President of India hosts 'At Home' for freedom fighters
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IBNS) President of India Pranab Mukherjee hosted an 'At Home' reception for freedom fighters on the occasion of the 72nd anniversary of the Quit India Movement on Saturday at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here.
Jaswant Singh still on 'life support'
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IBNS): The government on Saturday said former Defence Minister Jaswant Singh is still on life support systems and under constant monitoring by a team of neurosurgeons and critical care intensivists at Army Hospital (Research & Referral) here.
Modi justifies govt's stand on WTO
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IBNS) Prime MInister Narendra Modi on Saturday addressed the first council meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party after the Lok Sabha polls where he justified the country's tough stand at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiations.
270 Indians evacuated from Libya
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IBNS): India on Saturday said 270 nations were evacuated from conflict-hit Libya's Benghazi city.
Modi lavishes praise on Amit Shah
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi praising the new BJP president Amit Shah said the party would not have won in Uttar Pradesh without him and exuded confidence that under him the party will prosper.
BJP should be a force in every state: Amit Shah
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) new party president Amit Shah on Saturday said the party should be a force to reckon with in every state, as the top party leaders from across the nation on Saturday ratified his appointment as the new president at the national council meeting here.
UP communal conflicts artificially engineered: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IBNS) Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi in an interview has said the communal violence in Uttar Pradesh are artificially engineered.
BJP national council confirms Amit Shah as new party chief
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IBNS): Top Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders from across the nation on Saturday ratified the appointment of Amit Shah as the new party president at the national council meeting here.
Jaswant Singh in "very critical" condition
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IBNS): Veteran politician Jaswant Singh continued to be in a “very critical†condition at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Army’s Research and Referral hospital here, sources said.
BJP national council to meet in Delhi today
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IBNS): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders are set to meet in New Delhi on Saturday to ratify the appointment of Amit Shah as the new party president.
Congress leader Karan Singh's son joins PDP
Srinagar, Aug 9 (IBNS): Veteran Congress leader Karan Singh's elder son Vikramaditya Singh on Saturday joined Jammu and Kashmir's main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
193 one horned rhinos poached in Assam since 2001
Guwahati, August 8 (IBNS) : Rhino killing is alarm bell for Assam as poachers killed a total of 193 one horned rhinoceros in the state since 2001, the Assam Legislative Assembly was informed on Friday.
India, US take steps to boost defence co-operation
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IBNS) With co-development and co-production of Defence products in mind, India and the United States on Friday agreed to take the Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI) forward.
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IBNS): Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on Friday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.
Rahul visits ailing Jaswant Singh at hospital
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IBNS): Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday visited former Union Minister Jaswant Singh after he was admitted in a hospital with critical head injury.