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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

Lucknow, Oct 13: The UP government late Saturday transferred Secretary (Home) and suspended a section officer of the department for issuing a letter that "mistakenly" called senior administration and police officers for a meeting "to discuss the construction of a temple at Ramjanmabhoomi, like the reconstruction of Somnath temple, by enacting a parliamentary law". The letter, issued by Secretary

Gopalpur(Odisha)/Srikakulam(AP), Oct 12: People run for shelter following a cyclone warning at the Bay of Bengal coast in Gopalpur beach in Ganjam district about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the eastern Indian city Bhubaneswar, India, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013. Hundreds of thousands of people living along India's eastern coastline were taking shelter Saturday from a massive, powerful cyclone

Ichapuram/Bhubaneswar, Oct 12: Trees are uprooted at Chhatrapur Circuit house due to turbulent winds of Cyclone Phailin in Chhatrapur, Odisha on Saturday. Rain and wind lashed India's east coast on Saturday, forcing about 450,000 people to flee to shelters as one of the country's largest cyclones closed in, threatening to cut a swathe of devastation through farmland and fishing hamlets. Filling