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Mumbai, Sept 30: A day after the tragic Elphinstone Road foot-over bridge collapse, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray on Saturday slammed the Centre and threatened that it would not allow a single brick to be laid for bullet train project, the big initiative of prime minister Narendra Modi. "This Piyush Goyal is good for nothing...just for bullet train," Thackeray told a

New Delhi, Sept 30: Congress leader P Chidambaram today criticised the bullet train project, saying it will be a demonetisation-like move "which will kill everything else", and suggested that the money should instead be spent on improving rail safety. The former finance minister's comments come a day after a stampede on a footbridge connecting Mumbai's suburban railway stations of Parel and

Nagpur, Sept 30: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today asked the central government to keep national security in mind while taking a decision on Rohingyas who are seeking shelter in the country. "We have been facing the problem of illegal Bangladeshi migrants and now Rohingyas have infiltrated into our country," Bhagwat said while addressing the RSS' annual Dussehra event here. Giving shelter to Rohingyas

Mumbai, Sept 30: There was no pre-festival illumination of the iconic Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) as railway employees joined the city in mourning the Elphinstone Road station tragedy by not celebrating Dussehra festival. Late last night Mumbaikars took out a candle march on the Elphinstone railway bridge and prayed for the departed souls. "Yes, it is true that the railway

New Delhi, Sept 29: BJP veteran Yashwant Sinha today accused Arun Jaitley of making "cheap" remarks and said the finance minister's criticism of his work amounted to criticism of the Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee who had entrusted him with key ministries. In a dig at Jaitley over his "job applicant at 80" barb, Sinha said the finance minister did a great "disservice" to L K Advani as the

Allahabad Sept 29: Uttar Pradesh Health Minister Siddharth Nath Singh said he is confident that the Ram Temple in Ayodhya will be constructed before 2019. Speaking to the media, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader said the situation in the country is changing and people who were earlier opposing to it now want a grand Ram temple. "Swami Brahma Yogananda had predicted Modi ji will become PM

New Delhi, Sept 29: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday tore into former finance minister and BJP veteran Yashwant Sinha for his criticism of the government’s handling of the economy. Without mentioning Mr Sinha, Mr. Jaitley referred to him as a ‘job applicant’ who appeared to be working in tandem with another ex-finance minister P. Chidambaram and had the ‘luxury of being a columnist’. “I

Mumbai, Sept 29: At least 27 persons were killed and 30 plus others were injured following a stampede at the foot-over bridge at Elphinstone Road that connects the Western Railway to Parel on Central Railway on Friday. The injured persons have been rushed to the nearby King Edward Memorial Hospital at Parel. “My deepest condolences to all those who have lost their lives due to stampede in Mumbai

Lucknow, Sept 29: Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's name has been removed from the voters' list in Lucknow on the ground of being ''inactive'' and ''absent'' from his registered address in the city. According to the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) officials here on Thursday Vajpayee's name was removed during the work of revision of the voters' list ahead of the forthcoming elections

Karnal, Sept 28: Vishwas Gupta, the former husband of Dera Sacha Sauda chief's "adopted" daughter Honeypreet Insan, today filed a complaint here alleging threat to his life, the police said. In his complaint, Gupta alleged that an unidentified person threatened to kill him, the SHO at the Karnal City Police Station, Inspector Rajbir Singh, said. "Gupta filed a complaint with the Sector 4 police