Kolkata's Red Road to remain closed from tonight for Mamata Banerjee's oath-taking ceremony
Kolkata, May 23 (IBNS): The Kolkata Police declared to keep Red Road closed from Monday midnight to make the arrangements for the re-elected Mamata Banerjee-led government's oath-taking ceremony, which is scheduled to be held on May 27.
Pranab Mukherjee wishes people of Eritrea on Independence Day
New Delhi, May 23 (IBNS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday extended his greetings and felicitations to the Government and people of Eritrea on the eve of their Independence Day.
History created: PM Modi says after India, Iran, Afghan sign trade corridor pact
Tehran, May 23 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said 'history has been created' as Iran, India and Afghanistan signed the agreement on the establishment of a Trilateral Transport and Transit Corridor during his visit to Tehran.
On May 17, 2016, 13 persons, including 11 cadres of the Federal Alliance, an alliance of 30 ethnic and Madhesi parties formed on July 31, 2015, and two Policemen, were injured when Police clashed with the demonstrators outside Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli's residence at Baluwatar in the national capital, Kathmandu. On May 15 and May 16, the Alliance had picketed Singha Durbar (Lion's Palace, which houses the Prime Minister's and other Government offices) as part of its protest program to pressure the Government to meet their demands, which include provisions for proportional representation and rewriting of the newly promulgated Constitution of September 20, 2015.
The Myanmar operation will leave behind no lasting legacy beyond the sorry spectacle of people in high office claiming undeserved victories, seeking undeserved honours. This was a relatively minor operation, and will have only transient tactical and psychological significance. An operational success has been imposed, and the rebels, who have till now had almost undisturbed sanctuary in Myanmar, will lose their sense of impunity. Over time, however, they will adapt and draw deeper into the jungles and take fuller precautions against discovery and neutralization, unless the present operation is followed up by a more sustained and enveloping campaign.
Woman's skeleton found in Kolkata
Kolkata, May 23 (IBNS): A skeleton was found on Monday from a water tank of an under construction building at DD Block in Kolkata's satellite town Salt Lake.
INS Tarmugli joins the Indian Navy
New Delhi, May 23 (IBNS) The Indian Navy on Monday commissioned the highly maneuverable Fast Attack Craft INS Tarmugli at the hands of Vice Admiral HCS Bisht AVSM, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command at a formal ceremony held at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam.
India bans its citizens from travelling to Libya
New Delhi,May 23 (IBNS): The Indian government on Monday banned citizens from travelling to war-hit Libya.
Building collapses due to heavy rain in Kolkata, 1 killed
Kolkata, May 23 (IBNS): Portion of an apartment collapsed at Dhakuria Panchanantala area in Kolkata due to heavy downpour on Monday afternoon which killed at least one person and left another injured, reports said.
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Narendra Modi wishes J Jayalalithaa
New Delhi, May 23 (IBNS): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated J Jayalalithaa after she oath as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
Indian summiter dies on Mt Everest, 2 missing
Kolkata/Kathmandu, May 23 (IBNS): Days after a climber from Kolkata- Rajib Bhattacharya- was killed on Mt Dhaulagiri, another mountaineer from West Bengal- Subhas Pal- on Sunday died on World's highest peak Mt Everest, reports said.
India-Iran sign 12 agreements, Modi says dosti as old as history
Tehran, May 23 (IBNS) India on Monday signed 12 agreements with Iran, including a pact to develop the strategic Chabahar port on the Persian Gulf nation's southern coast.
Road over-bridge near Asansol to ease traffic congestion
Kolkata, May 23 (IBNS) An over-bridge (flyover) over the railway level crossing -- near Kumarpur in Asansol, West Bengal -- on GT Road will be constructed by the Eastern Railways and SAIL-ISP on shared cost basis.
Three policemen killed in separate attacks by militants in Srinagar
Srinagar, May 23 (IBNS) Heavily armed suspected militants shot dead three policemen in two separate incidents and decamped with an assault rifle in the heart of Srinagar on Monday.
ISRO successfully flight tests indigenous space shuttle RLV-TD
Sriharikota, May 23 (IBNS) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), on Monday, successfully flight tested India’s first winged body aerospace vehicle operating in hypersonic flight regime.