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A 60-kg British-era copper chandelier at the main entrance of 17th century Taj Mahal crashed down recently, prompting the Archaeological Survey of India to initiate a probe into the matter.
Four days after the murder of Mid Day journalist J Dey, police have detained three men, believed to be members of Chhota Shakeel gang, in connection with the killing. "Three people have been detained. We are probing their role (in the case). We want to be sure (of their involvement in the crime) before jumping to a conclusion," a senior crime branch official said.The three men were believed to be working for fugitive gangster Shakeel, the right hand man of Dawood Ibrahim.
Union Minister of Railways Mamta Bannerjee, who is extremely perturbed by the disastrous train mishap in West Bengal early on Monday morning, has asked her ministry to carefully oversee the postmortem of M C Dey, the driver of the New Coochbehar-Sealdah Uttarbanga Express, which rammed into Bhagalpur-Ranchi Vananchal Express in Sainthia station of Birbhum district, killing 62 people and injuring 92 others.
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Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday.
India Bullion and Jewellers Association said, self-certification of coins by refineries contravenes the basic purpose of a certifying agency.
Defending champions Parupalli Kashyap and Sayali Gokhale entered the quarterfinals of the 78th ATS Senior National Badminton championship with contrasting wins at the Siri Fort Sports Complex in New Delhi on Saturday.
Income Tax officials probing alleged financial irregularities in the cash-rich IPL on Thursday claimed to have found some "incriminating" documents during searches at the offices of Kolkata Knight Riders and Cricket Association of Bengal.
'People, who are less deserving, are still inside the house while I am out. Mahira Sharma made it to the top only because of luck and the ticket to the finale task. Arti Singh does not have a strong opinion on anything. I don't know what she is doing in the house.'
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'We should not use and confuse the word Right to define Hindutva.' 'Doing so blurs the issue because it gives the BJP attributes that it does not have and does not even want,' says Aakar Patel.
The district Congress has filed a complaint against West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee accusing him of making "provocative" speech at a public meeting in Coochbehar.
The US dollar jumped in overseas market on Wednesday.
'Education will definitely benefit by making the child's first language the medium of instruction, by making examinations less prone to rote-learning, by setting up national research universities, all recommendations of the NEP,' observe Pankaj Jain and Shreekant Sambrani.
A look at how the Indian athletes fared on day one of the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, on Monday.
Hamizan Amirul Ibrahim won the men's 56-kg weightlifting event to claim Malaysia's first gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Sports Complex in Delhi, on Monday.
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Mumbai police, citing his suicide note, said the 1988-batch Indian Police Service officer took the extreme step 'out of frustration' due to his illness.
These three states sought a combined financial assistance of Rs 11,186 crore
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The ministry of company affairs (MCA) intends to insert a clause in the Companies Act that will make audit firms also liable to prosecution as against the existing provisions that limits penal action only to chartered accountants.
The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president Sourav Ganguly today told the members that the body cannot hold its AGM, scheduled later this month, due to lack of clarity on Lodha committee recommendations.
'We will see a kind of disaster which the country has not seen in the last 100 years.'
"We are in talks were several airlines like Turkish Airlines, Ethihad and Japan Airlines for starting their services from the Kolkata airport," AAI director of the city airport B P Sharma said.
The Indian weightlifting squad, which won a whopping 27 medals, including 17 gold, in the Commonwealth Senior and Junior Championships in Malaysia made a clean sweep of the team trophies.
Still the Reserve Bank of India will operate as usual and can provide funds via its overnight repo window, traders also said.
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East Bengal rode on a Ranty Martins strike to pip debutants DSK Shivajians by a solitary goal in the I-League football tournament at the Vidyasagar Krirangan in Barasat in West Bengal on Tuesday.
East Bengal on Friday showcaused their Brazilian striker Edmilson Marques who had a spat with coach Subhas Bhowmick that led to a scuffle with team-mate Saumik Dey inside the dressing room.
National Disaster Response Force personnel left the spot, while State Disaster Management Department personnel continued their rescue work at the accident site with cranes, earth movers and drilling machines.
Former Union minister and Congress leader Rajeev Shukla was re-appointed chairman of the powerful IPL Governing Council on Monday, ending a month-long suspense over the selection for the top post in the cash-rich Twenty20 league.
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Former Board of Control for Cricket in India chief Jagmohan Dalmiya on Saturday skipped the Working Committee meeting of the Board before next month's Annual General Meeting, preferring to depute another representative of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) which he is currently heading. CAB is being represented by Biswarup Dey at the one-day sitting of the BCCI at its headquarters in Mumbai.
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Here's a recap of events that occurred in India in the past 24 hours.
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