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Mumbai, Jul 7: Parag Sawant, who was injured in the 7/11 serial train blasts, died at PD Hinduja Hospital, Mahim on Tuesday morning. Doctors at the hospital said that he was in a vegitative state for all these years. In 2013, Sawant, doctors said had shown signs of improvement but his condition deteriorated later. Then aged 27, Sawant was travelling in a Churchgate-Virar train to his home when a

New Delhi, Jul 7: The Vyapam cloud darkened over the BJP government in MP on Monday with two more deaths in the state getting linked to the admission and recruitment racket and Union water resources minister Uma Bharati saying she was scared by the spate of mysterious deaths. "There is panic in MP due to the deaths. I am scared for the lives of people connected to me. I am a minister but still I

Bhopal/New Delhi, Jul 7: Even as a police trainee recruited through Vyapam was found dead, the third death in three days, the central government on Monday rejected calls for a CBI probe into the scam to have hit the Madhya Pradesh government, saying that only courts could take a decision on the matter. The BJP rallied behind MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan saying the state government need not order it

Jhabua (MP), Jul 6: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said the SIT probe into Vyapam scam was being monitored by the Madhya Pradesh High Court and the government cannot direct the court to hand it over to CBI. "SIT probe into the scam is on, and the government cannot direct the High Court or the Supreme Court on the issue," Singh said, speaking to reporters here. Asked why the state

New Delhi, Jul 6: An unwed mother can be the legal guardian of a child without the consent of the father, the Supreme Court today ruled. A woman had challenged the need to involve the father of her child in a guardianship petition even though she had never married him. The woman, a government officer, had also asserted her right to keep the father's name secret, arguing that he had nothing to do

New Delhi, Jul 6: The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a petition seeking removal of Madhya Pradesh Governor Ram Naresh Yadav on the ground of his alleged involvement in the scam in the massive admission and recruitment scam in Madhya Pradesh. Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB). A bench comprising Chief Justice H L Dattu and Justices Arun Kumar Mishra and Amitava Roy said that

Sagar (MP), Jul 6: A 25-year-old woman trainee sub-inspector, who got into the police force through an exam conducted by Vyapam, was today found dead in a lake here. Police suspect it to be a case of suicide. The body of trainee sub-inspector, Anamika Sikarwar (25), was found in the lake adjacent to the Police Training Academy in Sagar district headquarters, City Superintendent of Police (CSP)

New Delhi: Jul 6: After instant noodles, the country's food safety authority has now turned its focus on energy drinks containing caffeine, which are becoming increasingly popular among youngsters in urban areas, besides meat and poultry products. A set of new regulations on meat and poultry is likely to come into effect from October 1 to improve the quality of these animal proteins, the Food

New Delhi, Jul 6: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will leave for an eight-day official visit to five Central Asian countries and Russia, starting from Uzbekistan on Monday. The tour will further take PM Modi to Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and to Ufa in Russia where he will attend the BRICS and SCO back-to-back summits. Furthermore, according to news channels, on the sidelines of

New Delhi, Jul 5: The last rites of investigative TV journalist Akshay Singh, who was covering Vyapam scam, were held today in the capital where Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal were among those present, amid mounting outrage over his mysterious death. Delhi BJP Chief Satish Upadhyaya, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, DPCC chief Ajay Maken and Congress leaders Digvijay