India

Jaipur, Oct 15 (PTI) National Students' Union of India (NSUI) workers on Friday burnt a Ravana-like effigy here representing the central government having the faces of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others against inflation and fuel price hike.

The effigy was set on flames on the occasion of Dussehra inside the University of Rajasthan campus.

Kanpur: Hundred of passengers took the help of another vehicle to go to their respective destinations following the goods train derailment near Prayagraj.

They even cancelled their reservations which were a scence on the railways counter.

As many as 1823 passengers got their reserved tickets cancelled, said CMI S Shukla. The enquiry counter was also heavily crowded.

By the evening the first train passed on the repaired track was Lucknow-New Delhi Shatabdi. It was followed by Magadh Exp.

Kanpur: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur has introduced new courses in Statistics and Data Science.

The courses come under the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.

Admission to this course will be held through JEE advanced 2021.

Students admitted to this programme, like any other four-year Bachelor's program offered by the Institute will have the option to earn a Master's degree in 'Statistics and Data Science'.

NEW DELHI, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- At least six paramilitary troopers belonging to Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were wounded Saturday in a blast that took place in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, police said.

The blast went off at a railway station in Raipur, the capital city of Chhattisgarh.

NEW DELHI, Oct 15 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 34,037,592 today, as 16,862 new confirmed cases were registered in the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data.

An additional 379 deaths from the pandemic were recorded, taking the total death toll to 451,814.

There are currently 203,678 active COVID-19 cases in the country, after a decline of 2,908 in the number recorded in the past 24 hours.

SRINAGAR, Oct 15 (NNN-PTI) – A junior commissioned officer (JCO) of the Indian army and a trooper were killed, in a fierce gunfight with militants in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said today.

The gunfight broke out at Dera Ki Gali, in Surankote area, close to the Line of Control (LoC) in frontier Poonch district, about 185 km south-west of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir.

Mumbai, Oct 14 (PTI) A special court here which granted bail to Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik's son-in-law Sameer Khan has observed that there was no evidence to establish that Khan was involved in drug trafficking.

Special judge for Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act cases A A Joglekar granted bail to Khan and two others last month. A detailed order became available on Wednesday.

New Delhi, Oct 14 (PTI) The wholesale price-based inflation eased to a six-month low of 10.66 per cent in September, helped by moderating food prices even as crude petroleum witnessed a spike.

WPI inflation has remained in the double-digit for the sixth consecutive month beginning April, and a lower rate of inflation was recorded in March at 7.89 per cent.

Chatra (Jharkhand), Oct 14 (PTI) Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi on Thursday said closure of some mines, and inundation of a few others due to monsoon led to the crisis but there is no need to panic as the situation is improving.

Visiting the Ashoka mine of the Central Coalfields Ltd (CCL) at Piparwar in Chatra district of Jharkhand, Joshi said the power plants in the country will continue to receive the required amount of coal.

"We are witnessing an improvement now," he said, asked about the current situation.

New Delhi, Oct 15 (PTI) The condition of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is admitted to AIIMS, is stable and improving, a hospital official said on Friday.

Singh was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here on Wednesday evening after he complained of weakness following fever.

The 89-year-old former prime minister has been admitted to a private ward in the Cardio-Neuro Centre of the hospital and is under the care of a team of cardiologists led by Dr Nitish Naik.