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New Delhi/Bhopal, Jul 13: A 40-member team of the CBI will reach Bhopal on Monday to take over the probe into the recruitment scam in the Madhya Pradesh Vyavsayik Pareeksha Mandal (Vyapam) and the over 40 deaths linked to it, officials had said on Sunday. A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) official said in New Delhi that the team will reach Bhopal in accordance with the directions of the

Bhopal, Jul 12: Opposition Congress on Sunday questioned Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s statements claiming credit for initiating probe into Vyapam scam, and alleged that he tried to “cover up” the scandal for many years. It claimed that though the first FIR was filed in 2009, Mr. Chouhan did not admit that there were any irregularities till the second FIR was filed in the

New Delhi, Jul 12: With the Modi government battling propriety issues over the Lalit Modi row and the furore on Vyapam scam, leaders of "like-minded" parties will meet for Congress president Sonia Gandhi's Iftar dinner tomorrow where they are likely to deliberate on the strategy for Parliament session beginning July 21. With the 'who's who' of anti-BJP politics expected to be present, considerable

New Delhi, Jul 12: On World Population Day, Indians numbered 1,274,234,538 at 2.30 p.m. on Saturday, constituting an estimated 17.23 percent of the overall global inhabitation of humans, as per data available with an independent socio-economic statistical organisation. According to Indiastat.com, which compiled secondary level socio-economic statistical information on India based on official

Bhopal, Jul 12: Report about mention of a "'mantrani' and a minister's wife" by a key accused in the Vyapam scam Saturday gave fresh ammunition to the Congress in its attack against ruling BJP in MP, as it alleged that STF acted in a pick-and-choose manner due to pressure by government. "Our allegation that the STF is acting in a pick-and-choose manner proved in the case of an FIR in forest guard

Bhopal, Jul 11: Report about mention of a "'mantrani' and a minister's wife" by a key accused in the Vyapam scam today gave fresh ammuntion to the Congress in its attack againt ruling BJP in MP, as it alleged that STF acted in a pick-and-choose manner due to presseure by government. "Our allegation that the STF is acting in a pick-and- choose manner proved in the case of an FIR in forest guard

New Delhi, Jul 11: Heavy overnight rains resulted in waterlogging in areas across the city and commuters had to face inconvenience because of heavy traffic jams. Delhi continued to reel under massive traffic jams due to waterlogging as heavy rains lashed the city for second consecutive day on Saturday flooding several arterial roads and leaving commuters stranded for hours while exposing civic

Guwahati, Jul 11: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today favoured reduction in deployment of central forces in the North East in view of the improved security scenario in the region. "In the wake of improvement in security scenario, there is a need to review deployment of security forces in the region. At present the deployment is more than it was when the insurgency was at its peak," he told a

Mussoorie, Jul 11: An ITBP jawan today went on a shooting spree killing his officer and injuring another personnel inside the prestigious IAS academy here, a day after he was punished by the senior. The misery for the force did not stop here as the accused constable, Chandra Shekar, ran away with an assault rifle and 70 rounds of bullets from Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration

Chennai/ New Delhi, Jul 11: After a little more than a month of intensive search, the debris of the missing Coast Guard Dornier aircraft and its Flight Data Recorder were located on Friday off Tamil Nadu coastline, a top official said. "We have found the debris of the aircraft and the flight data recorder of the missing Dornier today and it was found in the location of search along Tamil Nadu