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London, May 24 (IANS) A study of future human missions has indicated corporate researchers could be living on the moon by the time NASA astronauts head off to visit an asteroid in the 2020s.
Lucknow, May 20 (IANS) Come Thursday, Uttar Pradesh will have an address in Navi Mumbai, adjacent to India's commercial capital.
New York, May 17 (ANI): O.J. Simpson has recently revealed that he had been drinking for the whole day on Sept. 13, 2007, before he robbed two sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel.
London, May 19 (IANS) Britain's first "official" astronaut, 41-year-old Major Tim Peake, has been selected to go on a five-month mission to the International Space Station in 2015, a media report said Sunday.
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought reports from the Ghaziabad police and Government Railway Police over the death of a woman who was allegedly pushed off a train with her infant daughter.
Hyderabad, May 17 (IANS) The South Central Railway (SCR) plans to procure 200 more eco-friendly bio-toilets to provide the facility on more trains in the next few months.
London, May 17 (ANI): Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield has said that he his life in space was "too good" to not share on social media.
Melbourne, May 16 (ANI): The crew of the International Space Station (ISS) were offered a sneak peak of 'Star Trek Into Darkness' days before it opened on Earth.
Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) Indian Army's first woman jawan Shanti Tigga was found hanging in a railway hospital in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district Tuesday, police said.
Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) Woman army jawan Shanti Tigga was found hanging in a railway hospital in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district Tuesday, police said.
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) In a bid to woo commuters, the Airport Metro Express Line (AMEL), run by Reliance Infrastructure, has offered from Tuesday discounted travel for families or groups, an official said.
Washington, May 14 (ANI): Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield released a YouTube video of him performing David Bowie's 'Space Oddity' in space on Sunday.
Washington, May 14 (ANI): Three members of the International Space Station Expedition 35 crew undocked from the orbiting laboratory and returned safely to Earth Monday, May 13, ending a mission lasting almost five months.
Moscow, May 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Fifteen aircraft and six rescue vehicles will be deployed to ensure the safe recovery of the Soyuz TMA-07M landing capsule when it brings back to Earth three members of the International Space Station (ISS) crew early Tuesday, Russian aviation agency Rosaviatsia said.
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) An eight-year-old girl was recovered from Kanpur railway station a few hours after she went missing from New Delhi railway station Monday, police said.
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Dismissing reports of a rift between the PMO and the party following dropping of two ministers from the cabinet, the Congress Monday asserted that there was no change in its position that Manmohan Singh will be prime minister till 2014.
London, May 13 (ANI): BBC Radio Stoke presenter Paula White, who was due to host a final three hour show after six years as the radio station's afternoon host, had to be replaced after 30 minutes as she was found drunk and slurring through the show.
New Delhi, May 12 (ANI): Congress Party spokesman and general secretary Janardan Dwivedi on Sunday said in a statement that the removal of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and Law and Justice Minister Ashwani Kumar from the Union Cabinet was a "joint decision" of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi, while dismissing reports that the action was at the insistence Gandhi only.
Washington, May 12 (ANI): NASA ordered two astronauts for an impromptu spacewalk Saturday to find and, possibly, fix a serious leak at the International Space Station.
New Delhi, May 12 (ANI): A day after Ashwani Kumar, former union law and justice minister, claimed that he was above board on the role that he had played while going through the Central Bureau of Investigations's (CBI's) draft report on the coal block allocation probe before being asked to resign by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, former railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal also defended his decision to quit from the Union cabinet.
Moscow, May 12 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Expedition 35 crew members have removed and replaced a pump on a cooling system of the International Space Station (ISS) that may be leaking ammonia, NASA said.
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) Former railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said Saturday that he had done nothing wrong and welcomed investigations into the case related to his nephew accepting a bribe for getting a senior official a plum Railway Board post.
New Delhi, May 11 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee as advised by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has accepted the resignations of Pawan Kumar Bansal and Ashwani Kumar with immediate effect
New Delhi, May 11 (ANI): A day after he was forced to resign following the Supreme Court's strictures for vetting the CBI draft report on the coal block allocation scam, former Law Minister Ashwani Kumar on Saturday said that he had done no wrong, and added that he stepped down from his post to put an end to unnecessary controversy.
New Delhi, May 11 (ANI): In wake of resignation of two Cabinet Ministers, senior Communist Party of India (CPM) leader Atul Anjan on Saturday accused the ruling party of being part of most of the scams in the country.
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Within hours of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday evening, the UPA government asked two tainted cabinet members - Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and Law Minister Ashwani Kumar - to go, sending out a signal that no wrongdoing will be tolerated.
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal Friday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and submitted his resignation while Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, facing heat for interfering in a CBI probe in coal blocks allocation, also met the prime minister indicating he may too quit.
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal Friday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and submitted his resignation after the Congress leadership decided he should go, informed sources said.
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) There was little hope of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal continuing in the cabinet after the Congress leadership decided he should go, party sources said Friday.
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) As Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal appeared likely to quit, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday said had the step been taken earlier, the budget session of parliament would not have been wasted.
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) There was little hope of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal continuing in the cabinet after the Congress leadership decided he should go, party sources said Friday.
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Amid intense speculation over the fate of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, the Congress Friday said it would not tolerate corruption.
New Delhi, May 10 (ANI): Taking potshots at the ruling Congress Party at the Centre, the Bharatiya Janata Party said on Friday alleged that the UPA Government gives its 'corrupt ministers' adequate time to erase evidence.
Moscow, May 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) An ammonia leak was detected in the cooling system in the US section of the International Space Station, a Russian space agency official said Friday.
Mumbai, May 9 (IANS) Two men who plotted and executed an acid attack at a railway station in Mumbai on a woman, who was selected to join as a nursing officer in the Army, were Thursday brought to the city from New Delhi, said Government Railway Police (GRP).
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, under a cloud over his kin's involvement in bribery allegation for a plum railway board posting, skipped the cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday.
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, under a cloud over his kin's involvement in bribery allegation for a plum railway board posting, skipped the cabinet meeting chaired by Prime MInister Manmohan Singh Thursday. There is speculation he may be asked to quit.
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) A Delhi Court Thursday sent Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's nephew Vijay Singla and four others to judicial custody till May 20 in a bribe case linked to appointments in the Railway Board.
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Both houses of parliament were adjourned sine die Wednesday, two days ahead of schedule.
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Parliament was disrupted Wednesday as the BJP persisted with its demand for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation over irregularities in the allocation of coal blocks, and also demanded that ministers P.K. Bansal and Ashwani Kumar step down.
San Juan, May 8 (IANS/EFE) Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla said that the island's government has acquired the property of a former US Navy base in the eastern coastal city of Ceiba.
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Unruly scenes were witnessed in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday as two members of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) tried to snatch a copy of the bill from External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid as he tried to introduce a proposed legislation for land swap with Bangladesh.
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) A Delhi court Tuesday sent businessman Ajay Garg, an alleged aide of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's nephew and accused in the railways bribery scam, and three other accused to CBI custody till May 9.
Mumbai, May 7 (ANI): Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths on Tuesday raided the residence of suspended Railway Board Member (Staff) Mahesh Kumar, days after he was accused of paying a bribe to a nephew of Railway Minister Pawan Bansal to secure the post of Member (Electrical) when it falls vacant in July.
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) The opposition BJP Tuesday blamed the Congress for the logjam in parliament, adding that it would allow the houses to function only if Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal quit.
Bangalore, May 7 (ANI): Former union railway minister C.K.Jaffer Sharief on Tuesday said that incumbent Railway Minister Pawan Bansal cannot be blamed for the latest appointments scam dogging his ministry, as he had no direct role to play in it.
New Delhi, May 7 (ANI) A close aide of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's nephew Vijay Singla surrendered before a Delhi court on Tuesday in connection with the cash-for-jobs scam in the railways.
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Both houses of parliament were repeatedly disrupted and were adjourned till Wednesday as the BJP pressed for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation over irregularities in the allocation of coal blocks and also demanded that ministers P.K. Bansal and Ashwani Kumar step down.
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Businessman Ajay Garg, an aide of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's nephew and accused in the railway bribery scam, surrendered in a court here Tuesday.
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Lok Sabha was adjourned till Wednesday amid a standoff between the BJP, which refuses to settle for anything less than the resignations of the prime minister and the law and railways ministers, and the government, which is keen to pass the food security bill.
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Both houses of parliament were stalled Tuesday as the BJP pressed for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation over irregularities in the allocation of coal blocks and also demanded that ministers P.K. Bansal and Ashwani Kumar step down.
New Delhi, May 7 (ANI): The BJP Parliamentary Board on Tuesday decided not to allow any bill to be passed in the Parliament till Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and Law Minister Ashwani Kumar are sacked from their posts.
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said it would not let parliament function till Railway Minister P.K. Bansal and Law Minister Ashwani Kumar step down.
Melbourne, May 7 (ANI): Setting foot on Mars by the 2030s is the ultimate destination in our solar system for humanity, and a priority for NASA, the agency's chief has said in a conference of space experts at George Washington University.
New Delhi, May 6 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj on Monday asked the Congress-led UPA Government to sack its two corrupt ministers or else the opposition won't allow the Parliament to function.
New Delhi, May 6 (ANI): Delhi Police detained activists of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) youth wing, as they staged a protest outside Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's residence here on Monday evening.
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati Monday defended Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal saying it would "not be appropriate" to sack him unless his guilt is proved.
New Delhi, May 6 (ANI): A Delhi court has remanded three persons to CBI custody till tomorrow in connection with the bribery case involving Railway Minister PK Bansal's nephew and a Railway Board member.
New Delhi, May 7 (ANI): The Samajwadi Party (SP), which gives crucial outside support to the Congress-led UPA, has also demanded that Pawan Kumar Bansal must resign as Railways Minister following the arrest of his nephew in an alleged bribery case to fix top level promotions in the railway board.
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal should resign to ensure fair investigation in the case related to the arrest of his nephew Vijay Singla for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs.90 lakh, the Samajwadi Party (SP) said Monday.
Moscow, May 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, has wished astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) a happy Orthodox Easter, a church spokesman said.
New Delhi, May 5 (ANI): The core committee of the Congress party is meeting in the national capital to discuss various issues including the future of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and Law Minister Ashwani Kumar following the demands for their resignation.
New Delhi/ Patna/ Moradabad, May 5 (ANI): The demand for the dismissal of Railway Minister, Pawan Kumar Bansal intensified on Sunday as protesters burned his effigies in Moradabad shouting slogans against the Rail Minister and the Government.
New Delhi, May 5 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday said that Railway Minister, Pawan Kumar Bansal was a partner in the bribery case, which saw his nephew get arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
New Delhi, May 5 (ANI): Mahesh Kumar, Member (Staff) Railway Board who had allegedly paid a bribe of Rs 90 lakh to the nephew of Railway Minister P K Bansal, was suspended last night.
Bangalore, May 5 (ANI): Launching a frontal attack on the Congress-led UPA Government, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader M. Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday said Railway Minister Pawan Bansal should resign or be dismissed as he has no moral right to continue.
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) The railway ministry said in a statement Saturday that "no relevant board level post is vacant". The announcement came after the CBI arrested Railway Board member Mahesh Kumar for allegedly paying a bribe to get a more lucrative post.
Kolkata/New Delhi, May 4 (ANI): Janata Dal-United (JD-U) supremo Sharad Yadav on Saturday came to the rescue of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal following the arrest of his nephew in the alleged bribery case to fix top level promotions in th railway board, and absolved the Congress leader of any fault in this case.
Mumbai, May 4 (IANS) A court here Saturday granted the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) two days' transit remand of a top official in a corruption case involving a kin of Railway Minister P.K. Bansal.
A Delhi court Saturday granted four days police custody of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's nephew Vijay Singla and three others, arrested for allegedly taking a bribe to ensure the promotion of a top railway official...............
New Delhi, May 4 (ANI): Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Sitaram Yechury on Saturday contended that the resignation of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal in a bribery case involving his nephew is no punishment and a thorough inquiry is the need of the hour.
New Delhi, May 4 (ANI): Congress on Saturday brushed aside demands for Railway Minister P. K. Bansal's resignation, saying it has become a 'disease' of the opposition to make such demands.
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) India's Railway Board is vested with the powers to oversee and manage what is ranked among the world's top five railroad networks and one of the largest employers, with an estimated 1.4 million people on its rolls.
New Delhi, May 4 (ANI): Launching a frontal attack on the Congress-led UPA Government, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday sought the prosecution of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal in connection with the bribery case, and demanded Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's resignation, as India is getting established as the most corrupt regime in the world under his dispensation.
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) The BJP Saturday sought the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal after the latter's nephew was arrested for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs.90 lakh to ensure the promotion of a top railway official.
New Delhi, May 4 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday described the Congress-led UPA -II Government by terming it the 'most corrupt government ever' after it was revealed that Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's nephew had been allegedly caught accepting bribes.
Kolkata, May 4 (ANI): Former railway minister Dinesh Trivedi on Saturday termed the incident of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's nephew accepting bribes worth Rs.90 lakhs for changing the job profile of a senior Railway Board officialas a 'cancer that is deep-rooted and which needed to be uprooted'.
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal Saturday said he was innocent and had "no knowledge or clue" about the bribe taken by his nephew to ensure a railway official's promotion.
New Delhi, May 4 (ANI): Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Saturday distanced himself from his nephew V Singla, who was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Chandigarh on Friday for accepting a bribe of Rs.90 lakh from a senior railway officer who was seeking "a lucrative posting".
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal Saturday claimed that he was innocent, and had "no knowledge or clue" about the bribe that his nephew, Vijay Singla, had allegedly taken for fixing a top level position in the government.
New Delhi, May 4 (ANI): Senior Communist Party of India leader Atul Anjan on Saturday warned that his party would not allow Parliament to function on Monday wake of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's nephew being arrested for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 90 lakh, from a Railway Board member.
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) A man, said to be the nephew of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and three others, including a railway official, were Friday night booked by the CBI in a bribery case, agency officials said.
Mumbai, May 3 (IANS) The Maharashtra government Friday sought central funding for its mega-infrastructure project - the Mumbai Elevated Rail Corridor Project, which is aimed to revolutionise suburban commuting in the city, official sources said here.
Washington, May 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) NASA will pay an additional $424 million to extend its contract with Russia's federal space agency (Roscosmos) to transport US astronauts to and from the International Space Station (ISS), NASA said Tuesday.
New Delhi, April 30 (ANI): The Lok Sabha passed the Finance Bill 2013-14 by a voice vote on Tuesday in the absence of the opposition parties, who chose to walk out of the proceedings in the wake of the treasury benches refusing bend to their demand for the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union Law and Justice Minister Ashwani Kumar for their respective roles in the coal block allocation issue.
Moscow, April 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A small object, possibly a meteoroid, has pierced a solar panel on the International Space Station, leaving a "bullet hole", Canadian astronaut and Expedition 35 commander Chris Hadfield has said.
New Delhi, April 30 (ANI): The Lok Sabha passed the Railway Budget 2013-14 on Tuesday, by negating all the cut-motions.
Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) Kolkata Metro - the country's first Metro - used to be an island of cleanliness and orderliness in a city known for its dirty walls and disfigured public buildings. But the ruling Trinamool Congress is seeing to it that this civic exceptionalism becomes the political rule.
Moscow, April 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Progress M-19M space freighter docked with the International Space Station (ISS) despite having failed to deploy one of its navigation antennas, Mission Control said.
Guwahati, April 26 (IANS) The Government Railway Police (GRP) here registered a case against a Train Ticket Examiner (TTE) Friday for allegedly misbehaving with two women on the New Delhi-bound Rajdhani express Thursday night, officials said.
New Delhi, April 26 (ANI): Booking of reserved train tickets has been reduced from the existing 120 days to 60 days.
Guwahati, April 25 (ANI): Railway Police in Guwahati have seized drugs from students during a routine check at the railway station.
Moscow, April 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia Wednesday launched a freight rocket to the International Space Atation from Kazakhstan's Baikonur space centre.
Moscow, April 22 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Soyuz-U rocket carrying a Progress M-19M cargo spacecraft was brought to the launch site of the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan Monday and installed on the launch pad, Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) said.
Washington, April 22 (ANI): On Sunday, NASA commercial space partner Orbital Sciences Corporation successfully launched its Antares rocket from the new Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A at the agency's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
Moscow, April 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia plans to de-orbit and sink its Pirs docking module at the International Space Station later this year, a top official with space corporation RKK Energia said.
Washington, Apr. 20 (ANI): A 59-year-old Russian cosmonaut became the world's oldest spacewalker on Friday when he emerged from the hatch for a little maintenance work outside the International Space Station.
Railway Recruitment Board has announced the final results of the written examination conducted on September 9, 2012 last year based on the written examination, Documents and Candidature Verification for different posts.
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Tokyo, April 13 (IANS) Sixteen people were injured Saturday when a powerful quake jolted western Japan, authorities said.
