Yoga Day: Prez Mukherjee inaugurates Yoga demonstration at Rashtrapati Bhavan
New Delhi, Jun 21 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday inaugurated a mass yoga demonstration at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on the occasion of Yoga Day.
India celebrates International Yoga Day, PM Modi performs asanas in Lucknow
Lucknow, June 21 (IBNS): Ignoring rains, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday led 3rd International Yoga Day celebrations in Lucknow and urged people to practice yoga and make it a part of their lives.
PM Modi urges people to take up yoga, joins Yoga Day celebrations in UP
Lucknow, Jun 21 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged people to incorporate yoga in their daily life on the occasion of Yoga Day.
Darjeeling: GJM holds joint meeting, decides to continue strike
Darjeeling, June 20 (IBNS): The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) held the second joint meeting on Tuesday at the Gymkhana Club and decided to continue their indefinite strike in the hills of Bengal.
Three rhino poachers nabbed in Assam
Guwahati, June 20 (IBNS): Assam Police on Tuesday arrested three wanted rhino poachers and recovered arms and ammunition in Assam’s Darrang district.
Security forces nab Gorkha militant along Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border
Guwahati, June 20 (IBNS): Security forces apprehended a hardcore militant belonging to Gorkha Liberation Army (GLA) in Assam’s Tinsukia district along with Arunachal Pradesh border on June 19 evening, officials said.
WB CID arrests retired Justice C.S. Karnan from Coimbatore in contempt case
Kolkata/Coimbatore, Jun 20 (IBNS): West Bengal's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officials on Tuesday arrested retired judge of Calcutta High Court, C.S. Karnan, in connection with a contempt case, sources confirmed.
Narayana Health Network Howrah in association with Howrah Police launches Blood Donors' Registry
Kolkata, June 20 (IBNS): In the context of World Blood Donors' Day, Narayana Health Network, Howrah in association with Howrah Police launched 'Srijan' - the blood donors’ directory along with a blood donation camp at Panchla in Howrah.
PM inaugurates development initiatives in Lucknow
New Delhi, June 20 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modion Tuesday inaugurated building of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, dedicated 400KV Lucknow-Kanpur D/C transmission line and distributed sanction letters to the beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana in Lucknow.
Odisha: Malkangiri: No End in Sight
On June 3, 2017, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) 'commander' Gadda Nageswara Rao aka Chinnabbai (38), carrying INR 400,000 reward on his head, was killed in an exchange of fire between the Security Forces (SFs) and Maoists in the Kapatuti Forest under Chitrakonda Police limits in Malkangiri District. A huge cache of explosives, some ammunition, a 9 mm pistol, Maoist literature and a kit bag were seized from the encounter site after the gun battle.
Balochistan: The Chinese Chequered
The Islamic State (IS, also Daesh) on June 8, 2017, claimed the killing of two Chinese nationals who had been abducted from the Jinnah Town area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, in the afternoon of May 24, 2017. Amaq, the IS propaganda agency, declared, "Islamic State fighters killed two Chinese people they had been holding in Baluchistan province, south-west Pakistan." The Chinese couple, Lee Zing Yang (24) and Meng Li Si (26), were studying Urdu in Quetta, where they reportedly also ran a Mandarin language course.According to Deputy Inspector General Police Aitzaz Goraya, unknown abductors, wearing Police uniforms, had forced the two foreigners into a vehicle at gunpoint and driven away. They also tried to overpower another Chinese woman but she ran away. A man present at the site attempted to resist the kidnapping, but was shot at by one of the abductors. So far no local group has claimed responsibility for the incident (abduction and subsequent killing). Reports speculate that the actual perpetrators were linked to the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi al Alami (LeJ-A), the international wing of the LeJ, which believed to be affiliated to Daesh.
Assam multi-crore rupees scam: CID quizzes five tax-excise officials
Guwahati, June 20 (IBNS): The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Assam police on Tuesday quizzed five officials of excise and tax department in connection with the multi-crore rupees excise scam.
Auto driver rapes seven years old girl, arrested
Gurgaon, June 20 (IBNS): An auto driver who raped a seven years old girl in the Dundahera village on Sunday was arrested by the Gurgaon police a day later, media reports.
V&AC arrest education official in Sivsagar after taking bribes
Guwahati, June 20 (IBNS): The sleuths of Assam police Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (V&AC) on Tuesday arrested an Education department official from Upper Assam’s Sivsagar district after allegedly taking bribe.
Unrest continues in Darjeeling, GJM calls all-party meeting today
Darjeeling, June 20 (IBNS) : As unrest continues to rage in Darjeeling over a fresh movement for statehood, the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha has called for a meeting on Tuesday, of all political parties from the hills to decide the "next course of action," reports said.