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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Sat, 30 Sep 2017 12:21:22
Jonny Bairstow top scored with 141 not out as England chased down its target of 289 in 38 overs to win the fifth and final one-day international against West Indies on Friday.
England finished on 294-1 after Joe Root smashed a six off Marlon Samuels to win the series 4-0 with the second ODI a no-result due to rain.
Bairstow, who also got a ton in the first match, hit 17 boundaries in his 114
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Sat, 30 Sep 2017 12:15:04
Authorities at a hospital here have come in for severe criticism for their "insensitivity" after the bodies of Elphinstone Road station stampede victims were marked with numbers on the forehead and their pictures put up for public display.
The KEM hospital claimed the measure was taken to "avoid chaos". The pictures of the victims were put up on a flex board at the hospital to expedite the proc
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