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Ludhiana, Jun 13: At least six persons were killed and around 100 others were injured when an ammonia gas tanker leaked early today in the district, police said. The leak occurred when the tanker got stuck under a flyover on the Doraha Bypass Road along a canal, about 25 kms from here, they said. Six persons died due to inhaling of the gas, Doraha Police Station's SHO Rajnish Kumar Sood said

Jaipur, Jun 12: At least 16 persons were electrocuted today when a bus in which they were travelling came in contact with a live wire in Pachewar area of Tonk district of Rajasthan, officials said. 16 deaths are confirmed and several others also received burn injuries, District Collector Rekha Gupta said. Police and district administration officials have reached the spot, the DC said.The death

Ahmedabad, Jun 12: The Gujarat High Court today allowed a Hindu woman to go with her Muslim husband after she refused to be persuaded by her parents who objected to the inter-religion marriage. The order by a division bench comprising Justice Mohinder Pal and Justice R D Kothari came on a habeas corpus petition filed by the parents of the woman Damini Chavda (19) who married Saiyed Irfan Riyazul

Kozhikode, Jun 12: Eight fire and safety officials of the Airports Authority of India were arrested today in connection with the June 10 violent incidents which claimed the life of a CISF jawan at Karipur airport near here. Police said they were arrested this afternoon under various IPC sections, including 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder). The airport was temporarily shut down after

New Delhi, Jun 12: Reaching out to striking sanitation workers in the city, Rahul Gandhi today launched a scathing attack on the Centre and Delhi Government for "failing to deliver" on their "tall promises" and accused them of passing the buck on each other. Joining a dharna by workers who are on strike since June 2 over non-payment of salaries, the Congress Vice President assured them that they

New Delhi, Jun 12: The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the ruling AAP government here to release the salary dues of east MCD employees by June 15. Sanitation workers of East and North Municipal Corporations have been on strike intermittently to protest non-payment of salaries. Workers from the East Delhi Corporation have in the past dumped garbage in Mayur Vihar and Patparganj areas to protest

New Delhi, Jun 12: Former Bihar chief minister and leader of Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) Jitan Ram Manjhi met Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah in the capital on Thursday and announced that his party would join the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) alliance ahead of the state Assembly polls. Speaking to scribes after his meeting with Shah, Manjhi said, "Saath milke ladenge. Abhi

New Delhi, Jun 11: India's northeastern states are now the most unsafe conflict theatre for security forces with 41 deaths this year. These states accounted for 23 deaths of security personnel in 2014, according to data compiled by the South Asia Terrorism Portal. Eighteen Indian Army soldiers were killed and 11 injured in Manipur's Chandel district in a terrorist ambush on June 4, the worst-such

New Delhi, Jun 11: Appointment of judges is not an integral part of independence of judiciary, asserts Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda, who also dismisses fears that the National Judicial Appointments Commission is tilted in favour of the executive. He also asserts that the primacy of the judiciary will always be there in the appointments, notwithstanding the fact that the collegium will not

Bhubaneswar, Jun 11: Accusing NDA of "undermining" Parliamentary democracy and concentrating all powers in the Prime Minister's hands, the CPI on Wednesday said BJP must be defeated in Bihar assembly polls. "Ever since BJP-led NDA came to power, Parliamentary democracy has been considerably undermined while all powers are concentrated with Prime Minister...this is dangerous," CPI National