Assam police Crime branch arrested rape accused absconding Meghalaya's legislator

Guwahati, Jan 7 (IBNS): The Crime branch of Assam Police on late Friday night arrested the Meghalaya's legislator from the Gorchuk area of Guwahati city, who was absconding after his name emerged as an accused in the rape case of a 14-year old girl.

Meghalaya MLA Julius Dorphan arrested for raping minor

Guwahati, Jan 7 (IBNS): The Assam Police on late Friday night arrested Meghalaya MLA Julius Dorphan from Gorchuk area of Guwahati in connection with a rape case, media reports said.

PM Modi to address BJP's national executive meet today

New Delhi, Jan 7 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday is scheduled to address the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP)’s national executive meeting, which is underway for the second day.

Prnab Mukherjee condoles Om Puri's death

New Delhi, Jan 6 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday condoled death of actor Om Puri.

President of India inaugurates convention of Non-Resident Odias

New Delhi, Jan 6 (IBNS): President of India Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated a Convention of Non-Resident Odias (NROs) organized by the Odisha Forum on Friday in New Delhi.

Rose Valley: TMC MP Tapas Pal sent to 14-day judicial custody

Bhubaneswar, Jan 6 (IBNS): A local court in Bhubaneswar on Friday sent actor-turned-Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha MP Tapas Pal, who was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with Rose Valley chit fund scam, to judicial custody for 14 days.

Assam: Police arrests PHE engineer for allegedly taking bribes

Guwahati, Jan 6 (IBNS): Assam police on Friday arrested an Executive Engineer of the state Public Health Engineering (PHE) department from Upper Assam’s Dibrugarh district, who was allegedly taking bribes from a number of contractors in the name of allotting works order.

Heavy snowfall puts life out of gear in Kashmir

Srinagar, Jan 6 (IBNS): Heavy snowfall disrupted normal life across Kashmir while the Valley remains cut-off with the rest of world as Srinagar-Jammu Highway was closed on Friday and all flights to and fro Srinagar were cancelled.

Not cash crunch, Assam Congress leaders face security cover crunch: Seeks Union Home Minister intervention

Guwahati, Jan 6 (IBNS) : Not cash crunch, Assam Congress leaders now faced security cover crunch.

Women's empowerment must begin from home, says expert panel

Kolkata, Jan 6 (IBNS): Women empowerment is not only a national imperative but our responsibility, said speakers on Thursday at a panel discussion in Kolkata participated by the city's leading women personalities.

Concerned about keeping Tibet’s language, religion and culture alive: Dalai Lama

Bodh Gaya, Jan 6 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Tibetan spiritual leader the 14th Dalai Lama is quite concerned about keeping his motherland’s language, religion and culture alive.

Union Home Minister to lay foundation stone of new NDRF campus in Andhra Pradesh

New Delhi, Jan 6 (IBNS): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will lay the foundation stone of the new campus of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) at Krishna district in Andhra Pradesh on Jan 9, 2017.

National government should be formed to save the country: Mamata Banerjee

Kolkata, Jan 6 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday attacked the Centre over the note ban issue and once again demanded for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's resignation, besides demanding for the formation of a "national government".

Bihar: Youth ‘hanged’ from tree for daring to enter into love marriage

Patna, Jan 6 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): A 21-year-old boy in Bihar was allegedly hanged about a fortnight after he had entered into a love marriage.

Delhi Zonal Unit of the DRI busts Hawala racket

New Delhi, Jan 6 (IBNS): The Delhi Zonal Unit (DZU) of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI),Ministry of Finance has busted at Hawala racket adopting an ingenious modus operandi of foreign currency smuggling at the IGI airport, New Delhi on Thursday and seized foreign currencies worth about Rs. 1 crore, officials said on Friday.