Sarbananda Sonowal appointed as Assam BJP president

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IBNS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday appointed Sarbananda Sonowal as the party's Assam president.

PM addresses ASEAN-India Summit, meet Li Keqiang, Abe

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday addressed the ASEAN-India Summit in Kuala Lumpur.

Rajnath Singh in China

Beijing, Nov 21 (IBNS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh is on an official visit to China from Nov 18 to 23 where he met country's Premier Li Keqiang.

India to host the first South Asian Annual Disaster Management Exercise from Monday

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IBNS) The prevalent geo-climatic conditions as well as increased frequency of natural calamities in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Region, especially in the wake of the recent disasters in the region, calls for enhanced levels of preparedness and risk resilience as well as collaborative action amongst member countries to individually and jointly deal with such disaster situations to prevent loss of lives and assets.

Wreath laying ceremony organised at 'Teen Murti' Memorial

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IBNS): A wreath laying ceremony was organised on Friday at the 'Teen Murti' Memorial by the Cavalry Officer's Association (COA) to honour the sacrifice and contribution of the Indian Cavalry since the First World War.

Sheena wrote to Indrani to consider her happiness as well: CBI

Mumbai, Nov 21 (IBNS): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has revealed that Sheena Bora had written to her mother Indrani Mukherjea with a plea of being allowed to take her decisions about her life, reports said.

No better recourse than to remind ourselves of high values of India at a time when world struggling to deal with worst impulses of intolerance, hatred: Prez

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IBNS): President of India Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated a three day World Indology Conference at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Saturday.

Congress anti-national party, supports Khalistanis : Punjab Deputy CM

Chandigarh, Nov 21 (IBNS) Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Saturday lambasted the Congresa allegedly for supporting Khalistani elements, saying a party delegation would meet President Pranab Mukherjee asking him to declare the Congress an anti-national party.

Francois Hollande to be chief guest in Republic Day parade

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IBNS) France has accepted India's invitation to President Francois Hollande to be chief guest at the 2016 Republic Day parade, reports said.

Suresh Prabhu flags off a new first passenger train in south Assam

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IBNS) Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu through remote control from Delhi flagged off a new first passenger train, the first to travel through the newly constructed Silchar-Guwahati stretch.

Sheena's half sister Vidhie warned her of possible threat to life

Mumbai, Nov 21 (IBNS) The chargesheet filed in the high-profile Sheena Bora murder case says that her half-sister Vidhie Mukerjea had warned her about a possible threat to her life, media reports said.

Bihar Ministry: Nitish Kumar keeps Home portfolio, Tejaswi Deputy CM

Patna Nov 21 (IBNS) : JDU leader Nitish Kumar who was sworn in as Bihar Chief Minister on Friday for a third straight term, kept the home portfolio with him while named Lalu Prasad's younger son Tejaswi Yadav as the Deputy Chief Minister.

Full text of PM Modi's speech at the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit

Kuala Lumpur, Nov 21 (IBNS) Following is the full text of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech at the ASEAN Summit 2015 in Malaysia:

We must reform to transform : Modi says at ASEAN summit

Kuala Lumpur, Nov 21 (IBNS) Reform is a way station on the journey to the destination which is transformation of India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday.

Malaysian PM calls for change of tactics to address terrorism

Kuala Lumpur, Nov 21 (IBNS) Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak called for a change of tactics to tackle terrorism, while addressing the ASEAN Summit on Saturday.