CBI arrests NCB officer, Kolkata's renowned lawyer for allegedly demanding extortion money
Sep 04, 2018, at 04:12 pm
Kolkata, Sep 4 (IBNS): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday midnight arrested a renowned advocate of the Calcutta High Court and an official of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)'s Eastern Region for allegedly demanding extortion from a city businessman, officials said.
Kamal Hassan, Congress stand beside Sofia Lois, the student arrested for shouting anti-BJP slogans
Sep 04, 2018, at 04:01 pm
Chennai/New Delhi, Sept 4 (IBNS) : Actor and Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) chief Kamal Haasan and the Congress on Wednesday extended full support to Lois Sofia who was arrested at the Tuticorin airport on Monday for calling the central government ‘fascist’ on a flight in front of state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Tamilisai Soundararajan.
PM Modi talks to Malyalam superstar Mohanlal, impressed by his humility
Sep 04, 2018, at 03:44 pm
New Delhi, Sept 4 (IBNS) : Malayalam superstar Mohanlal met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Janmashtami (September 3) giving rise to speculations over the possibility of his joining the BJP.
Tamil Nadu : Student arrested for shouting anti-BJP slogan on board plane gets bail
Sep 04, 2018, at 02:52 pm
Chennai, Sept 4 (IBNS) : A day after the Tamil Nadu police arrested Sofia Lois, a student who raised a slogan against BJP State President Tamilisai Soundararajan on a private airline, a court in Thoothukudi district on Tuesday granted her bail, media reports said. On Monday morning, the BJP leader and the 28-year-old student, studying in Canada, got into an altercation after she shouted “BJP’s fascist government down down” minutes before they were to de-plane.
Mig 27 of IAF crashes near Jodhpur, pilot safely ejects
Sep 04, 2018, at 02:17 pm
Jodhpur, Sept 4 (IBNS) : A Mig 27 fighter jet of the Indian Air Force crashed in an area close to Jodhpur on Tuesday while it was on a routine mission, reports said.
Navy divers, Indian army, NDRF, SDRF teams search for five missing in Assam river
Sep 04, 2018, at 01:52 pm
Guwahati, Sept 4 (IBNS) : The Indian Navy’s deep-sea divers, the Army, the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams are engaged in a search and rescue operation for five members of a family, who went missing after their car plunged into Dikhow river in upper Assam’s Sivasagar district on September 1 evening.
Two convicted, three acquitted in 2007 Hyderabad twin blast case
Sep 04, 2018, at 12:12 pm
Hyderabad, Sept 4 (IBNS): Two people have been convicted by a local court in the 2007 Hyderabad twin blast case, which claimed at least 44 lives and injured 68 others, media reports said.
CJI Dipak Misra recommends Justice Gogoi as his successor in letter to government
Sep 04, 2018, at 11:58 am
New Delhi, Sept 4 (IBNS): In a letter to the central government, Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra on Tuesday recommended Justice Ranjan Gogoi as his successor, media reports said.
Assam government to provide smartphones to Anganwadi workers
Sep 04, 2018, at 11:31 am
Guwahati, Sept 4 (IBNS): The Assam government has decided to provide smartphones to over 61,000 Anganwadi workers in the state for monitoring nutrition levels in children and instantly reporting them on a daily basis.
UP: Retired cop dies after being beaten in Allahabad; incident caught on CCTV
Sep 04, 2018, at 11:09 am
Allahabad, Sept 4 (IBNS): A retired police officer succumbed to injuries he sustained during an attack by two men in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad, media reports said.
Five men arrested for conspiring to kill Hindu leaders in TN's Coimbatore
Sep 03, 2018, at 11:38 pm
Coimbatore, Sept 3 (IBNS): The Tamil Nadu police on Monday informed that they have arrested five men from Coimbatore who were allegedly planning to kill two Hindu leaders.
Assam gang rape in moving car: Police arrests five persons
Sep 03, 2018, at 09:55 pm
Guwahati, Sept 3 (IBNS): The Assam Police on Monday arrested five persons in connection with a rape incident in which a married woman was gang raped in a moving car and then thrown away on the National Highway in Assam’s Nagaon district on August 28 night.
Will PM Modi share details of Rafale deal with nation? Asks Congress leader Mukul Wasnik
Sep 03, 2018, at 09:15 pm
Guwahati, Sept 3 (IBNS): Former Union Minister and All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Mukul Wasnik on Monday slammed the Centre for starting crony capitalism in the country by giving offset contract to PM Narendra Modi’s "favourite industrialist" to procure Rafale fighter aircraft.
Assam: Youth file complaint against lady DSP for demanding bribe
Sep 03, 2018, at 07:51 pm
Guwahati, Sept 3 (IBNS): While the Assam government has taken stern action against the corrupt government employees and appropriate measures to reduce corruption in the state, a report has come to light with a youth lodging a complaint against a lady Deputy Superintendent of Poilce (DSP) for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 40,000 to dismiss a case.
Congress clinches majority in Karnataka civic polls
Sep 03, 2018, at 06:23 pm
Bangalore, Sept 3 (IBNS): Disrupting hopes of BJP, the Congress clinched 10 of 22 districts during vote count for 105 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) on Monday.
Country's economy was never in such a mess: Arvind Kejriwal slams Centre
Sep 03, 2018, at 05:47 pm
New Delhi, Sept 3 (IBNS): Hitting out at the Centre over the rising price of petrol and diesel and other issues, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said the economy was 'never in such mess' as it is now.
Tamil Nadu : High Court upholds ban on protests at Marina beach
Sep 03, 2018, at 04:51 pm
Chennai, Sept 3 (IBNS) : The Madras High Court on Monday upheld the Tamil Nadu Government’s decision to prohibit staging protests at Marina beach to maintain law and order, media reports said.
Coimbatore : Five youths arrested for plotting to kill Hindu leaders
Sep 03, 2018, at 03:54 pm
Coimbatore, Sept 3 (IBNS) : Five men have been arrested in Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu allegedly for plotting to kill two Hindu leaders and create communal discord in the state, media reports said.
Karnataka local body election results: Congress maintains lead over BJP
Sep 03, 2018, at 03:15 pm
Bengaluru, Sept 3 (IBNS): The Congress continued to maintain its lead over the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as the counting of votes for Karnataka Urban Local Body polls is underway, media reports said.
Bhima Koregaon case: Bombay HC pulls up Maharashtra police for holding press conference
Sep 03, 2018, at 02:48 pm
Mumbai, Sep 3 (IBNS): The Bombay High Court on Monday criticised the Maharashtra police for holding a press conference to detail evidences they had against five human rights activists, who were initially arrested over terror charges and for inciting violence at Bhima Koregaon in Maharashtra in January this year, media reports said.
Karnataka local body election results: Congress surges ahead of BJP
Sep 03, 2018, at 01:16 pm
Bengaluru, Sept 3 (IBNS): The Congress is surging ahead of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as counting of votes for Karnataka urban local body election is underway.
Stones hurled at MP CM Shivraj Chouhan's vehicle in Sidhi
Sep 03, 2018, at 12:29 pm
Bhopal, Sep 3 (IBNS): Stones were hurled at the vehicle of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Sidhi district of the state, media reports said.
Meghalaya : Sixty five year-old man arrested for raping two grand daughters multiple times
Sep 03, 2018, at 11:35 am
Guwahati, Sep 3 (IBNS): In a shocking incident, a 65-year-old man allegedly raped his two minor grand-daughters in Meghalaya’s South Garo Hills district.
UP: Two school students die after bus falls into canal
Sep 03, 2018, at 10:39 am
Lucknow, Sept 3 (IBNS): Two school students died after a bus fell into a canal in Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday evening, media reports said.
Narendra Modi wishes nation on Janmasthami
Sep 03, 2018, at 09:25 am
New Delhi, Sept 3 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday wished the nation on the occasion of Hindu festival of Janmasthami.
Kolkata Police now say no human foetus was found in packets recovered from Haridevpur
Sep 02, 2018, at 10:55 pm
Kolkata, Sept 2 (IBNS): Changing statement in just one hour, the Kolkata Police on Sunday late evening declared that neither human tissues nor human foetuses were found in the 14 bags which were recovered from a vacant plot at Haridevpur in southwest part of the city late afternoon.
Guwahati city police bust highway robbery gang, arrest 7 dacoits
Sep 02, 2018, at 10:34 pm
Guwahati, Sept 2 (IBNS): Guwahati city police on Sunday busted a highway robbery gang and arrested seven dacoits who had looted the people at highway for long period.
No decision taken on dissolving assembly: Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao
Sep 02, 2018, at 09:23 pm
Hyderabad, Sept 2 (IBNS): Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday said a decision on hosting early assembly polls in the state will be taken soon.
Sep 02, 2018, at 08:31 pm
New Delhi, Sept 2 (IBNS): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated Indonesian President Joko Widodo as his nation successfully hosted the Asian Games.
Manipur: Two militants killed in gun fight between NSCN-IM and ZUF
Sep 02, 2018, at 08:15 pm
Guwahati, Sept 2 (IBNS): Two militants were killed in a fierce gun fight between NSCN-IM and Manipur outfit group Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF) in Manipur’s Tamenglong district on Saturday evening.