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SC stays Allahabad HC's order to check rape victim's horoscope for 'Mangal Dosha'

New Delhi: Supreme Court's vacation bench on Saturday stayed the Allahabad High Court's order directing Lucknow University’s astrology department’s head to determine whether an alleged rape victim was a Mangalik after the accused refused to marry her on the same grounds.

LIC to expedite settlement claims of Odisha train accident victims

New Delhi: LIC (Life Insurance Corporation) on Saturday announced its commitment to fast-track the settlement of claims to offer financial support to its policyholders impacted by the devastating train accident in Balasore, Odisha.

Odisha rail mishap: Govt announces Rs 10 lakh ex-gratia to the deceased, Rs 2 lakh to severely injured

New Delhi: Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on Saturday that he has ordered a high-level probe into the Odisha train derailment that claimed over 300 lives and injured 1000 people.

Odisha train mishap: Congress Prez Mallikarjun Kharge urges all political parties to help injured passengers

New Delhi: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge called upon political parties from all sides to step up and provide assistance to the injured passengers and the families of the deceased in the Odisha train accident which claimed at least 300 lives and left nearly 1,000 injured.

Manish Sisodia returns to Tihar Jail after 7 hrs, failing to meet his ailing wife

New Delhi: Former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia left for Tihar Jail from his residence without meeting his wife, who had to be rushed to Delhi’s LNJP after her health deteriorated, media reports said.

Jammu and Kashmir: Two-day annual Urs of Hazrat Mian Nizam-ud-Din Kiyanvi (RA) to start on June 7

The 126th annual Urs of Hazrat Mian Nizam ud din Kiyanvi (RA) will begin from June 7 at Baba Nagri Wangath in Kangan region of Jammu and Kashmir.

Odisha train tragedy: Opposition demands Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw's resignation

New Delhi: The Opposition parties demanded Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw’s resignation over the Odisha train accident that claimed nearly 300 passengers and left over 1000 injured.

PM Narendra Modi visits Odisha train mishap site, assures strict action against those responsible for accident

Balasore: Indian PM Narendra Modi on Saturday reached the site of the railway mishap in Odisha's Balasore district and inspected the ground situation as the death toll due to the tragedy touched 261.

Jammu and Kashmir: Srinagar to get its first women's hostel 

Srinagar: The Social Welfare Department in Jammu and Kashmir will soon open a working women's hostel at Eidgah area of Srinagar city.

PM Narendra Modi chairs high-level meeting to review train accident in Odisha

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narender Modi on Saturday chaired a high-level meeting in the wake of "tragic" train accident in Balasore, Odisha.

Uttar Pradesh: Woman throws children in well, attempts self-immolation

Mirzapur: A woman attempted to immolate herself after throwing her three minor children in a well in Sant Nagar area of Mirzapur district here in Uttar Pradesh, a senior police officer said here on Saturday.

Odisha train accident: PM Narendra Modi arrives in crash site to take stock of situaion 

Balasore: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday arrived in Balasore city of Odisha to take stock of the situation after a railway accident, which involved three trains, left 261 people dead.

Rajnath Singh to hold bilateral talks with his US, German counterparts in New Delhi

New Delhi: US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin and German Federal Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius are visiting New Delhi for bilateral talks with Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.

NCGG completes training of 60th batch of civil servants of Bangladesh

New Delhi: The 2–week 60th capacity building programme (CBP) for the civil servants of Bangladesh organised by the National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG) in partnership with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) concluded on 2nd June, 2023.

Coromandel train derailment: Toll touches 261, rescue operation completed

Rescue workers struggled through wreckage and mangled coaches to recover bodies and look for survivors at the scene of one of the worst rail accidents in India as the toll from Friday night’s train crash in Odisha climbed to 261.

Coromandel accident: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw stresses on rescue and treatment of passengers

Bhubaneswar/UNI: Railway Minister Ashiwini Kumar Vaishnaw visited the accident site at Bahanaga Railway station in Balasore district on Saturday morning and stressed on the rescue and treatment of the injured passengers.

Coromandel train accident: TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee slams Modi govt

Kolkata/UNI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee has come down heavily on the Narendra Modi government over the Coromandel train accident that led to the death of over 200 people.

Maharashtra: Congress holds meeting on organisational strength ahead of Lok Sabha polls

Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) president Nana Patole has said the party's target is to defeat the BJP and the strategy will be finalised in the upcoming MVA meeting.

WFI chief Brijbhushan should be arrested: Prithviraj Chavan

Mumbai/UNI: The allegations leveled by women wrestlers against the head of Wrestling Federation of India and BJP MP Brijbhushan Sharan Singh are very serious, said former Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan.

Mumbai-Madgaon Vande Bharat express inauguration cancelled after Coromandel train accident

Ratnagiri/UNI: The inauguration programme of Mumbai-Madgaon Vande Bharat express on Kokan railway, scheduled for Saturday in Mumbai, has been cancelled following the Odisha railway accident.

Odisha triple train accident: Death toll touches 233

Balasore: The death toll in the triple train accident, which occurred in Odisha's Balasore district, has touched 233, media reports said on Saturday.

CEO of Bengaluru firm arrested for allegedly cheating 2,000 students of Rs 18 crore

Bengaluru: The CEO of a company in Bengaluru was apprehended following allegations of defrauding 2000 students of a total of Rs 18 crore, media reports said.

PM Modi to address joint session of US Congress on June 22

New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been invited to address a joint session of the US Congress on June 22, during his state visit to that country.

Goa-Mumbai Vande Bharat Express launch ceremony cancelled after Odisha train mishap

New Delhi/IBNS: The ceremony to flag off Goa-Mumbai Vande Bharat Express at Madgaon station has been cancelled in the wake of the massive accident involving three trains in Odisha's Balasore.

Meghalaya's Proshidh Prosonno Hajong joins Indian Coast Guard as Assistant Commandant

Meghalaya Industrial Development Corporation Chairman, James Sangma, has extended his heartfelt congratulations to Proshidh Prosonno Hajong of Tura, on his induction into the esteemed Indian Coast Guard as an Assistant Commandant.

At least 50 killed, 300 injured in Coromandel Express mishap in Odisha's Balasore, massive rescue ops underway

Balasore/IBNS: At least 50 people were killed and 300 were injured when a passenger train hit the derailed coaches of another train in Odisha's Balasore on Friday evening. Many are feared trapped and the casualties may rise, officials said.

'Does a match end in only one innings?': Congress leader Lakshman Seth on his second marriage

Kolkata/IBNS: Former Left heavyweight and current Congress leader Lakshman Seth has recently hit the headlines not for political reasons but for one of his decisions in personal life.

'Arrest wrestling body chief by June 9 or...': Farmer leaders warn Centre

New Delhi/IBNS: Farmer leaders, who are supporting India's top athletes in their fight against wrestling body chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, have given a fresh ultimatum to the Centre, that being- arrest him or face a larger protest.

Coromandel Express collides with freight train in Odisha's Balasore, derails; many feared dead

Balasore/IBNS: A passenger express train met with a massive accident near Bahanaga railway station in Odisha's Balasore district as at least eight bogies of 12841 Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express derailed after colliding with a freights train on Friday evening.

Siddaramaiah govt in Karnataka gives nod to Congress's five poll guarantees but with riders

Bengaluru/IBNS: Karnataka's Congress government on Friday gave the nod to implementation of all five guarantees (5Gs) promised in the party's election manifesto, albeit with some riders.