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Lucknow/New Delhi, Nov 24: Three persons were killed and at least nine injured after the Vasco Da Gama-Patna Express derailed in Chitrakoot district in the Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh. The train 12741 derailed on platform number two in Manikpur in the early hours of Friday, at 4:14 am, a police spokesperson said. One bogey of the train had "half-tilted in the derailment, police said

New Delhi, Nov 23: As many as 592 people, including four promoters of private medical colleges in Madhya Pradesh, have been named as accused in a charge sheet filed by the CBI in connection with alleged irregularities in a Vyapam case, officials of the probe agency said today. Those listed included J N Choksey, chairman of L N Medical College; S N Vijaywargiya of People's Medical College; Ajay

Nov 23: In a first, a woman has been inducted as a pilot in the Indian Navy. Shubhangi Swaroop, who hails from Uttar Pradesh, will soon be flying Maritime Reconnaissance aircraft. Three other women cadets, Astha Segal from New Delhi, Roopa A from Puducherry and Sakthi Maya S from Kerala, also created history by becoming the country's first women officers at the Naval Armament Inspectorate (NAI)

Guwahati, Nov 23: BJP leader and Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has kicked up a storm with his remarks that some people suffer from life-threatening diseases such as cancer because of sins committed in the past which he called "divine justice". The comments sparked sharp reactions in the political circles and among cancer patients. "God makes us suffer when we sin. Sometimes we come

New Delhi, Nov 22: The Centre has urged all states to ensure that every child with disability must get free education till he or she turns 18. Referring to the provisions of the Rights of Persons with Disability (RPwD) Act, the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has also asked the heads of the state education departments to ensure that all schools within their jurisdiction have inclusive

Ballia, Nov 22: The district administration here has ordered a magisterial probe into the incident of a woman being forced to take off her burqa in public at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's rally, officials said today. A video showing the woman being made to take off her black burqa minutes before the chief minister makes an appearance at the rally yesterday has gone viral. "The

Ahmedabad, Nov 22: Patidar leader Hardik Patel on Wednesday declared his support for the Congress in the upcoming Gujarat elections, saying the party had accepted the demand for reservation for the Patel community. The Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) leader told reporters here that the Congress will include the extension of reservation benefit to the Patel community in its election manifesto

Among 1,000 beggars who have been shifted to the ashrams ahead of Ivanka Trump’s three-day visit to Hyderabad for a high-profile entrepreneurship conference police have found two highly educated and rich women who can interact with authorities in fluent British and American English! Several women beggars from a dargah or shrine for a Muslim religious figure at Langar Houz on the outskirts of

Gorakhpur, Nov 21: 'Padmavati' director Sanjay Leela Bhansali is no less guilty than those issuing threats to actors involved in the film, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said today, accusing the film-maker of being "habitual of playing with public sentiments". The chief minister asserted that if there is any action, "it will be against both the sides" as he attacked Bhansali, further

New Delhi, Nov 21: The government has set up a ministerial committee to consider a legislation to put an end to instantaneous triple talaq, which is said to be still practiced by a few Muslims despite the Supreme Court striking it down. Instantaneous triple talaq is considered as un-Islamic by Islamic scholars. Government functionaries, who did not wish to be named, said that the Centre was