India, All india, 14th May 2018, News & Stories from India

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India, All india, 14 May 2018

No casualty or injury was reported from either side. (Photo: @ANI/Twitter)

Naxals disrupt train movement on Dantewada-Kirandul rail line

The Naxals exchanged fire with security forces, torched JCB, truck engaged in laying track before feeling.

14 May 2018 7:34 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Russia on May 21 for an informal summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Photo: File/AFP)

PM Modi to visit Russia on May 21 for informal summit with Vladimir Putin

MEA said that both the leaders will discuss their respective national developmental priorities and bilateral matters.

14 May 2018 6:41 PM

The GSDP was launched last year as a pilot project in 10 districts of the country wherein 154 youths were trained as parataxonomists and biodiversity conservationists. (Photo: File/PTI)

Environment ministry launches programme to train 5.5L skilled workers by 2021

Environment minister Harsh Vardhan also unveiled related mobile app to help boost employability, entrepreneurship of India's youth.

14 May 2018 6:14 PM

Girls have secured higher pass percentage, 97.63, while boys have achieved 94.96 per cent. (Photo: PTI)

ICSE, ISC result 2018 declared, 98.5 pc pass in class 10, 96.21 pc in class 12

Class 10 results recorded a pass percentage of 98.5 per cent, while 96.21 per cent of the students passed Class 12 exam.

14 May 2018 6:01 PM

The boy's family claimed that he was disturbed after being not allowed to use the motorcycle, police said. (Representational Image)

UP boy commits suicide for not being allowed to use motorcycle

His body was found hanging from ceiling of his house.

14 May 2018 4:44 PM

Pushkar was found dead in a luxury hotel room on January 17, 2014. (Photo: PTI)

Shashi Tharoor charged with abetment to suicide in Sunanda Pushkar death

Sunanda Pushkar was found dead in her hotel room in January 2014. Sunanda and Tharoor had checked in to the hotel together a day earlier.

14 May 2018 3:43 PM

Minister and local Trinamool MLA Mantu Pakhira denied the allegation and said the fire may have been caused by a short circuit. (Representational Image)

Couple burnt to death in WB hours before panchayat polls

Family members of victims, stated to be CPI(M) worker and wife, alleged that TMC goons set house on fire.

14 May 2018 3:34 PM

The CBI has registered three separate FIRs in connection with the alleged fraud in the public sector bank by the companies of the nephew-uncle duo of Modi and Choksi. (Photo: File)

PNB scam case: CBI chargesheet names bank ex-chief, details Nirav Modi's role

In the chargesheet, CBI has detailed alleged role of bank's former chief Usha Ananthasubramanian and other senior officials.

14 May 2018 2:47 PM

Congress leaders asked President Ram Nath Kovind to caution Prime Minister Narendra Modi from using unwarranted, threatening and intimidating language against the Congress or any other party or person. (Photo: Twitter | @BJP4India)

Words used by PM unacceptable: Cong leaders, Manmohan Singh write to Prez

In letter to President, Congress said the use of such language does not behove position of the Prime Minister.

14 May 2018 2:39 PM

Security installations along highways in Kathua, Samba, Jammu districts and security establishments have been put on alert. (Photo: AP)

Suspected movement along IB, high alert sounded in J&K

The development comes ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the state on May 19.

14 May 2018 2:34 PM

The Supreme Court said it will not go into 'correctness of the scheme' and rather confine itself to whether the scheme was in consonance with its February 16 judgment. (Photo: File)

Centre submits draft Cauvery management scheme in SC

SC said it will examine whether the scheme is in consonance with its judgment and will consider, approve it on May 16.

14 May 2018 1:25 PM

A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud on Monday agreed to hear on Wednesday the plea of Sahil Sharma and two others, who are college friends of the juvenile accused in the case. (Photo: File)

SC to hear on May 16 Kathua witnesses’ plea alleging police harassment

The three witnesses had in their statement before the magistrate said they gave their statement to the police under coercion.

14 May 2018 1:19 PM

In September 2014, Jaitley underwent a bariatric surgery to treat weight gain because of a long-standing diabetic condition. (Photo: File)

Jaitley undergoes successful kidney transplant at AIIMS

Jaitley, 65, was admitted to the hospital on Saturday and taken to the operation theatre at 8 am on Monday, the sources said.

14 May 2018 1:09 PM

In CCTV footage, the juveniles are seen leaving the home in groups of two or three and walking in the locality with their bags. (Photo: ANI screengrab)

Video: 15 inmates escape from juvenile home near Hyderabad

Following the incident, two security men at the home were suspended, police said.

14 May 2018 12:48 PM

40-year-old Ravinder Raina is Jammu and Kashmir's new BJP chief.(Facebook Screengrab/ Ravinder Raina)

'Hardliner' accused of assault inside assembly is new J&K BJP chief

The 40-yr-old former Sangh pracharak made steady progress and won from Nowshera on a BJP ticket in the state Assembly elections in 2014.

14 May 2018 12:43 PM

Union Minister Upendra Kushwaha said under the existing collegium system, neither the SCs/STs, the OBCs nor the poor among the upper castes are getting a chance to enter the higher judiciary on the basis of merit. (Photo: PTI)

Collegium system stopping Dalits, OBCs from entering higher judiciary: Union min

Minister said his party will go ahead with 'Halla Bol Darwaza Khol' to sensitise people about reforming system of judges' appointment.

14 May 2018 11:44 AM

Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan said the NDA will return to power with a majority, and Narendra Modi will have his second term as prime minister. (Photo: File)

There's no vacancy in 2019: Ram Vilas Paswan mocks Rahul Gandhi's PM remark

Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said there was no vacancy for the PM's post as Narendra Modi would return to power in 2019.

14 May 2018 11:22 AM

On May 2, a call about a bomb on a Mumbai-bound flight was received at the IndiGo Airlines Office in the Cargo Complex at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA). (Photo: Representational | File)

IndiGo staffer makes hoax bomb call to Delhi airport to ‘teach airline a lesson’

The accused, identified as Kartik Madhav Bhat, wanted to teach a lesson to the airlines since he had been warned about his poor performance.

14 May 2018 11:17 AM

West Bengal Panchayat Elections 2018: 20 people were injured in a clash which broke out between two groups in Cooch Behar. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Several dead during WB Panchayat polls, MHA seeks report from state

A state Election Commission official said there are reports of six people being killed in violence during Panchayat polls.

14 May 2018 11:13 AM

Police said the accused got training in handling explosives, sophisticated firearms as well as suicide bombings at a Karachi-based camp run by a terror organisation. (Representational Image)

32-yr-old Pak-trained man planned high-profile assassinations in Mumbai, held

Interrogation revealed that the man was part of a terror group that planned to carry out attacks on 'public utilities' and crowded areas.

14 May 2018 10:28 AM

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