President of India and PM Modi condole the demise of Bollywood director Kundan Shah

Oct 07, 2017, at 08:57 pm

Mumbai/New Delhi, Oct 7 (IBNS): The President of India Ramnath Kovind offered his condolences upon the death of Bollywood director Kundah Shah whose satirical comedy film Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro ranks among one of Indian cinema's classics.

Centre and Delhi government lock horns about proposed Metro fare hike

Oct 07, 2017, at 08:01 pm

New Delhi, Oct 7 (IBNS): The Centre has informed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal that the Metro-Act does not allow it to put on hold the proposed hike in Delhi Metro fares, media reported on Saturday.

Fuel storage tanks on island off Mumbai coast catches fire, no casualties reported so far

Oct 07, 2017, at 07:27 pm

Mumbai, Oct 7 (IBNS): Firefighters said that the fire in an oil depot in Butcher Island off Mumbai's coast has been brought under control, according to media reports on Saturday.

INS Trishul of Indian Navy foils piracy attempt in Gulf of Aden

Oct 07, 2017, at 07:23 pm

New Delhi, Oct 7 (IBNS): A piracy attempt on the high seas off the Gulf of Aden was foiled by an Indian Naval warship on Friday, the Defence Ministry said in a release on Saturday.

PM Modi lays foundation stone of bridge to connect Okha and Bet Dwarka

Oct 07, 2017, at 06:58 pm

Dwarka, Oct 7 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who began his two-day visit to Gujarat, from Dwarka, on Saturday, said that major projects have been lined up for the development of the region, according to media reports

Five, including guard, found murdered in northeast Delhi

Oct 07, 2017, at 05:57 pm

New Delhi, Oct 7 (IBNS): At least five people, including four of a family and a security guard, were found murdered in northeast Delhi, reports said.

UP: Woman gang-raped in front of husband and child, no arrest yet

Oct 07, 2017, at 05:21 pm

Muzaffarnagar, Oct 7 (IBNS): A 25-year-old woman was gang-raped by four men at gunpoint in front of her husband and child on Friday in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district, reports said.

PM Modi reaches Jamnagar on two-day visit to Gujarat

Oct 07, 2017, at 04:33 pm

Jamnagar, Oct 7 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Jamnagar a little while ago as he began his two-day visit to Gujarat on Saturday.

PM Modi to visit, inaugurate new IIT building in Gujarat today

Oct 07, 2017, at 03:47 pm

New Delhi, Oct 7 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting his home state Gujarat on Saturday morning.

GST Council announces relief to small and medium businesses

Oct 07, 2017, at 03:29 am

New Delhi, Oct 6 (IBNS): The GST Council, in its 22nd meeting which was held on Friday in the national capital under Chairmanship of the Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Arun Jaitley, has recommended some changes to ease the burden of compliance on small and medium businesses.

India – EU Joint Statement during 14th India-EU Summit, New Delhi (October 06, 2017)

Oct 07, 2017, at 02:38 am

India values her multi-faceted partnership with EU: PM Modi

Oct 07, 2017, at 02:36 am

New Delhi, Oct 6 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that India values her multi-faceted partnership with the EU during the 14th annual Summit between India and the European Union (EU) which was held in New Delhi.

PM Modi to visit Gujarat on Saturday and Sunday

Oct 07, 2017, at 02:18 am

New Delhi, Oct 6 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Gujarat on Saturday and Sunday.

Indian Navy thwarts piracy attempt on merchant vessel in Gulf of Aden

Oct 07, 2017, at 01:17 am

New Delhi, Oct 6 (IBNS): The Indian Navy on Friday thwarted a piracy attack on an Indian bulk carrier in the Gulf of Aden, media reports said.

The Indian connection to Physics Nobel Prize of 2017

Oct 07, 2017, at 12:20 am

New Delhi, Oct 6 (IBNS): Union Ministry of Science and Technology, on Friday, said that India too is delighted with the 2017 Nobel Prize for Physics awarded to Rainer Weiss, Barry C Barish & Kip S Thorne under the LIGO Project for their discovery of gravitational waves because the discovery paper cites 39 Indian authors/scientists from nine institutions as co-authors of the paper

Think about methods of execution other than hanging, SC tells Centre

Oct 07, 2017, at 12:12 am

New Delhi, Oct 6 (IBNS) : The Supreme Court on Friday urged the government to think of methods of execution other than hanging by neck, media reports said.

Suu Kyi should return her Nobel : Kailash Satyarthi

Oct 07, 2017, at 12:05 am

Bhopal, Oct 6 (IBNS) : Slamming the Myanmar government for the Rohingya crisis, Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi on Friday said Aung San Suu Kyi should return her Nobel prize, CNN-News 18 reported.

Education is fulcrum of Indian engagement with Ethiopia and Africa, says President Kovind

Oct 06, 2017, at 08:53 pm

Addis Ababa, Oct 6 (IBNS): President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, addressed the academic and student community at Addis Ababa University, the oldest university in Ethiopia, on Friday before concluding his four-day State visit to Djibouti and Ethiopia.

Nobel Peace Prize 2017 awarded to International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

Oct 06, 2017, at 08:51 pm

Stockholm, Oct 6 (IBNS) : The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2017 to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN).

Five Air Force officers and two Army personnel killed in IAF chopper crash in Arunachal Pradesh

Oct 06, 2017, at 08:46 pm

Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh Oct 6 (IBNS) : Seven defence personnel, including five Indian Air Force (IAF) officers, were killed when an IAF chopper crashed in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang region on Friday morning, officials said.

IAF chopper crash: Death toll rises to seven

Oct 06, 2017, at 07:28 pm

Tawang, Oct 6 (IBNS): At least seven people died when a chopper of the Indian Air Force crashed in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang region on Friday morning, officials said.

Sasikala gets five-day parole to meet ailing husband

Oct 06, 2017, at 07:00 pm

Chennai, Oct 6 (IBNS): The AIADMK's former general secretary, V K Sasikala, has been granted a five- day parole to meet her ailing husband, media reports said.

Election Commission to hear AIADMK's 'two leaves symbol' case today

Oct 06, 2017, at 05:38 pm

New Delhi, Oct 6 (IBNS): The Election Commission of India will hear the two-leaves symbol case of the AIADMK on Friday, media reports said.

Arunachal Pradesh: IAF chopper crash kills at least five

Oct 06, 2017, at 04:33 pm

Tawang, Oct 6 (IBNS): At least five people were killed after an Indian Air Force (IAF) chopper crashed near Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh on Friday morning, media reports said.

Banwarilal Purohit appointed new Tamil Nadu Governor

Oct 06, 2017, at 04:27 pm

Chennai, Oct 6 (IBNS): Amid the ongoing political turmoil in the state, Banwarilal Purohit has been sworn-in as the new Tamil Nadu Governor on Friday, media reports said.

India’s trade and investment relationship with Ethiopia is very strong, says President

Oct 06, 2017, at 04:56 am

Addis Ababa, Oct 5 (IBNS): Indian President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday addressed the India-Ethiopia Business Dialogue, organised to commemorate the 12th Anniversary of the India Business Forum in Addis Ababa.

Sonowal bids farewell to Governor Banwarilal Purohit

Oct 06, 2017, at 01:53 am

Guwahati, Oct 5 (IBNS): Assam and Meghalaya Governor Banwarilal Purohit who left for Tamil Nadu on Thursday morning to assume the charge of Governor of Tamil Nadu, thanked the people Assam for their all-out cooperation that he received during his tenure in Assam.

ISRO to set up its research centre in Guwahati

Oct 06, 2017, at 01:49 am

Guwahati, Oct 5 (IBNS): The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) would set up a research centre in Guwahati for start ups, academicians, environmentalists and entrepreneurs as the decision to this effect was taken at a meeting between Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and ISRO Chariman Dr. A.S. Kiran Kumar held at Loka Priya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati on Thursday.

Arunachal governor asks officials to implement developmental projects in mission mode

Oct 06, 2017, at 01:41 am

Guwahati, Oct 5 (IBNS): Newly appointed Arunachal Pradesh Governor Brig (Dr.) B.D. Mishra (Retd) on Thursday chaired his first review meeting on developmental activities of the State with the senior officers of the State Government at Raj Bhavan in Itanagar.

Narada sting: ED quizzes TMC MP Aparupa Poddar, CBI visits Madan Mitra's flat

Oct 06, 2017, at 01:30 am

Kolkata, Oct 5 (IBNS): Trinamool Congress (TMC) Lok Sabha MP Aparupa Poddar appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday morning for interrogation in connection with the Narada sting operation when a team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) reached former West Bengal minister Madan Mitra's flat in Kolkata's outskirts to reconstruct the transaction episode, sources said.