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Vijayawada, Jul 14: At least 27 pilgrims, 13 of them women, died and 20 others injured in a stampede at a major bathing spot on the banks of the Godavari river where a huge crowd of devotees had gathered on the opening day of 'Pushkaram' festival here today. A major religious event held once in 12 years, hundreds of people drawn from different parts of the state had converged on the river bank to

Bhopal, Jul 14: Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah has said that the `acche din` promised by his political organisation will take 25 years to be achieved, adding that a mere five-year rule by the party cannot take the country to the top of the world. According to reports, Shah said that `acche din` was the pride that India enjoyed before the British Raj, adding that the BJP would need to

Bhopal, Jul 14: Senior Bhartiya Janta Party leader Kailash Vijayvargiya has termed the Vyapam scam as a "small incident" and said that the party's morale is not down on the issue. "For us it (Vyapam) is a chutput (small) incident. It may be big for you," Vijayvargiya, the national general secretary of BJP, told reporters in Bhopal on Monday. He and the national vice president in charge of MP

Islamabad, Jul 13: In a turnaround, Pakistan today asked for "more evidence and information" from India on the Mumbai attack case and asserted that talks cannot take place without Kashmir being on the agenda, barely three days after the two countries agreed to re-engage. Going back to its oft-repeated stand, Pakistan Prime Minister's Adviser on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz

New Delhi, Jul 13: The government has capped the subsidy it will pay on kerosene at Rs 12 per litre while deciding to foot the entire bill on domestic cooking gas, a senior official said. The Finance Ministry will pay Rs 12 per litre in cash to state-owned fuel retailers and any unbridged gap between the retail selling price and the cost of production will be borne by upstream companies like ONGC

New Delhi/Bhopal, Jul 13: A 40-member team of the CBI will reach Bhopal on Monday to take over the probe into the recruitment scam in the Madhya Pradesh Vyavsayik Pareeksha Mandal (Vyapam) and the over 40 deaths linked to it, officials had said on Sunday. A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) official said in New Delhi that the team will reach Bhopal in accordance with the directions of the

Bhopal, Jul 12: Opposition Congress on Sunday questioned Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s statements claiming credit for initiating probe into Vyapam scam, and alleged that he tried to “cover up” the scandal for many years. It claimed that though the first FIR was filed in 2009, Mr. Chouhan did not admit that there were any irregularities till the second FIR was filed in the

New Delhi, Jul 12: With the Modi government battling propriety issues over the Lalit Modi row and the furore on Vyapam scam, leaders of "like-minded" parties will meet for Congress president Sonia Gandhi's Iftar dinner tomorrow where they are likely to deliberate on the strategy for Parliament session beginning July 21. With the 'who's who' of anti-BJP politics expected to be present, considerable

New Delhi, Jul 12: On World Population Day, Indians numbered 1,274,234,538 at 2.30 p.m. on Saturday, constituting an estimated 17.23 percent of the overall global inhabitation of humans, as per data available with an independent socio-economic statistical organisation. According to Indiastat.com, which compiled secondary level socio-economic statistical information on India based on official

Bhopal, Jul 12: Report about mention of a "'mantrani' and a minister's wife" by a key accused in the Vyapam scam Saturday gave fresh ammunition to the Congress in its attack against ruling BJP in MP, as it alleged that STF acted in a pick-and-choose manner due to pressure by government. "Our allegation that the STF is acting in a pick-and-choose manner proved in the case of an FIR in forest guard