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Lalu Prasad YadavNo final decision has been taken on request for parole sought by RJD president Lalu Prasad to attend his son's marriage later this week, Inspector General of Prison, Jharkhand, Harsh Mangla said. He told PTI in Ranchi that "the issue is under consideration"."No final decision has been taken on request for parole sought by Prasad," the IG said. Mangla, however, said the decision would be taken on it by Thursday.The septuagenarian Prasad, who has been convicted in three fodder sc

Rahul Gandhi. File picAfter Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked Rahul Gandhi today for publicly declaring his prime ministerial ambition, BJP's bickering ally Shiv Sena said it was the Congress president's democratic right to express his stand and no one should make fun of it. Speaking to reporters here, Sena's Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut also said that his party considers NCP president Sharad Pawar a worthy candidate for the prime minister's post."In a democracy, Rahul Gandhi has the

On Wednesday, five girls drowned in Bihar's Madhubani district when they had taken out buffaloes to graze, police said.The girls slipped into deep water in a big pond near Navtoli village under Babubarhi block in Madhubani and drowned, a district police official said.According to police officials, the girls, following their return from a government-run middle school, went as usual to take the buffaloes in a nearby field when the accident occurred. The bodies have been recovered and sent for auto

The Delhi government has decided to add a total of 1,716 beds in four city hospitals at a cost of Rs 657.51 crore, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Wednesday.The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting held here on Wednesday.The government would add 419 beds in Bhagwan Mahavir Hospital in Pitampura, 463 beds in Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital in Rohini, 472 beds in Guru Gobind Singh Hospital in Rajouri Garden and 362 beds in Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Mangolpuri.Once completed,

Minutes before the Mumbai-Manmad Panchavati Express, converted into hi-end Linke-Hofmann-Busch class from Wednesday, chugged into the station, the man who was an integral part of that transformation, died while waiting on the platform to welcome the train. Bipin Gandhi, 66, suffered a heart attack and died on the spot, railway police said, adding they have registered a case of accidental death.Gandhi, founder of NGO Rail Parishad, was rushed to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared him dead.

Publicly shamed for allegedly kicking out his 72-year-old father from home eight years ago, a Mumbai resident has told authorities that he will arrange a
suitable accommodation for his dad, a painter. 45-year-old Vikas Waghmare allegedly threw his father Shankar Waghmare out of their family home eight years ago, police said.A local senior citizens' group in suburban Versova, with the help of BJP MLA Bharti Lavekar, recently put up a poster naming and shaming the son. The poster, with photographs

A man riding a two-wheeler was killed after being hit by a bus in south Delhi's South Extension area on Wednesday, police said. The man, in his 30s, was hit by the bus from behind and such was the impact that he went on to hit another bus ahead of him, they added.The bus that was hit by him rammed into another two-wheeler driver who sustained injuries. The two drivers were arrested, they said, adding further details were awaited.Catch up on all the latest Mumbai news, crime news, current affairs