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Railway Minister order immediate steps to ensure safe drinking water at stations

India, Aug. 16 -- Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday, August 16, ordered immediate corrective measures to ensure safe drinking water at railway stations across the country, following a Comptr... Read More


Two-Year-Old boy seriously injured after falling from building in Bengaluru

India, Aug. 16 -- A two-year-old boy was seriously injured after allegedly falling from the second floor of a building in Chikka Adugodi here on Sunday, August 16, police said. The incident occurred ... Read More


Ahead of Amit Shah's visit to Alwar, students detained before proposed protest

India, Aug. 16 -- Ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah's programme in Alwar on Sunday, police detained some students, saying they were allegedly planning to hold a protest and show black flags over ... Read More


Jharkhand exam stir enters 23rd day, students to burn effigies of CM, Rahul Gandhi

India, Aug. 16 -- Students protesting alleged irregularities in Jharkhand recruitment examinations announced they would burn effigies of Chief Minister Hemant Soren and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in... Read More


Parliamentary panel on finance suggests task force to fill 38 vacant DIPAM positions

India, Aug. 16 -- The Standing Committee on Finance has flagged the "crippling" 43 per cent vacancy in the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM), and recommended setting up a ta... Read More


Magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes off Indonesia's coast, killing at least 47 and toppling buildings

India, Aug. 16 -- A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia early Saturday, killing at least 47 people, collapsing buildings and causing panic in a region prone to deadly q... Read More


IPO wave: six companies eye nearly Rs 5,600 cr next week

India, Aug. 16 -- The primary market is set for another busy week, with six companies, including Blackstone-backed Horizon Industrial Parks and Lalithaa Jewellery Mart, set to raise nearly Rs 5,600 cr... Read More


FPIs pour Rs 16,621 cr into Indian equities in first half of August

India, Aug. 16 -- Foreign investors continued their buying spree in Indian equities, investing Rs 16,621 crore in the first fortnight of August, as improving relative valuations, resilient corporate e... Read More


Manhattan synagogue disrupted as man faces hate crime charges; No injuries reported

India, Aug. 16 -- Hate crime charges have been filed against a man who disrupted Shabbat services in Manhattan's Central Synagogue and struck two people while being hustled outside Friday night. "As ... Read More


Ashis Banerjee former deputy speaker of West Bengal found dead at TMC party office

India, Aug. 16 -- Former deputy speaker of the West Bengal Assembly, Ashis Banerjee, was found hanging at a TMC party office in Birbhum district on Sunday morning, police sources said. A purported su... Read More