Centre appoints Jaya Verma Sinha as first woman CEO, Chairperson of Railway Board

New Delhi, ,31/8: The government on Thursday appointed Jaya Verma Sinha as the first woman CEO and Chairperson of the Railway Board, the apex decision-making body for the national transporter. She was at the centre stage of the railways’ media interactions recently when, as the Member (Operations and Business Development), she explained the complex signalling…

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Goa AAP chief Amit Palekar arrested for ‘misrepresentation of facts in road accident case

Goa, 31/8: The Goa Crime Branch on Thursday arrested state Aam Aadmi Party president Amit Palekar for allegedly misrepresenting facts in connection with an accident wherein a Mercedes car mowed down three people near Panaji earlier this month, an official said. Palekar has been accused of misrepresenting facts by introducing a wrong person as the…

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Nitish Kumar leaves for Mumbai to attend I.N.D.I.A bloc meeting

Patna, 31/8: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, accompanied by JD(U) national president Rajiv Ranjan Singh and state Water Resources Minister Sanjay Kumar Jha, left for Mumbai on Thursday afternoon to attend the third meeting of the opposition coalition I.N.D.I.A. According to party insiders, the flight the CM and the other JD(U) leaders were supposed to…

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Viacom 18 bags TV and digital rights for Indian cricket team’s home matches for five years

Mumbai, 31/8: Viacom 18 has bagged TV and digital rights for Indian cricket team’s home matches for five years. Sports18 will then telecast the matches, international and domestic, on TV while it will be live streamed on JioCinema as OTT (over the top) platform. Congratulations @viacom18 ? for winning the @BCCI Media Rights for both…

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UK condemns military takeover of power in Gabon

Gabon, 31/8: The United Kingdom condemns the “unconstitutional military takeover” of power in Gabon and calls for the restoration of constitutional government, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office said on Wednesday. A group of senior military officers in Gabon said they had seized power in the early hours of Wednesday, minutes after the Central African…

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