I quit because govt refused to release jobs report: Ex-Statistical Commission chief
Feb 08, 2019, at 09:55 pm
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IBNS): Former head of India's Statistics Commission P.C. Mohanan has said he quit because the government refused to release the report on jobs.
Black flags welcome PM Modi in Guwahati
Feb 08, 2019, at 09:17 pm
Guwahati, Feb 8 (IBNS): Black flags have welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he arrived at Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, Borjhar in Guwahati on Friday evening for two-day-long North East visit.
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot posts pictures of him feeding cow
Feb 08, 2019, at 08:12 pm
Jaipur, Feb 8 (IBNS): Rajasthan's Congress chief minister Ashok Gehlot today posted pictures on Twitter of him doing "gawseva" (taking care of cows).
PM Modi arrives in Guwahati for his two-day-long NE visit, tight security arrangement
Feb 08, 2019, at 08:08 pm
Guwahati, Feb 8 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday evening arrived in Guwahati for his two-day-long visit to Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura.
Feb 08, 2019, at 07:51 pm
Kolkata, Feb 8 (IBNS): Bengali version of the Holy Guru Granth Sahib and Babuji's Biography have been released in Kolkata.
Tight security in Guwahati with PM Modi in town
Feb 08, 2019, at 07:28 pm
Guwahati, Feb 8 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday evening arrived in Guwahati for his two-day-long visit to Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura.
PM Modi becomes 'chai walla' during polls and 'Rafale walla' after it: Mamata Banerjee
Feb 08, 2019, at 05:43 pm
Kolkata, Feb 8 (IBNS): West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Friday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his 'chai walla' (tea seller) comment made during a rally in north Bengal and said the PM becomes chai walla' before polls and then he turns into 'Rafale walla'.
Dr. Abdul Momen meets Sushma Swaraj, India-Bangladesh sign four documents
Feb 08, 2019, at 05:23 pm
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IBNS): Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Dr. Abdul Momen on Friday met External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in Delhi.
PM Narendra Modi to visit Guwahati, Itanagar and Agartala tomorrow
Feb 08, 2019, at 04:55 pm
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IBNS): PM Narendra Modi will visit Guwahati, Itanagar and Agartala on Friday.
PM Narendra Modi visits north Bengal, targets Mamata Banerjee over her 'dharna'
Feb 08, 2019, at 04:29 pm
Jalpaiguri, Feb 8 (IBNS):At a time when state CM Mamata Banerjee recently sat on a dharna (sit-in protest) to demonstrate against CBI's actions against Kolkata Police chief Rajeev Kumar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday came down to West Bengal to attack the TMC-led government and also highlighted his Centre's developmental works in the past five years.
Omar Abdullah wishes to see explanation for Defence Ministry's note on Rafale
Feb 08, 2019, at 04:04 pm
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IBNS): Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday said he would like to see how those aligned with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would explain reports that the Defence Ministry had protested over the mechanism being adopted by the PMO for the Rafale deal.
Supreme Court orders Mayawati to reimburse money spent on elephant statues
Feb 08, 2019, at 03:59 pm
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Friday ordered former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BSP chief Mayawati to reimburse the public money which was spent on installing several elephant statues in parks of Lucknow and Noida, media reports said.
Mayawati has to deposit money spent on her statues, party symbol : Supreme Court
Feb 08, 2019, at 03:56 pm
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IBNS) :The Supreme Court on Friday said Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati should reimburse public money that was spent on installing statues of herself and elephants, the party’s symbol, in Lucknow and Noida.
28 die in hooch tragedies in UP and Uttarakhand
Feb 08, 2019, at 03:36 pm
Lucknow/Haridwar, Feb 8 (IBNS) : At least 28 people died after they consumed spurious liquor in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand in two separate tragedies on Friday, media reports said.
12 dead after consuming illicit liquor at Roorkee
Feb 08, 2019, at 02:59 pm
Roorkee, Feb 8 (IBNS) : At least 12 people have died in Roorkee after consuming illicit liquor, ANI reported.
Congress flogging a dead horse: Nirmala Sitharaman on Rafale report
Feb 08, 2019, at 01:21 pm
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IBNS): Countering opposition leader Rahul Gandhi's attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over The Hindu report claiming the PMO (Prime Minister's Office) held separate parleys with France over the Rafale deal, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the Congress is flogging a dead horse.
Rahul Gandhi blasts Modi over Rafale report claiming PMO held parleys with France
Feb 08, 2019, at 12:48 pm
New Delhi, Feb 8 (NITN): Following the publication of a report in The Hindu which stated the PMO (Prime Minister's Office) held separate talks with the French government over the controversial Rafale deal (buying of 36 fighter jets by India from France), Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday blasted Prime Minister Narendra Modi once again by calling him a "thief".
Feb 08, 2019, at 12:19 pm
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IBNS) : Amid persistent uproar by the opposition, the Rajya Sabha was on Friday adjourned for the day following demand for discussion on The Hindu's revelation on the Rafale deal.
Modi intervened to benefit Anil Ambani in Rafale: Rahul Gandhi citing Hindu report
Feb 08, 2019, at 11:59 am
New Delhi: Citing The Hindu report which produced a letter of the Defence Ministry that purportedly requested the Prime Minister's Office to not intervene in the defece deal with France in the Rafale aircraft negotiations, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday said it is clearly evident that the Prime Minister himself was involved in the defence deal so that it benefits industrialist Anil Ambani.
Defence Ministry objected to PMO's parleys with French govt on Rafale: Report
Feb 08, 2019, at 11:21 am
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IBNS): In the middle of the political fight between the BJP and Congress over the Rafale deal, a The Hindu report on Friday stated the Defence Ministry had protested against PMO's separate parleys with the French government on the controversial deal of buying 36 fighter jets by India.
PM Narendra Modi to visit West Bengal today
Feb 08, 2019, at 09:49 am
Kolkata, Feb 8 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will be visiting West Bengal on Friday, said he has seen massive support for his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state.
Now thief is scolding chowkidaar: PM Modi attacks Rahul in LS
Feb 07, 2019, at 11:50 pm
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday teared into the Opposition and said that their idea of Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) is a Maha Milavat (Grand Adulteration).
CBI to quiz Kolkata CP Rajeev Kumar in Shillong on Feb 9
Feb 07, 2019, at 11:05 pm
Kolkata/New Delhi, Feb 7 (IBNS): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday sent a notice to Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar asking him to appear before the investigators on Saturday (Feb 9) for interrogation in connection with its ongoing Supreme Court mandated probe into chit fund scams, officials said.
Delhi, Noida hit by hailstorm, 18 flights diverted
Feb 07, 2019, at 09:42 pm
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IBNS): Fourteen domestic and four international flights were diverted in Delhi due to bad weather on Thursday evening, media reports said.
Five persons including three Assam Rifles jawans injured in Manipur blast
Feb 07, 2019, at 08:45 pm
Guwahati, Feb 7 (IBNS): At least five persons including three Assam Rifles jawans were injured in a bomb blast in Manipur’s capital city Imphal on Thursday evening.
Mamata speaks for investment across India at BGBS fuelling speculations about her Delhi bid
Feb 07, 2019, at 08:38 pm
Kolkata, Feb 7 (IBNS): Urging all industrialists at the fifth Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) to invest not just in her state but all over India, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday raised speculation whether she is trying to emerge as a key national leader in the run up to the General Elections due to be held by May.
Prime Minister to lay foundation stone for National Highways Project in West Bengal tomorrow
Feb 07, 2019, at 04:14 pm
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IBNS) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for the four laning of the Falakata-Salsalabari section of NH -31 D in the northern part of West Bengal on Friday.
Mamata asks businessmen to invest in the country and Bengal
Feb 07, 2019, at 03:34 pm
Kolkata, Feb 7 (IBNS) : Barely two days after her dharna against the Centre, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday appeared in another avatar- this time as an administrator and a statesman playing at the national level - pitching for drawing investments in the state and the country as she urged industrialists who have left India to come back and invest.
Rahul's challenge to BJP: Get Narendra Modi on stage with me for 5 minutes
Feb 07, 2019, at 03:31 pm
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IBNS): Congress president Rahul Gandhi today challenged the BJP to get Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the same stage as him for five minutes to talk about the economy, national security and the Rafale deal.
Feb 07, 2019, at 03:14 pm
Kolkata, Feb 7 (IBNS): Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan today slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over alleged extortion syndicates and lack of investment issues in the state at a time when the two-day Bengal Global Business Summit 2019 is under way in Kolkata.