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Bengaluru, Sept 4: Minister for Urban Development and Housing U T Khader was on Tuesday hospitalized after his health condition worsened due to lack of rest and sleep deprivation. Mr Khader, who is also the district in charge minister of Dakshina Kannada, has been suffering from severe back ache and left leg pain for past few days. Though he was receiving treatment, the problem worsened today

Allahabad, Sept 4: A 70-year-old retired policeman was beaten to death by three rowdies on a street in Uttar Pradesh’s Allahabad. The rowdies relentlessly assaulted Abdul Samad Khan with sticks until he lay motionless, bleeding, one arm almost mutilated. For seemingly interminable moments, no one on the road stopped to help Khan, who died in hospital. The savage attack, which took place on Monday

Kolkata, Sept 4: A portion of the arterial Majerhat bridge in southern Kolkata collapsed Tuesday, trapping several people and crushing many vehicles, police said. State minister Chandrima Bhattacharya said she has heard about the death of five persons in the incident but it was yet to be confirmed. Another minister Firhad Hakim said six persons were taken to hospital. As crowds gathered at the

New Delhi, Sept 4: Indian airlines are expected to post combined losses of up to $1.9 billion this financial year led by full-service carriers like Air India and Jet Airways driven by rising costs and low air fares, aviation consulting firm CAPA India said. The loss forecast for the 12 months ending March 31 is up from an estimated $430 million to $460 million sector-wide loss in January largely

New Delhi, Sept 3: Niti Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar has raked up a controversy by unhesitatingly blaming the former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Raghuram Rajan for the slowdown in country's economy in the days that followed demonetisation. Rajan’s policies on non-performing assets (NPAs) led to the slowdown in the economy and not the government's decision to ban 500 and 1000 rupee

New Delhi, Sept 3: The government spent Rs 132.38 crore on advertisements for GST, an agency under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has said in reply to an RTI query. As per the Bureau of Outreach and Communication under the ministry, the "expenditure on GST advertisements through this bureau" on print media stood at Rs 1,26,93,97,121. It, however, said there was "nil" expenditure for

Bengaluru, Sept 2: CCB Women and Narcotic Drug squad have arrested a 47 year-old man and seized from him Rs 15 lakhs worth banned drugs. Police on Sunday said that the arrested Suresh was smuggling banned drugs from abroad through his son Mohit and selling it cladistinly in the State. The banned drugs seized from included 180 gram of Hydro Ganja, 169 LSD Bottling papers, 168 Exertion tablets, 210

New Delhi, Sept 2: There seems to be no end in sight for P&W engine trouble as a Pune-bound Airbus A320 neo plane of GoAir from Bengaluru had to return back on Saturday after it suffered a technical snag. While a GoAir spokesperson said the flight "suffered a technical glitch", sources claimed the engine failed midair and the flight returned back with full emergency landing in Bengaluru. There

Coimbatore, Sept 2: A newly married British couple chartered an entire train to travel from Mettupalayam to Udhagamandalam to spend their honeymoon in the Nilgiri hills. The couple paid Rs. 3 lakh to charter the special train, introduced by Southern Railway, for a one-way trip, becoming the first people to do so. Graham William Lynn (30) and Silviya Plasic (27) got married recently. To make their

Mumbai, Sept 2: Malaysian budget carrier AirAsiaBerhad, which runs AirAsia India (AAI) along with Tata group, today announced discounted fares starting as low as Rs 1,399 for international flights and Rs 999 for domestic travel under a limited period offer. The sale offer is available on all flights operated by the AirAsia group, including those of AirAsia India, it said. The sale of tickets for