Jharkhand: Man beaten to death for carrying beef inside car
Ranchi, June 29 (IBNS): Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's condemnation of cow vigilantism, a man was killed in the state of Jharkhand for carrying beef in a car on Thursday, media reports said.
President inaugurates Bose Institute's unified campus in Kolkata
New Delhi, June 29 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the Bose Institute's Unified Campus at Salt Lake in Kolkata on Thursday.
PM Modi inaugurates filling of Aji Dam under Sauni Yojana
New Delhi, June 29 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugurated the filling of Aji Dam near Rajkot under Sauni Yojana.
Dogmatism in development course should be avoided: President
Kolkata, June 29 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee opines sheer dogmatism in course of development should always be avoided.
Too little too late, Rahul Gandhi on PM Modi's condemnation of cow vigilantism
New Delhi, June 29 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi's condemnation of cow vigilantism in the wake of yet another lynching of a Muslim teenager has been termed as "too little, too late" by Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday.
GST is an appreciable measure taken up by Centre: President
Kolkata, June 29 (IBNS): Ahead of the implementation of one taxation system in the country, President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said GST is an appreciable measure taken up by the Union Government.
Sonowal inaugurates 24th conference of DGsP, IGsP of NE
Guwahati, June 29 (IBNS): Stating that a concerted effort to fight terrorism and crimes in Northeast region is the need of the hour through a joint mechanism, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday said that in a region like Northeast India inhabited by diverse ethnic, linguistic and religious groups, it is the police forces which provide a sense of confidence to the people and allay their fears over security.
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia signs MoU with EESL
New Delhi, June 29 (IBNS): Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), under the administration of Ministry of Power, Government of India (GoI), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Energy Services Company, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to implement energy efficiency programmes and scale-up demand side measures in the Gulf country.
GST is transformatory, revolutionary taxation system: Venkaiah Naidu
New Delhi, June 29 (IBNS): Ahead of the GST roll out on July 1, Union minister Venkaiah Naidu, said Goods and Services Tax (GST) is transformatory and revolutionary taxation system on Thursday.
Asaduddin Owaisi, Mamata Banerjee hit out at PM Modi over cow vigilantism
Hyderabad, June 29 (IBNS): President of All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen Party, Asaduddin Owaisi attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over cow vigilantism on Thursday.
On June 21, 2017, the Office of Missing Persons (OMP) Amendment Bill was unanimously passed by Sri Lanka's Parliament. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, presenting the Bill to the House, declared, "This institution is paramount in order to put an end to the issue pertaining to the disappearance of persons as soon as possible." On August 11, 2016, despite objections raised by the Joint Opposition which alleged that the Bill will betray the military, the OMP Bill was passed in Parliament without a vote, after the Prime Minister convinced the Joint Opposition that, "This office is not vested with powers to take criminal actions or prosecute forces for war crimes, as some claimed. It would be purely a legal process." The OMP will identify appropriate mechanisms for and help search for and trace missing persons, submit recommendations to authorities to take measures on missing persons, protect the rights of missing persons and their relatives, identify channels through which missing persons and their relatives can obtain relief, collate data related to missing persons obtained by Government institutions and other institutions, and centralize all available data within its database.
Kurram Agency: Sectarian Monster Revisited
At least 67 persons were killed and more than 200 injured in back-to-back explosions in the Turi Bazaar area of Parachinar, the headquarter of Kurram Agency, in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), when the market was crowed for Iftar and Eid shopping on June 24, 2017. Initially, an explosion took place at the busy Turi Bazaar, moments after an Al Quds Day (an international day of solidarity with the Palestinian people) rally had concluded at the centralImambargah (Shia place of worship). When people rushed to the spot to remove the injured and bodies, the second blast, which was more powerful, took place resulting in even greater death and destruction. The al-Alami (International) faction of Lashkar-i-Jhangvi (LeJ) claimed responsibility for the twin bomb blasts, issuing a statement that it was targeting Shias and threatened more attacks over "Pakistanis fighting against Sunni militants in Syria's civil war".
Kerala Police grill actor Dileep and director Nadirshah regarding February actress abduction case
Kochi, Jun 29 (IBNS): Kerala Police have questioned popular actor Dileep and director Nadirshah regarding the abduction and alleged molestation of an actress in February, according to media reports on Thursday.
Bihar: Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad reiterate there is no threat to ruling alliance in state
Patna, June 29 (TheBiharPost/IBNS) : This could be a shocker for the BJP which was hoping for a split in the ruling Bihar alliance anytime soon.
Ahmedabad: PM Narendra Modi inaugurates centenary celebration of Sabarmati Ashram
Ahmedabad, June 29 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a two-day visit to Gujarat, starting Thursday, visited the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad in the morning to inaugurate the Ashram's centenary celebrations, according to media reports.