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In India, 50 mn children lack sanitation in schools

New Delhi, Sept. 28 -- Nearly a fifth of the children with no access to sanitation services in schools are in India, the highest for any country in the world, according to the WHO-UNICEF Joint Monitor... Read More


BJP using education and religion to divide people: Akhilesh

Lucknow, Sept. 28 -- Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday accused the BJP of using issues such as education and religion to divide society, alleging discrimination against madrasas and c... Read More


Sharad Pawar rules out political realignment

Mumbai, Sept. 28 -- NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Monday dismissed speculation of his party going with "those in power", while triggering fresh political chatter about a merger between two NCP factio... Read More


BJP rigged EVMs to harm BSP: Mayawati

Lucknow, Sept. 28 -- Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati on Monday alleged that the BJP, as part of a conspiracy to harm the BSP, rigged EVMs to ensure ele... Read More


Over 1 lakh affected people evacuated

Bhubaneswar, Sept. 28 -- The Odisha government has shifted around 1.4 lakh people to safer locations over the past four days, as a fresh wave of flood affected several districts, officials said on Mon... Read More


Pralhad Joshi meets French education minister

New Delhi, Sept. 28 -- Union Education Minister Pralhad Joshi met his French counterpart Philippe Baptiste on Monday and discussed expanding student and faculty mobility besides avenues for further st... Read More


UP: Four killed as LPG cylinder explosion brings down 2-storey house

Kanpur, Sept. 28 -- At least four persons including a four-year-old boy died, while three others sustained injuries, after a domestic LPG cylinder exploded, causing a two-storey building to collapse i... Read More


SC suggests electricity bill route to recover unpaid traffic challans

New Delh, Sept. 28 -- With nearly Rs 20,000 crore in unpaid traffic fines piling up across the country, the Supreme Court on Monday suggested an unusual way to recover the money: add outstanding e-cha... Read More


Ujjain on the boil over mosque demolition; 15 detained, 7 booked

Ujjain (MP), Sept. 28 -- Tensions flared in Ujjain on Monday as police fired tear gas to disperse a crowd that pelted stones during a protest against the proposed removal of a portion of the 100-year-... Read More


CEC's ouster: Cong to hold CWC meet today to chalk out strategy

New Delhi, Sept. 28 -- Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has called a meeting of the party's working committee on Tuesday where the issue of "internal differences" in the Election Commission would... Read More