Karnataka bypoll results: Congress-JD(S) stuns BJP in Bellary, leads in four seats

Nov 06, 2018, at 12:27 pm

Bengaluru, Nov 6 (IBNS): In a big jolt to the saffron outfit ahead of 2019 General Elections, the Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) alliance is on the verge of snatching the Bellary Lok Sabha seat, where by-elections were held on last Saturday, from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), media reports said.

Karnataka bypoll results: Cong-JD(S) surges ahead of BJP

Nov 06, 2018, at 10:47 am

Bengaluru, Nov 6 (IBNS): Upsetting the saffron brigade, the Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) are surging ahead of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka's five seats where by-elections were held on Saturday, media reports said.

Mahatma Gandhi’s experience with truth and his commitment to serve the needy is inspirational: VP

Nov 05, 2018, at 11:14 pm

New Delhi, Nov 5 (IBNS): Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that Mahatma Gandhi’s life and message of peace finds resonance in every part of the world.  

PM Modi felicitates crew of INS Arihant on completion of Nuclear Triad

Nov 05, 2018, at 10:56 pm

New Delhi, Nov 5 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday received the crew of Strategic Strike Nuclear Submarine (SSBN) INS Arihant. 

Power Grid restores snowfall-hit transmission lines in J&K

Nov 05, 2018, at 09:10 pm

New Delhi, Nov 5 (IBNS): Prompt action taken by Power Grid has brought back the valley’s power to normalcy which was affected by the heavy snowfall in the late evening of Nov 3 and morning of Nov 4.

Ravi Shankar Prasad slams Congress party for comments on Statue of Unity

Nov 05, 2018, at 07:46 pm

New Delhi, Nov 5 (IBNS): Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday slammed the Congress party and its senior leader P Chidambaram for his comments on Statue of Unity.

Prime Minister meets First Lady of Republic of Korea

Nov 05, 2018, at 06:33 pm

New Delhi, Nov 5 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Kim Jung-sook, First Lady of the Republic of Korea on Monday.

Gaddam Dharmendra appointed as India's next envoy to Iran

Nov 05, 2018, at 05:57 pm

New Delhi, Nov 5 (IBNS): Gaddam Dharmendra, presently Additional Secretary at Headquarters has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Islamic Republic of Iran, said Ministry of External Affairs.

Sabarimala Temple opens for puja, security tightened

Nov 05, 2018, at 05:51 pm

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 5 (IBNS): Amid tight security, Sabarimala temple was reopened for devotees on Monday.

Gunfight erupts in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal

Nov 05, 2018, at 05:31 pm

Srinagar, Nov 5 (IBNS): Exchange of fire between security forces and suspected terrorists is currently going on in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal district on Monday, officials said.

Narendra Modi is looting farmers: Rahul Gandhi

Nov 05, 2018, at 04:18 pm

New Delhi, Nov 5 (IBNS): Targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said he is 'looting' the farmers of the nation.

Fitting response to nuke blackmail, says PM on INS Arihant’s first deterrence patrol

Nov 05, 2018, at 03:50 pm

New Delhi, Nov 5 (IBNS) : INS Arihant, India’s first indigenous nuclear submarine, has completed its first deterrence patrol, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday, describing the submarine as a fitting response to those who indulge in nuclear blackmail.

Country's greatness can be judged in way animals are treated: Rahul Gandhi on tigress Avni killing

Nov 05, 2018, at 03:33 pm

New Delhi, Nov 5 (IBNS): Responding to the killing of tigress Avni, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said a country's greatness can be judged in a way its animals are treated.

PM greets people on the occasion of Dhanteras

Nov 05, 2018, at 02:21 pm

New Delhi, Nov 5 (IBNS) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi has greeted the Nation on the occasion of Dhanteras.

Kolkata: Apeejay House fire brought under control; no casualty reported

Nov 05, 2018, at 01:50 pm

Kolkata, Nov 5 (IBNS): A major fire, which broke out at an eight-storey office building in Kolkata's Park Street area on Monday morning, has been brought under control, reports said.

Kolkata: Fire breaks out at Park Street office building, firefighting ops underway

Nov 05, 2018, at 01:44 pm

Kolkata, Nov 5 (IBNS): A major fire broke out at a multi-storey office building in south Kolkata's Park Street area on Monday morning, reports said.

Kolkata: Fire breaks out at Apeejay House; fire engines at spot

Nov 05, 2018, at 12:33 pm

Kolkata, Nov 5 (IBNS): Ten fire engines rushed to the Apeejay House, which is situated in the Park Street area of Kolkata, where a massive fire broke out on Monday morning, media reports said.

Fire breaks out at Apeejay House in Kolkata

Nov 05, 2018, at 11:53 am

Kolkata, Nov 5 (IBNS): A massive fire broke out at Appejay House in Park Street area of Kolkata on Monday, media reports said.

Sabarimala temple to open today, security tightened

Nov 05, 2018, at 09:06 am

Chennai, Nov 5 (IBNS): Amid tight security, Sabarimala temple will be opened for few hours on Monday.

Former police chief SP Vaid cherishes beauty of snowfall in Kashmir

Nov 04, 2018, at 09:04 pm

Srinagar, Nov 4 (IBNS): Ex-Jammu and Kashmir police chief Shesh Paul Vaid on Sunday said he cherished the first snowfall in the state this season on Saturday.

Delhi government inaugurates Signature Bridge

Nov 04, 2018, at 07:19 pm

New Delhi, Nov 4 (IBNS): The Delhi government on Sunday unveiled new Signature Bridge in the city, just days before people celebrate Diwali in the national capital.

Assam : Girl molested by five youths in broad daylight

Nov 04, 2018, at 05:10 pm

Guwahati, Nov 4 (IBNS): In a shocking video that has come to light recently, a girl was molested by a group of five youths in broad daylight in Assam.

Three NDFB (S) cadres arrested by police in Assam’s Nagaon district

Nov 04, 2018, at 04:49 pm

Guwahati, Nov 4 (IBNS): Police have arrested three cadres of banned outfit NDFB (S) in central Assam’s Nagaon district.

Tinsukia killing incident: TMC delegation team meets victims family members

Nov 04, 2018, at 04:26 pm

Guwahati, Nov 4 (IBNS): Three days after the killing of five people by unidentified gunmen at Kherabari area under Sadiya assembly constituency in Upper Assam’s Tinsukia district, a delegation team of All India Trinamool Congress (AITMC)-led by TMC parliamentary party leader in Rajya Sabha Derek O’Brien on Sunday visited Kherabari area and met the family members of the victims.  

Delhi hosts 2-day National Seminar on Entrepreneurship and Business Development in Ayurveda

Nov 04, 2018, at 03:02 pm

New Delhi, Nov 4 (IBNS): Minister of State for AYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik and Minister of State for Culture and Environment and Forest Mahesh Sharma addressed the inaugural session of the two day ‘National Seminar on Entrepreneurship and Business Development in Ayurveda’ on Sunday. 

Arunachal Scouts personnel vandalise police station, PWD office in Bomdila

Nov 04, 2018, at 02:08 pm

Bomdila (Arunachal Pradesh), Nov 4 (IBNS): The 2nd Arunachal Scouts personnel stationed in Bomdila, headquarter of West Kameng district, on Saturday went rogue and vandalised a police station and the PWD office in Bomdila. 

Delhi's Siganture Bridge over Yamuna to be inaugurated today

Nov 04, 2018, at 12:15 pm

New Delhi, Nov 4 (IBNS): Delhi’s Signature Bridge over the Yamuna in northwest part of the city, having selfie points, will be inaugurated on Sunday.

Teenage girl gang raped in hospital ICU in UP's Bareilly

Nov 04, 2018, at 11:17 am

Bareilly, Nov 4 (IBNS): In a horrific incident, a teenager girl was gang raped on Saturday inside the ICU by a hospital worker and four others in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly, media reports said.

Heavy security in place as Sabarimala Temple set to reopen for puja tomorrow

Nov 04, 2018, at 10:30 am

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 4 (IBNS): As the Sabarimala Temple of Kerala is all set to open for one-day puja on Monday, heavy security arrangements have been made with about 2000 cops being kept on alert, media reports said.

India becomes one of 8 countries to get waiver on US Iran sanctions

Nov 04, 2018, at 10:03 am

New Delhi, Nov 4 (IBNS): India has become one among the eight countries to get  a waiver on the sanctions re-imposed on Iran by the US government.