Income Tax officers raid Karnataka minister's resort currently housing Gujarat Congress MLAs
Bengaluru, Aug 2 (IBNS): The Income Tax officers raided Karnataka Energy Minister's property on Wednesday morning, where 44 Gujarat Congress lawmakers are presently staying, reports said.
PM Modi to address Dada Vaswani's birthday celebrations
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that he will be taking part in spiritual leader Dada Vaswani's 99th birthday celebrations via video conferencing.
PM Modi greets Gujarat CM on his birthday
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday greeted Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on the latter's birthday.
Impossible to use Aadhaar to track citizens: UIDAI tells SC
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IBNS): The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that it is virtually impossible to use Aadhaar to track citizens.
Arun Jaitley highlights benefits of GST as it completes one month
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IBNS): Union finance minister Arun Jaitley addressed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday evening to highlight the benefits of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) as it completed one month since its enforcement.
Pakistan: Hafiz Saeed's house arrest extended
Islamabad, Aug 1 (IBNS): The Pakistan government has extended the house arrest of Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, media reports said.
Opposition leaders protest in Rajya Sabha against government's decision of hiking LPG prices
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IBNS): A unified Opposition in the Upper House on Tuesday protested against the government's decision of hiking prices of LPG cylinders, media reports said.
BS Dhanoa felicitates Shikha Pandey
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IBNS): Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa PVSM AVSM YSM VM ADC felicitated Flt Lt Shikha Pandey, a member of Indian Women's Cricket team in the recently concluded ICC Women’s World Cup on Tuesday at Air Headquarters, New Delhi.
Patna, Aug 1 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a petition seeking cancellation of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s membership of state Legislative Council for allegedly hiding a murder case pending against him.
Kolkata: Rotten body of techie found in Salt Lake
Kolkata, Aug 1 (IBNS): Police on Tuesday morning recovered the decomposed body of an IT engineer from his flat at Mahishbathan area under Electronics Complex Police Stationn in eastern Kolkata's Salt Lake, reports said.
Prime Minister Modi announces over Rs 2,000 crore flood relief package for NE states
Guwahati, Aug 1 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday, announced a relief package of over Rs 2,000 crore for relief, rehabilitation, reconstruction and flood mitigation measures in the flood-affected North-Eastern states.
India and Somalia sign agreement on transfer of sentenced persons
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IBNS) : India and Somalia on Tuesday signed a bilateral agreement for transfer of sentenced persons.
Maharashtra: Maoists Struggle to Survive
An 'area committee member' of the Aheri Dalam (armed squad) of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), identified as Mangru aka Ram Chinna Portet (48), was killed during an encounter with personnel of C-60, the Maharashtra Police counter-insurgency commando unit, in the forest area of Kopewancha near Rajaram Khanla village under Aheri taluka (administrative division) in Gadchiroli District on July 23, 2017. One 12 bore gun and some Naxal [Left Wing Extremism (LWE)]-related literatures were recovered from the encounter site. Portet had been involved in the 'movement' for more than two decades and had more than 40 offences registered against him. He carried a reward of INR 600,000 on his head. Portet was shifted to Aheri (he had earlier been working in the 'medical unit' of the outfit elsewhere) in Gadchiroli as a 'doctor' a couple of years ago by senior Maoist leaders in order to help strengthen the base of the party in his home taluka.
At least 26 persons, including nine Policemen, were killed and another 56 were injured, in a suicide blast near the Arfa Karim IT Tower on Ferozepur Road, Lahore, the provincial capital of Punjab, in the afternoon of July 24, 2017. The suicide attack was carried out during the demolition of the old fruit and vegetable market. The suicide bomber, aged between 16 and 18 years, apparently riding a motorcycle, reached the spot where the Police were standing guard to avert any retaliation from the owners of the buildings being demolished. The bomber - wearing a suicide jacket containing at least 12 kilogrammes of explosives and shrapnel - triggered the blast at 3:55 pm (PST). An hour after the incident, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack, stating that it had been carried out by its member Fida Hussain Sawati, and released his photograph on social media. However, on July 25, law enforcement agencies identified a new terrorist network, Taliban Special Group (TSG), an offshoot of TTP, as being responsible for the July 24 attack. This was the first assault by TSG, which reportedly includes some highly trained suicide attackers.
Guwahati, Aug 1 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high level meeting on Tuesday in Guwahati, Assam, to review the flood situation and the relief operations in the North Eastern states.