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Some animals were run over on the rails between Bhivpuri Road and Neral stations, disrupting local train services on the Central Railway's main line, according to an official. According to Shivaji Sutar, chief public relations officer of Central Railway, the railway traffic was delayed after several cattle were run over by a local train heading towards Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) at about 5.15 p.m.  Trains operating from Karjat towards Kalyan were affected. Since the incident occurred during the peak hours, the operations of local and long-distance trains were likely to be delayed, he said. The rail traffic was restored after one and half hours, it was stated. Earlier in the day, the suburban services on the Harbour Line of the Central Railway were hit due to power issues during peak morning hours. The Central Railway's mainline between CSMT and Kasara and CSMT-Khopoli provides suburban trains connecting south Mumbai with the extended suburbs of Thane, Kalyan, B...

The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance completes eight years in power on May 26, with Prime Minister   Narendra Modi   saying the tenure has been dedicated to the country’s balanced development, social justice and social security. Addressing BJP’s national office bearers last week, Modi said: “This month, the NDA government will complete eight years. These eight years have been of resolutions and accomplishments. These eight years have been committed to service, good governance and welfare of the poor.” In the last eight years, the Narendra Modi government has successfully delivered several schemes to directly benefit cross-sections of the society in terms of financial, healthcare and social security.   YUSHMAN BHARAT The Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) Ayushman Bharat scheme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in September 2018 and has been billed as the biggest government-sponsored healthcare scheme in the world. The scheme intends to prov...

A Delhi court on Tuesday observed that the fundamental question to ask in a   plea seeking restoration of 27 temples within the Quwwat-Ul-Islam   mosque located inside the Qutub Minar complex was ‘what was the character of the building’. Additional District Judge Nikhil Chopra reserved his order in a plea which challenged a lower court’s order dismissing an application filed by Hindu deity Lord Vishnu, Jain deity Tirthankar Lord Rishabh Dev and others seeking restoration of 27 Hindu and Jain temples with respective deities in the Quwwat-Ul-Islam mosque complex at Qutub Minar. Listing the matter for June 9, the court said “the most fundamental question is of the character” since the ASI has argued that the character of the mosque was frozen after it came under protection of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act (AMASR) Act, 1958, while the petitioners had claimed that the religious character must be considered since this was a temple. On November 29, 20...