Multi pronged strategy needed to make agriculture viable: Vice President Naidu

Jun 22, 2018, at 08:12 pm

New Delhi, June 22 (IBNS): Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu today said that making agriculture sustainable and profitable should top the agenda of both central and state governments as food security is the key foundation of national security. 

President of India Kovind in Cuba, pays tributes to National Heroes of Cuba to address students at University of Havana

Jun 22, 2018, at 07:56 pm

New Delhi, June 22 (IBNS): President of India Ram Nath Kovind reached Santiago de Cuba, Cuba yesterday (June 21, 2018) on the last leg of his 3 - nation State Visit to – Greece, Suriname and Cuba. 

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee calls off China visit

Jun 22, 2018, at 07:30 pm

  Kolkata, June 22 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday canceled her visit to China.

AIR Force football championship concludes at Barrackpore

Jun 22, 2018, at 07:02 pm

Kolkata, June 22 (IBNS): The prestigious Inter-Command Air Force Football Championship 2018-19 concluded at Air Force Station Barrackpore on 21 Jun 18 at 1700hrs. 

WB: Train service in South-Eastern section hit due to blockade over death of a man in Mecheda

Jun 22, 2018, at 05:58 pm

Kolkata, Jun 22 (IBNS): Service in South-Eastern Railway's Howrah-Kharagpur section was disrupted on Friday as hundreds of locals had blocked railway tracks for hours near Mecheda railway station in East Medinipur district of West Bengal over the death of a cyclist, reports said.

Ghulam Nabi Azad's comments on anti-terror operations in Jammu and Kashmir triggers controversy, BJP attacks

Jun 22, 2018, at 05:52 pm

New Delhi, June 22 (IBNS): Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has triggered a controversy by saying that anti-terror operations in Jammu and Kashmir under the BJP-PDP government resulted in deaths of more civilians than militants.

Nitin Gadkari says India trying to make Chabahar Port in Iran operational by 2019

Jun 22, 2018, at 04:56 pm

New Delhi, June 22 (IBNS): Nitin Gadkari, the Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, Road Transport & Highways and Shipping said in Dushanbe on Thursday, that India is trying to make Chabahar Port in Iran operational by 2019.

PM Modi to inaugurate the Third AIIB Annual Meeting 2018

Jun 22, 2018, at 04:47 pm

New Delhi, June 22 (IBNS): The Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will jointly host the third Annual Meeting of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on June 25-26, 2018 at Hotel Trident/Oberoi and NCPA, Mumbai, India.

Saifuddin Soz's remarks on Kashmir triggers controversy

Jun 22, 2018, at 04:44 pm

New Delhi, June 22 (IBNS): Senior Congress leader  Saifuddin Soz has triggered a controversy by saying that ex- Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s assessment over a decade ago that Kashmiris will “prefer to be independent” if they are given a chance to “exercise their free will” seems to be “correct even today”.

PM Modi addresses at the foundation stone laying ceremony of Vanijya Bhawan

Jun 22, 2018, at 04:17 pm

New Delhi, June 22 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday laid the foundation stone for Vanijya Bhawan, a new office complex for the Union Government’s Department of Commerce, at New Delhi.

PM Modi to visit Madhya Pradesh on June 23

Jun 22, 2018, at 04:01 pm

New Delhi, June 22 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Madhya Pradesh on 23rd June, 2018.

30 people fall sick after consuming Prasad in Assam’s Majuli

Jun 22, 2018, at 03:35 pm

Guwahati, Jun 22 (IBNS): At least 30 people, most of them women and children, were hospitalised as they fell sick of food poison after consuming Prasad chickpea (boot-mah) in Assam’s river island district Majuli on Thursday night.

Four killed, family wiped out in Telangana road accident

Jun 22, 2018, at 01:57 pm

Hyderabad, Jun 22 (IBNS): Four members of a family, including a woman and two children, were killed in a road accident in Telangana's Peddapalle district early on Friday, media reports said.

Four terrorists, one cop and a civilian killed in Kashmir encounter, police claim ISIS link

Jun 22, 2018, at 01:41 pm

Srinagar, June 22 (IBNS) Police suspected the involvement of the Islamic terrorist organisation  ISIS in an encounter with local militants in the Anantnag district of Kashmir on Friday, leaving a cop, a civilian and four terrorists dead.

UP Police apologise for controversial picture of lynched man dragged in Hapur

Jun 22, 2018, at 12:21 pm

Hapur, Jun 22 (IBNS): Uttar Pradesh Police have apologised after a controversial picture surfaced in which a man, who was lynched in Hapur, was seen being dragged by a group of men escorted by three police officials.

Six ULFA-I militants surrender before Assam police

Jun 22, 2018, at 12:11 pm

Guwahati, Jun 22 (IBNS)  : In a setback to Paresh Baruah-led  United Liberation Front of Asom – Independent (ULFA-I), six militants of the banned organisation surrendered with arms before the Assam police in Guwahati on Thursday.

Five NGO workers gang-raped at gunpoint in Jharkhand village

Jun 22, 2018, at 11:48 am

Ranchi, June 22 (IBNS) At least five women belonging to a non-profit were allegedly gang-raped by armed men who had abducted them while they were raising awareness against human trafficking in a village in Khunti district of Jharkhand, media reports said on Friday.

Kashmir: Two terrorists, policeman, civilian die in Anantnag encounter

Jun 22, 2018, at 10:47 am

Srinagar, Jun 22 (IBNS): Two terrorists, a policeman and a civilian have died during an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district on Friday, media reports said.

Sushma Swaraj, Nirmala Sitharaman to visit US for 2+2 Dialogue

Jun 22, 2018, at 06:48 am

New Delhi, June 22 (IBNS): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will visit the United States for the first meeting of the ‘2+2 Dialogue’ on July 6, officials said on Friday.

Centre bans affiliates of Al Qaeda and Islamic State

Jun 21, 2018, at 11:42 pm

New Delhi, June 21 (IBNS): The Centre has banned terror outfit Al Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and the Islamic State in Khorasan Province (ISKP) under the anti-terror law, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA), media reports said.

Citizens must be at centre of civic governance, Venkaia Naidu tells local bodies

Jun 21, 2018, at 09:36 pm

New Delhi, June 21 (IBNS): Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that local bodies should always place citizens at the centre of civic governance, adding that people’s participation in formulating and planning projects and services will improve execution and delivery of the services. 

Constable commits suicide by shooting himself in Assam

Jun 21, 2018, at 05:16 pm

Guwahati, Jun 21 (IBNS)  : In a shocking incident, an Assam police constable allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself in central Assam’s Nagaon district last night.

Mamata Banerjee calls BJP a militant organisation

Jun 21, 2018, at 04:31 pm

Kolkata, Jun 19 (IBNS): Calling the BJP a 'militant organisation,' West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said the saffron party, which is in power at the Centre, is creating fights among all the communities by pursuing a divisive policy.

Kamal Hassan meets Sonia Gandhi

Jun 21, 2018, at 03:47 pm

New Delhi, Jun 21 (IBNS) : Fuelling political speculations, actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan on Thursday met UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi at her Delhi residence a day after visiting Congress President Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.

Lucknow: Day after harassing inter faith couple, passport officer receives transfer order

Jun 21, 2018, at 03:02 pm

Lucknow, Jun 21 (IBNS): A day after a passport officer in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow city harassed an inter-faith couple, he has faced transfer after India's External Affairs Ministry acted on the victims' tweet, reports said on Thursday.

International yoga day: PM Modi performs Asanas, leads multitude

Jun 21, 2018, at 01:30 pm

New Delhi, Jun 21 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday led an estimated 50,000 volunteers in Dehradun to mark the fourth anniversary of International Yoga Day and spread the message of physical and mental wellbeing through a mass movement.

Amazon-JP Morgan-Hathaway name Indian origin Dr. Atul Gawande as CEO of their heralded healthcare firm

Jun 21, 2018, at 01:20 pm

Boston, Jun 21 (IBNS): Indian-origin Dr. Atul Gawande, a celebrity Harvard surgeon and writer, has been picked as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a new healthcare company launched by Amazon, J.P. Morgan, and Berkshire Hathaway, to provide high-quality and affordable care.

Water activists slam World Water Council, accuses its president of bias against India

Jun 21, 2018, at 12:20 pm

New Delhi, June 20 (IBNS) Wary of the growing clout of India, the world’s supreme body on water, the World Water Council, seems to explore ways to slight India on certain pretexts, activists from India alleged.

Yoga has become the most powerful and unifying force in the world: PM Modi

Jun 21, 2018, at 10:37 am

Dehradun, Jun 21 (IBNS): On the occasion of International Yoga Day 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said Yoga has become the most powerful and unifying force in the world.

Narendra Modi greets nation on International Yoga Day

Jun 21, 2018, at 06:54 am

New Delhi, June 21 (IBNS): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wished the nation on International Yoga Day on Thursday.