West Bengal government reduces fuel tax by Re 1 per litre
Sep 11, 2018, at 06:25 pm
Kolkata, Sept 11 (IBNS): Giving relief to people of West Bengal, state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday announced her government has decided to reduce the tax on petrol and diesel by Re 1 per litre.
Telangana bus mishap leaves 54 dead, President Kovind, PM Modi mourn
Sep 11, 2018, at 06:20 pm
Hyderabad, Sept 11 (IBNS): A bus mishap in Kondagattu ghat road in Jagtial district of Telangana on Tuesday left at least 54 people killed, officials said. UPDATE AT 10 PM: With more people succumbing to injuries in hospital since posting this news, the toll has risen to 57 now. Of the dead, 32 are women. Four of the injured are in a very critical condition, latest reports said.
Suresh Prabhu holds meetings with Russian Ministers at Vladivostok
Sep 11, 2018, at 05:34 pm
New Delhi, Sept 11 (IBNS): Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu, had a meeting with Dmitry Kobylkin, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of Russian Federation.
Telangana bus accident leaves 51 dead
Sep 11, 2018, at 05:27 pm
Hyderabad, Sept 11 (IBNS): At least 51 people were killed as a bus, in which they were travelling, lost control and dropped in a gorge on the Kondagattu ghat road in Jagtial district on Tuesday.
Highest Mexican honour conferred on Mumbai honorary consul
Sep 11, 2018, at 04:37 pm
Mumbai, Sept 11 (IBNS) To mark the 208th-anniversary celebrations of Mexican Independence, the Embassy of Mexico in India honored Rajnikant Devidas Shroff, Mexico’s honorary consul in Mumbai, with the “Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle”.
PM announces increase in remuneration for ASHA and Anganwadi workers
Sep 11, 2018, at 04:10 pm
New Delhi, Sept 11 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced a landmark increase in remuneration for ASHA and Anganwadi workers.
PM interacts with ASHA, ANM and Anganwadi workers from all over the country through video bridge
Sep 11, 2018, at 04:08 pm
New Delhi, Sept 11 (IBNS): Prime Minister interacted with the team of three As- the ASHA worker, Anganwadi worker and ANM (Auxiliary Nurse Midwife) from across the country through video conferencing.
Assam BJP slams Prateek Hajela for dropping 5 key documents from NRC list
Sep 11, 2018, at 03:57 pm
Guwahati, Sept 11 (IBNS) : Assam state BJP slammed Prateek Hajela, the NRC State Coordinator, for his suggestion to the Supreme Court to drop five key documents from the list of claims and objections process.
Telangana: Bus falls into gorge, 40 die
Sep 11, 2018, at 03:38 pm
Hyderabad, Sept 12 (IBNS): At least 40 people were killed as a bus, in which they were traveling, dropped in a gorge in Telangana's Jagtiyal district on Tuesday.
PNB scam: Accused Mehul Choksi speaks up, says allegations against him are 'false', 'baseless'
Sep 11, 2018, at 01:27 pm
New Delhi, Sept 11 (IBNS): Fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi, who is an accused in the Rs. 13,000 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud, broke his silence on Tuesday, media reports said.
Teenage Maratha girl ends life demanding reservation for her community
Sep 11, 2018, at 01:24 pm
Ahmednagar, Sept 11 (IBNS): A class 11 Maratha girl allegedly committed suicide on Monday, demanding reservation for her community.
Delhi HC rejects Sonia-Rahul's pleas against tax reassessment
Sep 11, 2018, at 12:19 pm
New Delhi, Sept 11 (IBNS): The Delhi High Court on Monday rejected former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and present party president Rahul Gandhi's pleas against the tax reassessment in relation to Associated Journals Limited, the publisher of newspaper National Herald, for 2011-2012, media reports said.
Kashmir: Two terrorists killed in Kupwara district
Sep 11, 2018, at 11:30 am
Srinagar, Sept 11 (IBNS): Two terrorists were killed by security forces in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, media reports said.
Swami Vivekananda was an embodiment of Hindu Culture: Venkaiah Naidu
Sep 10, 2018, at 10:08 pm
New Delhi, Sept 10 (IBNS): Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that Swami Vivekananda was an embodiment of Hindu Culture and his messages that are relevant till today reverberate across India.
Convey timeless, harmonious vision of India to world: Naidu tells Indian diasporas in US
Sep 10, 2018, at 09:39 pm
New Delhi, Sept 10 (IBNS): Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Monday asked the Indian diasporas in the US to convey the timeless, harmonious vision of India to the world and bring the best ideas and practices from the world to India.
Parliamentary delegation from Sri Lanka calls on President Kovind
Sep 10, 2018, at 08:19 pm
New Delhi, Sept 10 (IBNS): A parliamentary delegation from Sri Lanka led by Karu Jayasuriya, Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, called on President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday.
After concluding Chicago visit, VP Naidu emplanes for New Delhi
Sep 10, 2018, at 07:34 pm
Chicago/New Delhi, Sept 10 (IBNS): After concluding his Chicago visit, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on Monday emplaned for New Delhi.
Hyderabad twin blast case: Two convicts sentenced to death, one gets life imprisonment
Sep 10, 2018, at 07:22 pm
Hyderabad, Sept 10 (IBNS): Two Indian Mujahideen terrorists, Akbar Ismail Choudhary and Anique Shafique Syeed, who were convicted in Hyderabad twin blast case, have been sentenced to death by a court, media reports said.
Sep 10, 2018, at 07:09 pm
New Delhi, Sept 10 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, Chief Minister of West Bengal - Mamata Banerjee, and the Chief Minister of Tripura - Biplab Kumar Deb, today jointly inaugurated three projects in Bangladesh, via video conference.External Affairs Minister of India, Sushma Swaraj, and the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, also joined the video conference from Delhi and Dhaka respectively.
Sep 10, 2018, at 06:26 pm
Guwahati, Sept 10 (IBNS): Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) on Monday took out a mammoth rally in Guwahati protesting the rising of fuel price and essential commodities.
Assam will not reduce VAT on petrol, diesel : Assam BJP president
Sep 10, 2018, at 06:11 pm
Guwahati, Sept 10 (IBNS): While the Congress and other opposition political parties protesting the rising of fuel price and the BJP-led Rajasthan government announcing a reduction in VAT on fuel prices by 4 per cent, Assam state BJP president and the party MLA, Ranjit Dass on Monday said that Assam will not reduce any state VAT on petrol and diesel.
We oppose bandh by principle but support protests: Mamata Banerjee
Sep 10, 2018, at 06:00 pm
Kolkata, Sept 10 (IBNS): Stating her reason behind not supporting the Bharat Bandh called by the Congress and Left over fuel price hike, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she opposes such a political programme but is open to protests.
Bharat Bandh remains mostly ineffective in West Bengal
Sep 10, 2018, at 04:46 pm
Kolkata, Sept 10 (IBNS): The Bharat Bandh called by the opposition parties across the country to protest against rising fuel prices remained mostly ineffective in West Bengal.
PNB money laundering : Interpol issues red corner notice against Nirav Modi's sister
Sep 10, 2018, at 04:45 pm
New Delhi, Sept 10 (IBNS): Interpol has issued a red corner notice (RCN) against Purvi Modi, sister of fugitive billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi, in connection with the two billion-dollar PNB money laundering case, media reports said quoting officials.
Members of the Parliament of Sri Lanka calls on PM
Sep 10, 2018, at 04:08 pm
New Delhi, Sept 10 (IBNS): A delegation of Members of the Parliament of Sri Lanka called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday.
West Bengal: TMC party office collapses in explosion in Birbhum
Sep 10, 2018, at 04:04 pm
Kolkata, Sep 10 (IBNS): A local party office of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal's Birbhum district was almost destroyed by a high intensity explosion on Monday morning, reports said.
Will Rahul Gandhi takes responsibility for Bihar child death: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Sep 10, 2018, at 03:59 pm
New Delhi, Sept 10 (IBNS): Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad claimed that a two-year-old baby died in Bihar's Jehanabad area after the ambulance, in which he was traveling, was caught in a traffic jam due to the Bharat Bandh called by the opposition parties on Monday.
After Farooq Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti threatens to boycott local polls
Sep 10, 2018, at 03:44 pm
New Delhi, Sept 10 (IBNS): Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said her Peoples Democratic Party will boycott the urban local body polls and the panchayat elections in the state.
United opposition will defeat BJP in 2019: Rahul Gandhi
Sep 10, 2018, at 12:32 pm
New Delhi, Sept 9 (IBNS): Sharing a dais with leaders belonging to diverse political ideologies in the national capital, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said a united opposition will defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2019 General Elections, which is just few months' away from now.
Sep 10, 2018, at 11:00 am
New Delhi, Sept 9 (IBNS): Assam and Bihar are the two states which have been greatly affected by the Bharat Bandh (countrywide shutdown) called by the Congress to protest fuel price hike on Monday, media reports said.