The top court also directed authorities to consider withdrawing all cases against migrant workers for alleged violation of lockdown norms under the Disaster Management Act.
Banks want government to retain 40 per cent of Jet slots at all airports to ensure a new owner can kick-start operations soon after taking over.
Why are the protesters still on their own and why are political parties abstaining from joining this mass movement? Aakar Patel explains.
'There were no airhostesses and stewards to bring us food, water and the news of when the journey would resume.'
A senior BEST official expressed hope of the stalemate getting resolved soon.
As rigor mortis had set in, the workers broke the body at the hip, wrapped it in an old sheet, tied it to a bamboo pole, and carried it to the railway station from where it was taken to Balasore by train.
Scores of Banaras Hindu University students also staged a protest at the Lanka Gate in support of the AMU students.
The bus was carrying 40-45 people and most of those killed were students of elementary classes, aged below ten.
With just hours left for Friday's showdown between protesters and the government in Egypt, the army on Thursday rolled out tanks and positioned soldiers to separate warring pro-and anti-Hosni Mubarak demonstrators, who clashed leaving seven people dead and 700 injured in fresh violence.
Postal service worker Kristbjorn Hilmir Kjartansson and his friend Gretar Jonsson, a film student, took 14 days to make the trip from Reykjavik to Volgograd.
New York city came almost to a standstill for a second day after protesters continued their agitation against the New York Police Department in the Eric Garner choking case.
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PM Modi, BJP president J P Nadda, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal have all expressed grief over the incident.
The Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force have deployed six helicopters and one Dornier aircraft to help in rescue operations at the Kerala temple where a fire has left over 90 dead.
Details of use of state government plane to ferry Union Carbide Chairman Warren Anderson out of Bhopal in 1984 are not available with the Madhya Pradesh government, state's aviation directorate has said.
Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Telangana have announced a lockdown of educational institutions, malls and other places that attract people in large numbers, even as some of them have been reporting increase in positive cases.
Investigators probing the Delhi high court blast have zeroed in on a Patna-based man and have launched a hunt to nab the owner of a car which is suspected to have ferried the perpetrators.
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The Kerala forest department is of the view that unrestricted entry of vehicles for ferrying pilgrims into the Pullumedu trekking path was one of the factors that paved the way for the January 14 stampede that claimed the lives of 102 Sabarimala pilgrims.
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A 22-year-old rickshaw puller was arrested in outer Delhi for allegedly raping an elderly woman after beating her up while ferrying her to her residence, the police said on Monday. Bhola, hailing from Madhya Pradesh, was arrested on Sunda night following interrogation of around 100 rickshaw pullers after the incident was reported from near K N Katju Marg police station on Saturday, a senior police official said.
In a statement, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said the air pollution had reached the severe level and asked people to follow the dos and don'ts as mentioned in the advisory.
Muslims across the country have joined the agitation, apprehending that the move could be a precursor to a country-wide NRC.
'Frankly, no one is prepared for Begin Again or whatever this is called.'
Nearly a third of 18,000 Indians, stuck in strife-torn Libya, would have been evacuated by Tuesday through air and sea.
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Another batch of Indians, who were caught in the violent unrest in Cairo over the demand for the ouster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, reached Mumbai by a special 'ferry' flight of Air India on Thursday. The special flight AI-161, a Boeing 747-800 aircraft, carrying 212 passengers on board, landed at 5.22 am at the city's Chhattrapati Shivaji International Airport, an Air India spokesperson said.
US-led NATO forces are facing a tough time in Afghanistan after Pakistan blockaded the main supply route and the Taliban stepped up attacks on vehicles and oil-tankers carrying essentials with nearly 60 trucks being destroyed in last three days.
With Pakyong now usable by AN-32s, the Indian Army can quickly move soldiers, weapons and supplies to this highly sensitive sector, which includes flashpoints like Doklam, Nathu La and the Siliguri Corridor.
In the old quarters of Delhi, the sound of hoofs that was synonymous with the city's colonial charm is set to fade away on a sour note. The state government plans to pull the tonga off the streets in an attempt to decongest the heavy traffic in the city.
'My fight against the dictatorship was born out of the conviction that evil should be fought, but it never entitled killing or what the prosecution say 'criminal force'
'I have seen the tears in their eyes.' 'I want to thank God for giving me an opportunity to help these guys.'
The Indian Air Force is expected to fly an IL-76 aircraft, which can ferry 300 people, to Libya on Thursday to evacuate Indian citizens stranded there. "An IL-76 is at the Palam airport and is expected to fly out to Cairo on Thursday morning on its way to Libya," IAF officials said. However, the destination of the aircraft is not being disclosed keeping in mind the safety of the evacuees, they added.
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At least 39 passengers of Chennai-Mangalore Express were injured after four bogies derailed near Cuddalore in the wee hours on Friday.
Twenty-five people drowned and an equal number went missing when an overcrowded country boat capsized after being caught in a whirlpool in the swollen Kosi river in Supaul on Wednesday.
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