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Mumbai, Oct 1: Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday in a veiled attack lambasted the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government saying that the problem in the Indian Railways is not new; it was given to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in 2014 as an inheritance. "I am not giving an excuse, but problems in Indian Railways aren`t one or two years old, they were accumulated over

New Delhi, Sept 30: India has said that it has no plans to mediate between Myanmar and Bangladesh to solve the Rohingya refugee crisis. "India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has said that the government has no plans to act as a mediator between Myanmar and Bangladesh to solve the Rohingya refugee crisis," Sputnik news agency reported. However, the Russian news agency did not quoted any

Thiruvananthapuram, Sept 30: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today greeted Malayalees across the world celebrating Vidyarambham and Dussera. Vijayadasami is observed as the day of ‘Vidyarambham’, the beginning of learning, in the state. In a Facebook Post, the Chief Minister also extended Vijayadashmi greetings to all travellers in Kerala, from different corners of the country. “May each

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