NRC issue should not be politicised: Prakash Javadekar
Aug 01, 2018, at 05:15 pm
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IBNS): Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday said the issue of National Register of Citizens (NRC) for Assam should not be politicised.
Breastfeeding provides the strongest foundation for lifelong health and optimal nutrition
Aug 01, 2018, at 04:42 pm
Exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life and continued breastfeeding up to the age of two years and beyond provides the strongest foundation for lifelong health. Breast milk contains all the nutrients infants need to grow healthy and strong and, when combined with appropriate complementary foods after six months of age, is a powerful means to set up a lifetime of optimal nutrition, including the prevention of undernutrition and obesity.
Aug 01, 2018, at 04:40 pm
According to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Mid Year Report released on July 15, 2018, the number of civilians killed in Afghanistan hit a record high in the first half of 2018. 1,692 civilians were killed during the first six months of 2018 – the most recorded in the same time period in any year over the last decade since the agency began documenting civilian casualties in 2009. There were 1,672 civilian deaths in 2017, 1644 in 2016 and 1615 in 2015 in the same time period.
Aug 01, 2018, at 04:39 pm
The efforts of the military to steer the elections against PML-N and PPP, the two most popular political formations in Pakistan, and in favour of a possible coalition led by Imran Khan's PTI and including a range of radical Islamist formations, has enormously destabilised both the political and extremist landscape across the country. Under the prevailing situation, a dramatic rise in violence is not unexpected.
Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day over NRC issue, ruckus denies Rajnath Singh to make statement
Aug 01, 2018, at 02:44 pm
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IBNS): The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day on Wednesday amid repeated disruptions as Opposition members, particularly the Trinamool Congress continued ruckus over the Assam NRC issue denying Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to make a statement on the subject.
PM Modi urges people to participate in rural sanitation
Aug 01, 2018, at 01:34 pm
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday urged the people to participate in the largest rural sanitation survey and said their feedback will help create a cleaner India.
Centre asks states to count number of Rohingya refugees; Cites reports of illegal activities
Aug 01, 2018, at 01:01 pm
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IBNS) : The Union Home Ministry has sent an advisory to State Governments to collect biometric data of Rohingya migrants living in India, and told the Lok Sabha that the Centre had received reports of their involvement in illegal activities, The Hindu reported.
No automatic scrapping of citizenship, those left out of Assam NRC need not worry: CEC
Aug 01, 2018, at 12:46 pm
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IBNS) : After the Supreme Court's observation that those left out of the complete NRC draft in Assam must get a fair chance to prove their nationality, Chief Election Commissioner O P Rawat has assured that these people "need not worry now" as "no automatic removal" is in the offing.
UIDAI warns people not to share Aadhaar number after TRAI's chief's dare
Aug 01, 2018, at 12:21 pm
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IBNS): Days after the TRAI chief shared his Aadhaar number on Twitter, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has warned people not to share the 12-digit number on internet, media reports said.
Police case against Mamata Banerjee for 'civil war, bloodbath' remark over NRC issue
Aug 01, 2018, at 11:19 am
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IBNS): A police complaint has been filed against Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for commenting that the exclusion of four million people from the draft of Assam's National Register of Citizens (NRC) would lead to "civil war" and "bloodbath", media reports said.
Amit Shah's Kolkata rally: BJYM reapplies for police permission at alternative location
Jul 31, 2018, at 11:35 pm
Kolkata, July 31 (IBNS): A day after Kolkata Police allegedly denied permission to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Amit Shah's rally at Rani Rasmoni Road in Kolkata's downtown Esplanade area on Aug 11, BJP's youth wing, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) on Tuesday reapplied to the city police seeking permission to host the rally at an alternative location, reports said.
Kolkata STF busts illegal firearms manufacturing unit, nine held
Jul 31, 2018, at 11:17 pm
Kolkata, July 31 (IBNS): The Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police on Monday busted an illegal arms manufacturing factory, which was being run behind a sweet shop, at Choto Serampore area in Kolkata's neighbouring North 24 Parganas district and arrested nine persons in connection with the case, officials said.
I wonder why I was not born as a Christian: Mamata appreciates works of Christian Missionaries
Jul 31, 2018, at 11:01 pm
New Delhi, July 31 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday appreciated the social and educational upliftment functions performed by Christian Missionaries and said she often felt why was she not born as a Christian.
Rahul Gandhi meets Karunanidhi in hospital, wishes him speedy recovery
Jul 31, 2018, at 10:48 pm
New Delhi, July 31 (IBNS): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday visited Chennai to meet DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi in hospital.
Gujarat: Mob attacks man's house after interfaith couple elopes
Jul 31, 2018, at 10:43 pm
Vadodra, July 31 (IBNS): In an attempt to lodge protest over a Hindu-Muslim elopement, members of the woman's family has set vehicles ablaze and stole ornaments from the house of the man, media reports said on Monday.
Kolkata: Doctors remove nine needles from 14-year-old girl's throat
Jul 31, 2018, at 10:02 pm
Kolkata, July 31 (IBNS): Doctors of a state-run hospital in Kolkata successfully removed as many as nine needles from the throat of a 14-year-old girl on Tuesday, according to reports.
TRAI chief shares Aadhaar number publicly, hacker deposits Re. 1 to his bank account
Jul 31, 2018, at 08:57 pm
New Delhi, July 31 (IBNS): Amid reports of Aadhaar data breach, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) Chairman R S Sharma dared hackers to show what harm they could do to him by sharing his Aadhaar number publicly via Twitter.
Jul 31, 2018, at 07:55 pm
Kolkata, July 31 (IBNS): More than 35 customers of Canara Bank's Golpark branch in south Kolkata on Tuesday alleged that a few thousand rupees had been fraudulently withdrawn from their savings accounts, reports said.
Former Indian president’s family members excluded from draft NRC
Jul 31, 2018, at 07:16 pm
Guwahati, July 31 (IBNS): Family members of former President of India Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed are among the 40 million people, who are left out of the complete draft of the updated National Register of Citizens (NRC), published by the Assam government on Monday.
NRC is our brainchild, Amit Shah doesn’t know the history : Tarun Gogoi
Jul 31, 2018, at 07:00 pm
Guwahati, July 31 (IBNS): Criticizing BJP president Amit Shah’s statement on the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said that it is the brainchild of the Congress and he didn’t know the history.
What about the rights of people of Assam: Amit Shah questions on NRC row
Jul 31, 2018, at 06:14 pm
New Delhi, July 31 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah on Tuesday attacked opposition leaders who have been criticising the Centre over the Assam NRC issue and said it was time for them to clarify whether they think about the rights of the people of Assam and India or that of the migrant Bangladeshis.
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi meets Karunanidhi in hospital
Jul 31, 2018, at 04:50 pm
Chennai, July 31 (IBNS): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday visited a Chennai hospital where former Tamil Nadu CM and DMK supremo M Karunanidhi is currently undergoing treatment.
I don't want to see my motherland divided: Mamata Banerjee says on NRC Assam issue
Jul 31, 2018, at 04:35 pm
New Delhi, July 31 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday attacked the Centre over the Assam NRC issue and said it was an attempt to divide the country.
Vijay Mallya appears in London court over extradition case
Jul 31, 2018, at 04:17 pm
London, July 31 (IBNS): Indian liquor baron Vijay Mallya on Tuesday appeared in a London court for closing arguments in his high-profile extradition trial.
Those dropped from Assam NRC must get fair chance to prove themselves : SC
Jul 31, 2018, at 04:03 pm
New Delhi, July 31 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that those dropped out from the updated National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam on the ground of nationality, must get a fair chance to prove their claims.
Ruckus over Assam NRC issue: RS adjourned for the day, walkout from LS
Jul 31, 2018, at 03:39 pm
New Delhi, July 31 (IBNS) : The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day while the opposition staged a walkout from the Lok Sabha as the NRC issue in Assam rocked Parliament on Tuesday triggering a huge ruckus.
Rajiv Gandhi signed Assam Accord, says Amit Shah defending govt over NRC protest in Parliament
Jul 31, 2018, at 02:03 pm
New Delhi, July 31 (IBNS) While protests rocked Parliament on Tuesday over the Assam citizenship draft that rendered about four million people illegal immigrants in the northeastern state, BJP president Amit Shah countering the Opposition said the very basis of the exercise and NRC (National Register of Citizen) is the Assam Accord signed by late Congress prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.
NRC: Shock overwhelms many who miss the Assam citizenship berth
Jul 31, 2018, at 12:32 pm
Guwahati, July 31 (IBNS): As the complete draft of National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam was announced on Monday triggering a political firestorm in India, Md. Javed Ali, a resident of minority-dominated lower Assam district in South Salmara Mankachar, was in a state of shock.
NRC can be done also in West Bengal to evict illegal immigrants from Bangladesh: BJP
Jul 31, 2018, at 11:22 am
Kolkata, July 31 (IBNS): Following the results of Assam's National Register of Citizenship (NRC), which did not include over four million people, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has said a similar step can be taken in West Bengal to evict illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, media reports said.
Heir of Brindavan Gardens' creator expresses disappointment over Karnataka govt's Disneyland plan
Jul 31, 2018, at 11:21 am
Bangalore/London, July 31 (IBNS): Alyia Phelps Gardiner Krumbiegel, the great granddaughter of German Horticultural legend Gustav Hermann Krumbiegel, who had designed the iconic Brindavan Gardens at the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam, has expressed her disappointment over the Karnataka government's decision to revamp the iconic garden on the lines of popular theme park Disneyland.