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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

Puttur, Sep 30: Hindu Jagaran Vedike leader Jagadish Karanth, who was arrested by the police almost two weeks after delivering a provocative speech in Puttur, was released within a few hours as a local magistrate granted him interim bail in the wee hours of Saturday. Karanth, who evaded arrest for one week, was picked up by the sleuths of Dakshina Kannada district police from an Airport in

Puttur, Sep 30: Hindu Jagaran Vedike leader Jagadish Karanth, who was arrested by the police almost two weeks after delivering a provocative speech in Puttur, was released within a few hours as a local magistrate granted him interim bail in the wee hours of Saturday. Karanth, who evaded arrest for one week, was picked up by the sleuths of Dakshina Kannada district police from an Airport in

New Delhi, Sept 30: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat alleged on Saturday that the state governments of West Bengal and Kerala are "on the side of jihadi elements that are perpetrating the violence" there. Bhagwat further said that Rohingya Muslim refugees in India are a threat to the country's security. The RSS chief even weighed in on cow protection, saying laws shouldn't be broken towards this goal. Many

New Delhi, Sept 30: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat alleged on Saturday that the state governments of West Bengal and Kerala are "on the side of jihadi elements that are perpetrating the violence" there. Bhagwat further said that Rohingya Muslim refugees in India are a threat to the country's security. The RSS chief even weighed in on cow protection, saying laws shouldn't be broken towards this goal. Many

Mumbai, Sept 30: Veteran theatre, film and television actor Tom Alter has passed away. He was 67. According to the family sources, Alter, who was battling skin cancer, passed away on Friday night at his residence in Mumbai. "It is with sadness we announce the death of Tom Alter, actor, writer, director, Padma Shri, and our dear husband and father. Tom passed away Friday night at home with his

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: Online abuse heaped on a dead Gauri Lankesh lays bare the "hostile atmosphere" people are facing today on social media where an army of trolls is either "intimidating dissenters" or fomenting tension, according to leading journalists. Shocked at the gunning down of the 55-year-old journalist -activist, an outspoken critic of Hindutva politics, many journalists and activists

Puttur, Sep 29: Nearly two weeks after his provocative speech sparked tension in Dakshina Kannada, police have arrested Hindu Jagaran Vedike leader Jagadish Karanth. Police sources said that Karanth, who was evading arrest for past one week, was picked up from an Airport in Bengaluru on Friday. He will be brought to Puttur to produce before the local magistrate, sources added. Karanth at a public