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New Delhi, Dec 7: At least two people have died and six injured after two coaches of Capital Express train, scheduled from Bihar's Rajendra Nagar to Guwahati in Assam, derailed in West Bengal this evening. The derailment took place close to Samuktala Road Station in West Bengal's Alipurduar district, which is about 720 kilometres from Kolkata, around 9 pm. The injured have been sent to hospital

New Delhi, Dec 7: The Modi government will look to work closely with the new dispensation in Tamil Nadu, support chief minister O Panneerselvam and build an equation with Sasikala, close aide and confidant of the late J Jayalalithaa. The Centre is looking to do what it can to ensure political stability and continuity as AIADMK's 50 Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs can be a handy cushion in

Chennai, Dec 6: In death too, Jayalalithaa was in her favourite green colour saree. When her body was taken from her Poes Garden residence early this morning to Rajaji Hall, it was draped in her trademark green saree, though with a red border. It was green all the way. When she was sworn in as chief minister for a sixth time after emerging triumphant in the May 16 assembly polls, she was wearing a

Chennai, Dec 6: Lakhs of grieving men and women today bid a tearful adieu to J Jayalalithaa, the charismatic Chief Minister who held sway over Tamil Nadu politics for more than three decades with a pro-poor image, as the AIADMK supremo was buried here with full state honours. President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi, Union Minister Venkaiah

Chennai, Dec 6: Clad in a black saree, a sombre-looking Sasikala Natarajan, who remained a wall of support for Jayalalithaa through thick and thin, remained beside the casket of the departed leader as people filed past it paying their homage. Intermittently standing up and touching Jayalalithaa's face, which was kept in state at Rajaji Hall, Sasikala looked lost even as she acknowledged the

Chennai, Dec 6: Cries of "Amma" rent the air as a sea of humanity thronged the Rajaji Hall grounds today to pay their last respects to AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, whose body lay in state in Chennai where normal life virtually came to a grinding halt. As tributes poured in from far and wide after the actress-turned-politicians's death last night, the body of

Chennai, Dec 6: Life virtually came to a grinding halt here as the city woke up to deserted streets with shops, including eateries, remaining shut in the wake of the demise of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. Public transport services, including autorickshaws, were off the roads while some private vehicles were seen plying in various parts of the city where police personnel kept a tight

Chennai, Dec 6: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa died at the Apollo Hospital here on Monday night after battling for life for the past 75 days. The 68-year-old leader was officially declared dead at 11.30 pm by the hospital authorities. “It is with indescribable grief, we announce the sad demise of our chief minister of Tamil Nadu at 11.30 pm,” the Apollo Hospitals said

Chennai, Dec 5: Apollo Hospitals said this evening that a team of its doctors and those from AIIMS was continuously monitoring the health of Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and denied as "totally baseless and false" reports that she was no more. "Some TV channels are wrongly reporting that the Honourable CM is no more. It is totally baseless and false. "They are advised to rectify this mistake based

Chennai, Dec 5: With the health of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa deteriorating, party MLAs are scheduled to meet later this evening apparently to chalk out the next course of action. Earlier in the day also the AIADMK MLAs had met at Apollo Hospital, where Jayalalithaa is undergoing treatment, and reportedly discussed the leadership issue among other matters. Though party sources did