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New Delhi, Oct 15: CBI today registered a case against industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla and former Coal Secretary P C Parekh in connection with alleged irregularities in allocation of coal blocks in 2005. CBI today registered a case against industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla and former Coal Secretary P C Parekh in connection with alleged irregularities in allocation of coal blocks in 2005. After

Datia, Oct 15: The Madhya Pradesh government has suspended 21 officials, including the district magistrate and superintendent of police of Datia district, over the alleged lapses in connection with the temple stampede in which 115 people died on Sunday. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has also announced setting up of a judicial commission, to be constituted today, to probe the stampede at

Lucknow, Oct 14: After clamping down on its yatra on the Ayodhya issue, the Uttar Pradesh government today banned VHP's proposed 'Sankalp Diwas' stir on October 18 to press for a parliamentary legislation on building Ram Temple, fearing a communal flare-up. The decision was taken in view of security concerns, especially after the recent communal violence in Muzaffarnagar and surrounding areas

Datia/Bhopal, Oct 14: Police and people remove bodies of pilgrims from the spot following a stampede on the Sindh river bridge near the Ratangarh temple in Datia district of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday. As the death toll in the stampede during Navratri festivities near a temple in Madhya Pradesh's Datia district climbed to 115 today, Congress today targeted Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh

Mumbai, Oct 14: Seeking to strike an emotional note at the first annual Dussehra rally of Shiv Sena after the death of its founder Bal Thackeray, party president Uddhav Thackeray today said he was ready to quit if the cadre had no faith in him. "If you feel that I have lost your confidence, then I will step down. I am ready to leave this stage," Uddhav said. Though he did not mention it, his

Lucknow, Oct 14: The Uttar Pradesh government late Sunday released a Rs.7 crore financial package for riot victims in Muzaffarnagar and nearby areas, an official said. The Uttar Pradesh government late Sunday released a Rs.7 crore financial package for riot victims in Muzaffarnagar and nearby areas, an official said. The financial aid would be used to give compensation for the losses to immovable

Washington, Oct 13: With a "little bit of euphoria" surrounding him with the arrest of the Indian rupee's slide, RBI's new governor, Raghuram Rajan, has sought to temper expectations saying "I am not a superman". Portraying himself as a regular guy with "a wife and two kids," he told a Washington audience Saturday what the country's central bank could do or not do. "Expectations are high. There is

Bhopal, Oct 13: At least 115 pilgrims, including 30 children were killed and more than 100 injured in a stampede on narrow bridge to the historic Ratangarh temple in Datia district of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday. This is shocking re-run of the 2006 tragedy at the same site when 50 pilgrims were washed away. The bridge over the swollen Sindh river, which leads to the temple was chock-a-block with over

Kolkata, Oct 13: A cargo ship, MV Bingo is believed to have sunk in the rough seas caused by cyclonic storm Phailin with its crew on a lifeboat last sighted east of Sagar in West Bengal, a top Kolkata Port Trust official said today. "The Panama-registered cargo ship MV Bingo is feared sunk as the crew was sighted on a lifeboat yesterday east of Sagar, 25km from the coast," KPT chairman RPS Kahlon

Gopalpur/Srikakulam, Oct 13: Severe cyclonic storm 'Phailin', which forced the evacuation of over eight lakh people, left a trail of destruction in coastal areas of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh and disrupted communication lines before weakening considerably today. Severe cyclonic storm 'Phailin', which forced the evacuation of over eight lakh people, left a trail of destruction in coastal areas of