Ammonia gas leak from Haryana plant, 100 affected

Chandigarh (IANS) At least 100 people were impacted, including 50 fainted after inhaling ammonia gas that leaked from a cold storage plant in Harayan's Kurukshetra district, police said on Wednesday.

Two of them were seriously ill and admitted…

Taxing retirement income of employees a retrograde step

New Delhi (IANS) The Union Budget for 2020 contains direct tax proposals in the Finance Bill to tax the retirement fund of an employee, which has been called a retrograde step by experts.

The budget proposals seeks to limit the exemption of…

Kishor to launch 'Baat Bihar Ki' campaign from Feb 20

Patna(IANS) Expelled Janata Dal-United Vice President and top election strategist Prashant Kishor on Tuesday said that he has "no intention" to join politics but said he will launch "Baat Bihar Ki" campaign involving those who believe in his vision…

GoAir's aircraft suffers bird hit, passengers safe

New Delhi (IANS) Passengers along with crew on-board budget carrier GoAir's flight from Ahmedabad to Bengaluru were safely deplaned after the aircraft suffered a bird hit which caused a fire in one of the engines.

According to the airline,…

No train reservation on basis of religion: Piyush Goyal

Hyderabad (IANS) Amid row over reports that a berth in Kashi-Mahakal Express is reserved for Lord Shiva, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday made it clear that neither a train was reserved on the basis of religion nor will be reserved in future.
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Over 200 Wuhan evacuees to be discharged from Manesar today

New Delhi (IANS) At least 220 people, who tested negative for COVID-19 (coronavirus) infection, in quarantine at Manesar Army Camp after being evacuated from Wuhan in China, are set to be discharged on Tuesday, the Union Health Ministry said.
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Land given to Ram temple in Ayodhya has graves: Muslim Lawyer

Ayodhya (IANS) A group of Muslim residents in Ayodhya has sent a letter to the temple trust saying that construction of the Ram temple on the graves of Muslims will be a violation of 'Sanatan Dharma'.

The letter has been sent by M.R.…

Rahul respects Manmohan Singh, wanted clean politics: Cong

New Delhi (IANS) The Congress has rejected former Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia's contention that then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wanted to quit after Rahul Gandhi tore the Ordinance, proposed by the UPA government.

Need to review many welfare schemes, Montek reminds govt

New Delhi (IANS) Montek Singh Ahluwalia, a former Deputy Chairman of the now- defunct Planning Commission, on Monday said that many welfare schemes of the government needed to be reviewed to assess their reach and efficacy.

"We need to review…

Nirbhaya convicts to be hanged on March 3, mother happy

New Delhi (IANS) The four death-row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case will now be hanged on March 3 at 6 a.m., a local court announced here on Monday.

Additional Sessions Judge Dharmendra Rana pronounced the order on a petition…