(U) state unit in Manipur has withdrawn support to the BJP-led Biren Singh government and the party has informed its decision to Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla. The lone JDU MLA in the state, Md Abdul Nasir, will sit in the Opposition benches, the...

Davos: A new Trade and Economic Participation Agreement with a four-nation European bloc will bring $100 billion worth of investment and create one million jobs in India, Union Minister Jayant Chaudhary said Wednesday. Here to attend the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, the minister told...

Mumbai: A day after Saif Ali Khan was discharged, pictures of the auto-rickshaw driver Bhajan Singh Rana posing with the Hindi film star in the hospital before he left for home started to do the rounds on social media. Rickshaw driver Bhajan Singh Rana was...