Odisha: Fire breaks out in hospital, over 20 feared killed
Bhubaneswar, Oct 17 (IBNS): More than 20 people are feared to have been killed as a major fire broke out at a hospital in Odisha's Bhubaneswar city on Monday, reports said.
Arvind Subramanian's Twitter account hacked
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IBNS): India's Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian's Twitter account was hacked on Monday.
Pakistan: Explosion in Karachi kills 1
Islamabad, Oct 17 (IBNS): At least one person was killed and 15 others were injured as an explosion occurred outside Dar-i-Abbas Imambargah in Pakistan's Karachi city on Monday, media reports said.
Myanmar Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi meets Sonia Gandhi
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IBNS): Myanmar Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday called on Congress president Sonia Gandhi here.
Akhilesh will be chief ministerial candidate for UP polls: SP
Lucknow, Oct 17 (IBNS): The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Monday cleared all rumours and said Akhilesh Yadav will be the chief ministerial candidate of the party in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh elections.
Tourism Minister to visit Ayodhya tomorrow
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IBNS): In an attempt to woo Hindu voters ahead of the Assembly Elections in Uttar Pradesh, Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma will visit Ayodhya on Tuesday to inspect the disputed site for setting up a Ramayana museum.
Major fire breaks out in Bhubaneswar hospital
Bhubaneswar, Oct 17 (IBNS): A major fire broke out at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar on Monday.
NE India based journalist forum appreciates Islamabad's gesture to Dawn scribe
Guwahati, Oct 17 (IBNS): Journalists' Forum Assam (JFA) has appreciated the latest gesture shown by the Pakistan Government in Islamabad towards senior scribe Cyril Almeida withdrawing his name from the exit control list (ECL).
Security forces bust two NDFB(S) camps along Assam-Arunachal border
Guwahati, Oct 17 (IBNS): Security forces on Monday busted two camps of NDFB(S) and apprehended a hardcore militant of the outfit during an intensive operation along Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border, officials said.
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IBNS): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said leading institutions especially educational institutions can play an important role in creating mass awareness about issues like financial inclusion in the country.
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IBNS): Vice President M. Hamid Ansari on Monday said that while the public participation in the electoral exercise has noticeably improved, public dissatisfaction from the functioning of elected bodies is breeding cynicism with the democratic process itself.
RJD trashes JD-U's bid to project Nitish Kumar as "PM Material"
Patna, Oct 17 (The Bihar Post): The RJD led by Lalu Prasad has strongly opposed JD-U's bid to project Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as "PM material".
Singur: Land to be returned to farmers from Thursday
Kolkata, Oct 17 (IBNS): The West Bengal government on Monday announced that process of giving physical possession of land in Singur will commence from Thursday.
Guwahati, Oct 17 (IBNS) : The simmering anger against the Centre’s decision to revise the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 1955 reached at boiling point in Assam.
Mamata Banerjee condemns 'communal terrorism'
Kolkata, Oct 17 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said her party condemns communal terrorism.