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Patna, Jul 10: Acceding to the demands made by the women here, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today promised to impose a ban on liquor when he forms the government next time. Kumar's promise came in response to demands made by some women in the midst of his address at a Village Dialogue Programme of the Social Welfare department here. "When I form government next time, a ban would be imposed on

Ufa/Russia, Jul 10: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet his Pakistani counterpart, Nawaz Sharif, on the sidelines of a summit in the Russian city of Ufa on Friday, raising hopes of a thaw in frosty ties between the South Asian rivals. The external affairs ministry confirmed that the talks will take place at 9:15am. “It is confirmed. The two prime ministers will have a bilateral meeting at 9

New Delhi, July 9: AAP MLA Manoj Kumar, who was arrested in connection with a case of alleged cheating and land grabbing, was today remanded to two-day police custody by a Delhi court. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Saurabh Pratap Singh Laler sent Kumar, MLA from Kondli in east Delhi, to police custody till July 11 after investigating agency said some recoveries were to be made from him

New Delhi/Bhopal, Jul 9: The Supreme Court today ordered a CBI probe into the massive admission and recruitment scam in Madhya Pradesh as more skeletons tumbled out of the Vyapam cupboard with the death of yet another witness coming to light. The Supreme Court, while directing CBI to probe all cases of the Vyapam scam and alleged deaths of persons related to it, also and issued notices to the

Mumbai, Jul 9: Mumbai is in the throes of a leptospirosis scare after 12 people have succumbed to the disease in the past week. According to reports, doctors have said that the disease is easily curable with antibiotics, but most victims came so late for treatment that they died soon after hospitalisation. The casualties were mostly among people from the western suburbs of the city, under the age

New Delhi/Bhopal, Jul 9: As the mysterious Vyapam scam is getting murkier with each passing day, the Supreme Court on Thursday will hear a plea of Congress leader Digvijay Singh and three whistle-blower's seeking an apex court-monitored CBI probe into the matter. A bench headed by chief justice HL Dattu had agreed to give an urgent hearing over the said scam and had posted all petitions to be

Ujjain, Jul 8: Police have ordered review of the suspicious death of MBBS student Namrata Damor, whose body was found near railway tracks in Ujjain district in 2012 after her name figured in the infamous Vyapam scam of Madhya Pradesh. Namrata's case has come back in focus after the sudden death of TV journalist Akshay Singh in Jhabua district's Meghnagar town recently after he interviewed Namrata

Kanpur, Jul 8: The local GSVM Medical College is on the radar of Madhya Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) for the alleged involvement of its students in Vyapam medical entrance examination scam of 2013 and eight of its students are missing from the campus. The medical college management does not know about the current status of these students. According to the administration, either these students

Bhopal, Jul 7: After resolutely rejecting calls for a CBI probe, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today decided to seek an investigation into the murky Vyapam scam by the central agency on a day the Supreme Court agreed to hear petitions in this regard. Following Chouhan's announcement at a press conference, the state government moved the Madhya Pradesh High Court seeking its

Mumbai, Jul 7: Parag Sawant, who was injured in the 7/11 serial train blasts, died at PD Hinduja Hospital, Mahim on Tuesday morning. Doctors at the hospital said that he was in a vegitative state for all these years. In 2013, Sawant, doctors said had shown signs of improvement but his condition deteriorated later. Then aged 27, Sawant was travelling in a Churchgate-Virar train to his home when a