Bhilai celebrates Swami Vivekananda's birthday with mass Yoga session
Bhilai, Jan 12 (IBNS): Over a lakh people celebrated late philosopher and spiritual guru Swami Vivekananda's birthday with a Yoga session.
Grammy winner David Guetta's Bengaluru concert cancelled
Bengaluru, Jan 12 (IBNS) : French DJ David Guetta’s charity concert of English dance and music, scheduled to be held for Thursday, has been cancelled on the ground of "law and order situation" following the New year's eve molestation incident in the IT city, reports said.
UP police lodge FIR in cabinet minister's name for alleged violation of model code of conduct
Lucknow, Jan 12 (IBNS): An FIR has been registered against Uttar Pradesh transport minister and Samajwadi Party leader Gayatri Prasad Prajapati and two others for violating the model code of conduct in Fatehpur, according to media reports.
Kharagpur shooting: Police detains 5, TMC accuses BJP
Kolkata/Kharagpur, Jan 12 (IBNS): Police on Wednesday midnight detained five people in connection with a deadly shooting in Kharagpur town in West Bengal's West Medinipur district, reports said.
Bihar : CISF jawan goes berserk, kills two colleagues
Aurangabad, Bihar, Jan 12 (IBNS) : Two Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel were shot dead on Thursday and as many injured after a CISF jawan went berserk, firing on his colleagues in Aurangabad of Bihar, reports said.
Three NSCN (IM) men arrested in Manipur
Imphal, Jan 12 (IBNS) : Three members of the underground NSCN (IM) and a sympathiser of the insurgent group have been apprehended by security forces during search operations in different parts of Thoubal district, reports said.
Bihar government says doctors in Naxal-hit areas to get special allowance
Patna, Jan 12 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): The state government in Bihar has planned to grant special allowance to doctors posted in the Maoist-affected areas.
Kolkata: Woman goes missing after giving birth, later found injured near railway tracks
Kolkata, Jan 12 (IBNS): A 23-year-old woman who reportedly went missing days after giving birth to her child, was rescued in an unconscious state beside railway tracks in south Kolkata on Wednesday night, reports said.
President’s greetings on the eve of Lohri, Makar Sankranti and Pongal
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IBNS): President of India Pranab Mukherjee has greeted his fellow countrymen on the eve of the festivals of Lohri (which falls on Jan 132017) and Makar Sankranti and Pongal, (which fall on Jan 14, 2017).
After BSF jawan's video, now CRPF soldier posts one complaining discrimination
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IBNS) : Close on the heels of the controversy over a BSF jawan's video post complaining about poor food, a CRPF jawan has now spoken up about the alleged discrimination meted out to jawans of the paramilitary forces, reports said.
India one of the five fastest growing aviation markets globally: Venkaiah Naidu
Vijaywada, Jan 12 (IBNS): India, one of the five fastest growing aviation markets globally, is currently the ninth largest market, aiming to be the third largest by 2020, said Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu while speaking at the Aviation Summit which began in Vijaywada on Thursday.
Odisha chit fund scam : CBI conducts raids BJD MP's residence
Bhubaneswar, Jan 12 (IBNS) : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday conducted raids at 25 places in and outside Odisha including houses of ruling Biju Janata Dal MP Rabindra Jena in connection with the Seashore Group chit fund scam, reports said.
Supreme Court refuses to consider plea on Jallikattu ban
New Delhi/Chennai, Jan 12 (IBNS): With the Supreme Court of India saying on Thursday that it is not possible to give a verdict in the next couple of days about the holding of Jallikattu, the bull taming sport of Tamil Nadu, it is unlikely that the event will be observed this year, media reported.
Severe cold wave continues in north India, Delhi experiences coldest day at 3.4 degree
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IBNS) : Entire north India remained in the grip of a severe cold wave on Thursday as Delhi recorded its coldest day with the the minimum temperature plummeting to 3.4 degree Celsius while the mercury plunged below in many hilly areas of Uttarakhand.
Prohibition campaign : Twenty million people to participate in Bihar human chain programme
Patna, Jan 12 (TheBiharPost): More than 20 million people will come out of their homes on January 21 to participate in world’s biggest human chain formation in Bihar.