India, All india, 4th Sep 2017, News & Stories from India

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No account of how much black money removed after note ban: RBI

The RBI has been facing flak from the Opposition parties for demonetisation and delay in disclosing figures on the junked notes.

04 Sep 2017 8:50 PM

There were allegations that the deaths happened due to disruption in the oxygen supply. (Photo: PTI)

Farrukhabad: Doctors threaten mass leave to protest FIR against colleagues

An FIR against the CMO and the CMS was registered on Monday night in Farrukhabad, about 180 km from the state capital.

04 Sep 2017 8:30 PM

The protesters tried to jump barricades to reach outside the chief minister's residence in Chandigarh for their demonstration and violated prohibitory orders imposed under section 144 in the area, police said. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

Chandigarh: 60 AAP leaders taken into preventive custody during protest

Police had to use water cannons to disperse them near the MLAs' hostel gate in Chandigarh.

04 Sep 2017 4:39 PM

The president of Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee, Raj Babbar, appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and asked him to take responsibility of the tragic situation in the state. (Photo: PTI)

Yogi has turned UP into 'rogi': Cong on Farrukhabad children deaths

UP Chief Minister is incapable of governing the state and he should be replaced very soon, Raj Babbar told the PM.

04 Sep 2017 3:50 PM

An idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha is immersed in a lake. (Photo: AP)

Gwalior: 3 young boys drown during Ganesh idol immersion

The trio drowned in an 80-feet deep mine filled with water while immersing the idol.

04 Sep 2017 2:23 PM

Security Forces retaliated to firing by militants, resulting in an encounter. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

J&K: Security personnel gun down 2 terrorists in Baramulla

The 2 terrorists killed in Sopore township are expected to be of either Hizbul Mujahideen or Lashkar-e-Taiba.

04 Sep 2017 11:15 AM

Ravindra, the victim, a resident of Uttar Pradesh's Sarsawa, was arrested in Panchkula on August 25 when Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was convicted in a rape case. (Photo: File/Representational)

Haryana: Dera Sacha Sauda follower hangs self to death in Ambala jail

The magistrate is investigating the case and has also recorded statements of jail inmates.

04 Sep 2017 9:23 AM

Tribals in Malkangiri caught while carrying ganja in bamboo slings to Chhattisgarh.

Maoists revert to ganja cultivation to raise funds

Excise sleuths to use satellite imagery to track down movement of peddlers.

04 Sep 2017 2:12 AM

BJP president Amit Shah addressing a rally. (Photo: Asian Age)

Eyeing 2019 polls, BJD, BJP to invoke Odia pride

Recognition of the Paika rebellion at the national level brought much cheer to Odisha — and was welcomed even by chief minister Naveen Patnaik.

04 Sep 2017 2:10 AM

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath, who is also the MP from Gorakhpur, has been raising the issue in Lok Sabha since 1998 but the situation doesn't seem to have changed much. He even demanded that the disease should be categorised as an epidemic. Ever since he took over as the CM, he has been regularly visiting the BRDMC and keeping in touch with the doctors.

Gorakhpur losing encephalitis battle

Since 1977, more than 25,000 children have died due to the disease in UP.

04 Sep 2017 2:04 AM

Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari (Photo: File)

Congress likens Cabinet to senior citizens’ club

Talking to mediapersons, he claimed Modi was “strangely disconnected” from the Cabinet reshuffle exercise.

04 Sep 2017 1:46 AM

Traffic came to a standstill for nearly 30 minutes on Sunday morning to allow the movement of an ambulance to airlift a critically ill six-month-old child to Delhi for treatment.

Guwahati: Green corridor helps to shift critically-ill baby

The ‘corridor’ was set up along 45-km stretch between hospital and airport.

04 Sep 2017 1:46 AM

On Sunday, four more people tested positive to the deadly virus out of 17 swab samples tested at the Regional Medical and Research Centre, Bhubaneshwar. (Representational image)

Two more die of swine flu in Odisha; toll rises to 35

Earlier, the state government had issued guidelines to both government and private hospitals for treatment of swine flu patients.

04 Sep 2017 1:45 AM

RSS Prachar Pramukh Manmohan Vaidya (Photo: PTI/File)

RSS lauds Modi govt’s handling of Doklam issue

This is the first time that the RSS has categorically supported demonetisation.

04 Sep 2017 1:44 AM

Suresh Prabhu rejects ‘demotion’ talk

Mr Prabhu was moved out of the important railway ministry and was handed over the commerce and industry portfolio in the Cabinet recast.

04 Sep 2017 1:42 AM

The body of Satwik Pandey, a Class 11 student of a local school, was found on the railway track in Damoh town on Sunday morning, the investigating officer said.

‘Blue Whale’ claims first victim in MP

The police suspected that it might be a case of suicide abetted by the Blue Whale challenge.

04 Sep 2017 1:32 AM

The data showed the average daily deaths translating to 16 in 2014, 19 in 2015 and 17 in 2016 as against 5.3 a day before August this year.

Sharp dip in Gorakhpur kids’ deaths in 2017, says UP government

The number of deaths stood at 5,850 in 2014, 6,917 in 2015 and 6,121 in 2016, the department data said.

04 Sep 2017 1:29 AM

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) politician and member of parliament Nirmala Sitharaman takes the oath during the swearing-in ceremony of new ministers at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

Nirmala Sitharaman rewarded with Cabinet rank

4 other ‘good performers’ elevated, Prabhu retains Cabinet rank.

04 Sep 2017 1:23 AM

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley (Photo: PTI)

Nirmala to go to MoD after Jaitley is back from Japan

“Normally, the new defence minister should have been going but logistically that doesn’t seem possible today... to make the changes,” Mr Jaitley said.

04 Sep 2017 1:18 AM

Piyush Goyal is the new Railways Ministry and Nirmala Sitharaman is the new Defence Minister. (Photo: PIB)

Nirmala Sitharaman gets Defence, Piyush Goyal is Railways Minister

Prabhu in commerce; Gadkari to handle Ganga cleaning too.

04 Sep 2017 1:10 AM

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