India

New Delhi, Apr 26: Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday ordered an inquiry into the Kushinagar train-school van accident and announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh for the kin of the deceased. The minister also said that the Railways will provide an ex gratia amount of Rs 1 lakh for those with serious injuries and Rs 50,000 for those simple injuries. Thirteen children were killed and eight

New Delhi, Apr 26: The government is learnt to have cleared the appointment of senior advocate Indu Malhotraas a judge of the Supreme Court, sources in the Law Ministry said today. She will be the first woman judge to be appointed to the top post directly from the bar. With this development, the government has decided to put on hold the elevation of Justice K M Joseph, who heads the Uttarakhand

Aizawl, Apr 26: In an interesting political development, the Congress and the BJP have joined hands to rule the Chakma Autonomous District Council (CADC) in Mizoram, after the election threw a fractured mandate, a Congress leader said here today. The Congress bagged six seats while the BJP won in five seats in the election to the 20-member CADC held on Friday and the results were declared

New Delhi, Apr 26: The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to consider a plea by two of the accused in the Kathua gang-rape and murder case seeking a CBI probe. They also want the trial to be held in Jammu. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud considered the plea by Sanji Ram and Vishal Jangotra that they be impleaded as parties to the petition filed by

Bengaluru, Apr 25: Isro has rescheduled the high-profile launch of its advanced communication satellite GSAT-11, the heaviest made in India, from Kourou, French Guiana, for additional technical checks. The decision comes weeks after its communication satellite with military applications GSAT-6A went missing after a perfect launch. GSAT-11, with a lift-off mass over 5,700 kg, was initially planned

Allahabad, Apr 25: The Allahabad high court on Wednesday granted bail to Dr Kafeel Khan, who had been booked in connection with the death of children due to lack of oxygen at the Gorakhpur BRD Medical College last August. Earlier, Dr Kafeel Khan - who has been in jail in the BRD Medical College case involving death of 63 children due to disruption in oxygen supply - had been brought to Gorakhpur

Srinagar, Apr 25: A political activist was killed and two policemen injured in a militant attack in south Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district today, an official said. Three persons were injured in firing by militants near the Rajpora Chowk in Pulwama district, a police official said. He said one of the injured, a political activist identified as Ghulam Nabi, resident of Shadimarg area, succumbed

New Delhi, Apr 25: The government on Wednesday shot-off notices for the second time to both Cambridge Analytica and Facebook, seeking more details on the data breach issue, sources said. Taking a tough stance against Cambridge Analytica's "cryptic response" to its first notice, the government has again sent notices to both the British data analytics firm and Facebook, confronting them with

Jaipur, Apr 25: A trial court in Jodhpur on Wednesday held self-styled godman Asaram Bapu guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl in August 2013. The verdict was delivered by Special Judge Madhusudhan Sharma in a makeshift court at the Jodhpur Central Jail as per the orders of the Rajasthan High Court. Asaram was charged under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (Pocso), Juvenile

Jodhpur, Apr 25: A supporter of Asaram was detained today outside the Central Jail in Jodhpur where prohibitory orders have been clamped in view of a trial court verdict in the rape case against the self-styled godman. Asaram's supporter reached near the jail and tried to put a garland on his poster, but the policemen nabbed him. The poster was put on a wall of a corridor outside the jail boundary