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Delhi, May 29: Forty people have died as thunderstorm and lightening struck different parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand on Monday. 19 of those deaths have been reported from Bihar. In neighbouring Jharkhand, 12 people were killed and 28 were injured due to lightning. Nine people were killed in thunderstorm and lightning in Unnao, Kanpur and Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh. As many as five

Mumbai, May 29: Employees and officers of various state-run banks have called for a two-day nationwide strike from May 30 to protest a nominal 2 per cent wage hike offered by the Indian Banks' Association (IBA). In the wage negotiation meeting held on May 5, 2018, IBA made a propositions to offer 2 per cent hike in the wage bill cost as on March 31, 2017. It also maintained that the negotiations

Mumbai, May 29: Employees and officers of various state-run banks have called for a two-day nationwide strike from May 30 to protest a nominal 2 per cent wage hike offered by the Indian Banks' Association (IBA). In the wage negotiation meeting held on May 5, 2018, IBA made a propositions to offer 2 per cent hike in the wage bill cost as on March 31, 2017. It also maintained that the negotiations

Islamabad, May 29: Pakistan's former chief justice Nasirul Mulk named as the country's caretaker prime minister for a two-month period, ending the political wrangling between ruling PML-N and the Opposition ahead of the general elections on July 25. The announcement was made by Leader of the Opposition Khursheed Shah at a press conference here which was also attended by incumbent Prime Minister

Paris, May 29: A Malian migrant who saved a four-year-old child hanging from a fourth-floor Paris balcony after scaling the building with his bare hands was honoured by French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday and offered citizenship. Two days after his daring Spiderman-style rescue — viewed millions of times online — Mamoudou Gassama was received by Macron at the presidential palace. "All the

Ahmedabad, May 28: The Gujarat High Court today extended the protection from arrest to activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand till June 13, in a Rs 1.4 crore fund embezzlement case. Earlier today, Justice A Y Kogje, in whose court the matter was listed, recused himself from hearing it saying "not before me." The matter was then taken up by the court of Justice Biren Vaishnav, who

New Delhi, May 28: The Election Commission today termed as "exaggerated projection of reality" reports of 'large-scale' failure of EVMs during Lok Sabha and assembly by-polls in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. Amid reports of faulty EVMs from various polling stations, the Commission came out with a statement to deny that the failure of the voting machines was unusual. "... the Commission allocates

Chennai/Thoothukudi, May 28: The Tamil Nadu government on Monday ordered permanent closure of Vedanta Group’s Sterlite copper plant in Thoothukudi, in light of the anti-Sterlite protests in which 13 people were killed due to police firing. The Tamil Nadu government has asked the state Pollution Control Board to seal Vedanta’s copper plant. Earlier on Monday, Tamil Nadu deputy chief minister O

New Delhi, May 28: There cannot be any comprehensive dialogue with Pakistan till it shuns terrorism, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said today, asserting talks were not appropriate while people are dying on the border. "We are always ready for talks with Pakistan but with a caveat that terror and talks cannot go together... There cannot be A comprehensive dialogue till Pakistan shuns

New Delhi, MAY 28: A Delhi court today reserved for June 5 its order on whether to summon Congress leader Shashi Tharoor as an accused in the Sunanda Pushkar death case. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal said he would pass the order after the counsel for the prosecution said there was enough evidence to summon Tharoor. The Delhi Police had on May 14 accused the Lok Sabha MP