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The Congress on Thursday held the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central and state governments responsible for the Mumbai bridge collapse, which has killed at least five people, saying they are 'criminally culpable' of inaction and also demanded the ouster of Railway Minister Piyush Goyal.Congress...
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UPDATE: National Disaster Response Force team was withdrawn from the accident spot near Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Termimus at 10.34 pm after the completion of the rescue operation.Five people have died and 36 have been injured in the incident where part of a foot over bridge near CSMT railway...
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Mumbai CSMT foot overbridge collapse update:The deceased people are identified as:Zaheed, 32;Apoorva Prabhu, 32;Anjana Tambe, 48;And 2 unknown.
22:10
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said that he has 'ordered a high level inquiry' into the foot overbridge collapse incident.A structural audit of the bridge had earlier been done and it was found to be fit. Even after that if such incident happened, it raises question on the...
21:48
Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted, 'Deeply anguished by the loss of lives due to the foot overbridge accident in Mumbai. My thoughts are with the bereaved families.'Wishing that the injured recover at the earliest. The Maharashtra Government is providing all possible assistance to those...
21:34
UPDATE: The number of injured has risen to 36, including two with critical injuries, says Mumbai police.
21:28
UPDATE: Disaster Management Unit of BMC updates the death toll in CSMT bridge collapse to five.
21:09
Visuals from St Georges Hospital where some of the people injured in foot overbridge near Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus railway station collapse, have been taken.Four people are dead and 34 people are injured in the accident. -- ANI
21:02
UPDATE: Disaster Management Unit of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation says four people have died in the incident where part of a foot overbridge near Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus railway station collapsed. -- ANI
20:52
UPDATE: Death toll rises to three in the Mumbai bridge collapse incident where a portion of foot over bridge near Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus railway station collapsed.Over 34 people are injured in the incident.The death toll is likely to rise.Railway said the bridge was of BMC...
20:31
UPDATE: Mumbai Police says two people have died and 23 people injured in foot over bridge collapse near Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj railway station, they have been shifted to hospital.The National Disaster Response Force has said that 'as per the initial information 10-12 persons are feared to...
20:00
JUST IN: A foot over bridge near Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) railway station in Mumbai collapses.Multiple injuries reported.Mumbai police tweeted, 'Foot overbridge connecting CSMT platform 1 north end with BT Lane near Times of India building has collapsed. Injured persons are...
19:45
Market top gainers today.
18:53
National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said the BJP cannot claim to have been tough on terror as Prime Minister Narendra Modi surrendered to China on Masood Azhar.He also said the NDA government had given Pakistan a big victory by not conducting the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir...
18:44
Political worker Mohd Ismail Wani was shot at by terrorists on Thursday.Wani has been admitted to a hospital in Srinagar. More details are currently awaited.National Conference leader Omar Abdullah took to Twitter and wrote, My JKNC colleague Mohd Ismail Wani, block President Bijbehara block in...
18:41
A Congress Rajya Sabha MP who owns a TV channel is planning a sting on three top BJP leaders and a union minister. The MP has asked the TV crewand the editorial team to work overtime to expose the BJP. The sting will be telecast after the first week of April, as the first phase of the Lok Sabha...
18:33
We have been listening in to the political grapevine in South Block, Delhi and we hear that in the first week of April, a big political coup is likely to happen.The clue lies in the visits of Saudi Arabia foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir to India. He has met FM Sushma Swaraj thrice in a fortnight...
18:19
Immediately after the Election Commission announced the dates of the Lok Sabha polls on Sunday, PM Narendra Modi reached out to 258 people, mostly from the fields of advertising and information technology appealing to them to vote. Modi has been prioritizing the planning for the 2019 Lok...
17:59
Congress national spokesperson Tom Vadakkan jumping ship to join the BJP is a major setback for the party, especially since he is perceived to be a close confidante of of Sonia and Rajiv Gandhi and has been a Gandhi family loyalist for close to 30 years.But Vadakkan's decision to abandon mother...
17:22
A chargesheet has been filed against Indian cricketer Mohammed Shami, and he has been charged under IPC 498A (dowry harassment) and 354A (sexual harassment).In March last year, Shamis wife Hasin Jahan had accused him of domestic violence and extra-marital affairs. The Bengal pacer had then been...
17:03
In an interview with CNN News18, veteran Congress leader Sheila Dikshit says that former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was not as tough on Pakistan and terror as Narendra Modi is. The 80-year-old Congress leader's comment is expected to stir a row as parliamentary elections are just weeks...
16:40
The debriefing of Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman has been completed by the Indian Air Force and other agencies. The officer will be going on sick leave for a few weeks on the advice of doctors of the Army's Research and Referral Hospital. Varthaman was captured by Pakistani authorities...
16:27
Hitting back at the Congress, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Thursday said first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was the original sinner who favoured China over India for permanent membership into the United Nation Security Council. This comes within hours of Congress President Rahul Gandhi...
15:41
The Centre today claimed privilege over documents pertaining to the Rafale fighter jet deal and told the Supreme Court that no one can produce them in the court without the permission of the department concerned. Attorney General K K Venugopal, appearing for the Centre, referred to section 123...
15:25
Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of ignoring voices of farmers, fishermen and small businessmen, Congress President Rahul Gandhi Thursday said the NDA government listened only to industrialists such as Anil Ambani and Nirav Modi. Interacting with fishermen at the National Fishermen...
14:43
China on Thursday sought to defend its fourth technical hold at the UN Security Council to block the designation of Pakistan-based JeM chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist, saying it would help the parties concerned to engage in more talks to find a lasting solution acceptable to...
14:36
Pulwama, Balakot and an aggressive stance on terror will be the main platform for Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi's campaign. The Congress, on the other hand, will have to work a lot harder to be back in the game -- and shift focus from the national security crisis to economic...
14:27
Tom Vadakkan's Twitter timeline is replete with criticisms of the BJP and he hasn't changed his bio either, which still reads: National Spokesman Congress ex Secretary AICC ex Convenor Grievance cell AICC ex Appellate member film certification tribuna RT does not imply endorsement.
14:19
Congress leader and Maharashtra Leader of Opposition in the assembly, Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil on his son's defection to the BJP: Sujay did not consult me before joining the BJP. About my resignation from the post of Leader of Opposition, I would say that I will follow whatever my party...
14:05
The other crossover today... Trinamool Congress MLA Arjun Singh has joined the BJP.
13:58
IN a huge loss to the Congress, the party's national spokesperson and senior leader, Tom Vadakkan has joined the BJP in the presence of Ravi Shankar Prasad. He said he quit the party for two reasons: the Congress's response to the Balakot air strike and terror attack by Pakistan and the...
13:08
The BJP reacts to Rahul Gandhi's tweet slamming the BJP's diplomatic failure with China on Masood Azhar. Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad addressed the media after China blocked India's bid to designate JeM Chief Masood Azhar as global terrorist in UNSC 1267 list and asked, Would the...
12:57
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Thursday vowed to set up a separate ministry for fishermen if the Congress is voted to power in the Lok Sabha elections, saying unlike Prime Minister Narendra Modi he did not make fake promises. He was addressing the National Fishermen Parliament organised by All...
12:39
Bengaluru: TTV Dhinakaran arrives at Parapanna Agrahara Central Prison Jail to meet his aunt VK Sasikala.
12:30
This elephant family would have met with certain death had it not been for the alertness of loco pilot S Sharma of 15768 Dn Alipur Duar-Siliguri Intercity Express. At 6:15 am, Sharma spotted this herd of wild elephants crossing the tracks and he stopped the train by applying the emergency...
12:18
Army Chief General Bipin Rawat conferred with Param Vishisht Seva Medal by President Ram Nath Kovind, at Rashtrapati Bhawan, today.
12:07
Punjab: Talks begin between India and Pakistan to discuss and finalize the modalities for the Kartarpur Corridor at Attari, Amritsar.
12:06
The US and India have asked Pakistan to take tangible and irreversible action against terrorist groups on its soil and deny safe haven to them to launch cross-border attacks, as Washington reiterated its firm support to New Delhi in the fight against terrorism. The US' support to India was...
11:36
The Supreme Court will hear on Thursday the review petition against its December 14 order in the Rafale deal row. The government on Wednesday filed a fresh affidavit in the apex court in the Rafale case, saying that unauthorisedly-accessed' documents related to internal secret deliberations' had...
11:03
Army Chief General Bipin Rawat has been conferred the Param Vishisht Seva Medal from President Ram Nath Kovind today. Army's Sepoy Vrahma Pal Singh and CRPF jawans Rajendra Nain and Ravindra Babban Dhanwade to receive the Kirti Chakra posthumously. Major Tushar Gauba of 20 Jat regiment to...
10:32
This is the Pakistani delegation at the Wagah Border to hold discussions with their Indian counterparts over the Kartarpur Corridor. The Deputy High Commissioner of Pakistan to India, Syed Haider Shah said Wednesday that talks on visa-free access to the corridor will be held today. Speaking...
10:11
Congress president Rahul Gandhi mocks PM Modi for India's diplomatic failure to push China to ban Masood Azhar. Rahul tweeted, Weak Modi is scared of Xi. Not a word comes out of his mouth when China acts against India. NoMo's China Diplomacy: 1. Swing with Xi in...
10:01
Outraged by China blocking for the fourth time a move to designate JeM chief Masood Azhar a global terrorist, responsible UNSC members warned they may be forced to pursue other actions at the Security Council if Beijing continued with this policy. If China continues to block this designation,...
10:01
Former MP Priya Dutt tweets this image with her father, Sunil Dutt, writing, My Dad, My Hero, My Guardian Angel. I am what I am because of you.Priya Dutt will be contesting the national election after she was named as the party's candidate from Mumbai North-Central when the Congress released its...
09:14
India and the United Satets said they have agreed to build six American nuclear power plants in India, in a boost to bilateral civil nuclear energy cooperation.The two countries said this in a joint statement issued at the conclusion of the 9th round of India-US Strategic Security Dialogue,...
09:11
The United States issued an emergency order to ground all Boeing 737 Max aircraft, a decision a number of countries, including India, have taken following the second deadly crash of the plane in less than five months in Ethiopia.All those planes are grounded immediately, US President Donald Trump...
09:10
British MPs have voted to reject the possibility of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union without a withdrawal agreement in place, a move set to delay the March 29 Brexit deadline.British Prime Minister Theresa May had tabled a government motion against a no-deal Brexit within the March...
08:43
The Congress on Wednesday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party government after China blocked a bid at the United Nations to designate Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist, saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi's foreign policy has been a series of...
08:19
India expressed disappointment soon after China blocked yet another move at the United Nations to designate Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed's chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist. In its reaction, the external affairs ministry said India will continue to pursue all available avenues to...
00:11
A day after British Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit divorce bill was rejected in a bruising 149-vote defeat, MPs returned to the House of Commons on Wednesday to vote on whether to prevent the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union by the March 29 deadline without any deal in place.The...
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