Patna stampede death toll rises to 33, most died of suffocation
Twenty one others who were injured were undergoing treatment at the Patna Medical College Hospital , and they were all out of danger, hospital superintendent Lakindra Prasad said. Prasad said the post mortem examination of the victims’ bodies had identified asphyxia as the main cause of the... read more »
Anjali Damania, Preeti Menon resign from AAP posts
State Convener Anjali Damania, who contested and lost the Lok Sabha election against Nitin Gadkari in Nagpur, and State Secretary Preeti Sharma Menon quit citing personal reasons. It may be recalled that both these leaders had resigned in June too but they soon withdrew the resignation. The... read more »
Jayalalithaa stays in jail, protests continue to rage in Tamil Nadu
Jailed former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa will have to stay in prison for at least six more days as the Karnataka High Court Wednesday posted for October 7 hearing on her pleas for suspension of the sentence and immediate bail in the disproportionate assets case. When the matter came... read more »
Me and Barack Obama have same interest in e-governance: Narendra Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that he and US President Barack Obamahave the same level of interest in e-governance and thus are implementing programmes towards mobile governance. “Yesterday, me and President Obamadiscussed this (issue) in detail. We have same interest in it. We... read more »
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