India to host 8th edition of BRICS summit, to strengthen bilateral ties with partners
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IBNS): As India is gearing up to host the eighth edition of BRICS summit in Goa from Oct 15, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that the nation will look to strengthen its bilateral ties with the partners.
Jharkhand man held for beef message died of torture: Autopsy report
Patna, Oct 13 (IBNS): Minhaz Ansari, the man held in Jharkhand over WhatsApp messages on beef alleged to be inflammatory in nature, had died in custody due to thrashing and not because of encephalitis, an autopsy report concluded.
Srinagar, oct 13 (IBNS): Pakistan based banned militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba asserted that the outfit doesn't have any women wing in the Kashmir Valley.
Kigali climate meet: India announces domestic law to stop HFC-23 emissions
Kigali (Rwanda), Oct 13 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): In a major development to phase down hydro-fluorocarbons (HFCs), the Indian government has unveiled a domestic legislation that mandates control on the emissions of trifluoro-methane (HFC-23), which is a super greenhouse gas.
NIA probes nexus between Nagalnd govt officials and militants
Guwahati, Oct 13 (IBNS): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has found vital clues of nexus between government officials of Nagaland and militants.
Assam deports 10 illegal migrants to Bangladesh
Guwahati, Oct 13 (IBNS): Assam's Cachar district administration on Thursday deported ten illegal Bangladeshi migrants including two kids and a woman to Bangladesh.
Jammu gets IIM, Omar lashes out at Mehbooba, Modi
Srinagar, Oct 13 (IBNS): Accusing the state and central governments of indulging in 'partisan politics', former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah slammed both Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Four killed in Mumbai house collapse
Mumbai, Oct 13 (IBNS): Four people, including three children, were killed after a five-storey building collapsed in a Mumbai slum area in Bandra east on Thursday, reports said.
Modi's effigy burning row: JNU orders probe, HMO demands report
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IBNS): The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Thursday ordered a probe into the Prime Minister's effigy burning row.
BJP forces total shutdown in Kerala
Thiruvanthapuram, Oct 13 (IBNS) : The Bharaitya Janata Party managed to force a dawn-to-dusk shutdown in most parts of Kerala on Thursday in protest against the murder of a party worker allegedly by CPI(M) men, reports said.
BJP protests burning of PM Modi’s effigy on Dussehra, Cong says nothing unusual
Patna, Oct 13 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has reacted bitterly to the burning of effigy of demon king Ravana with faces of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party chief Amit Shah and eight others on Dussehra and described as indicative of low-level politics in India.
Five storey building collapses in Mumbai's Bandra
Mumbai, Oct 13 (IBNS) : A five-storey building collapsed in a Mumbai slum area in Bandra east on Thursday, reports said.
Woman cop commits suicide at Kolkata airport
Kolkata, Oct 13 (IBNS): An on-duty woman constable of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) committed suicide in the wee hours of Thursday at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI-CCU) Airport in Kolkata, officials said.
Sahibganj bypass in Jharkhand to be linked with Manihari bypass in Bihar
New Delhi, Oct 13: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Thursday, approved the construction of a new link between Sahibganj bypass in Jharkhand to Manihari bypass in Bihar, including a four-lane bridge on river Ganga.
Every country has self defence rights : US backs India on surgical strikes issue
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IBNS) : Defending India for carrying surgical strikes after the Uri attack, the US has said that it supports the right of self-defence that every country enjoys, media reports said.