Rahul Gandhi to visit Chhattisgarh today

Jul 28, 2017, at 02:41 pm

New Delhi, July 28 (IBNS): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will visit Chhattisgarh on Friday, his party said.

Mamata Banerjee remembers Mahashweta Devi on death anniversary

Jul 28, 2017, at 02:09 pm

Kolkata, July 28 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday paid tributes to late writer Mahashweta Devi on her death anniversary.

PM Modi interacts with Indian Women’s Cricket Team

Jul 28, 2017, at 01:57 pm

New Delhi, July 28 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday interacted with the players and officials of the Indian Women’s Cricket Team that recently participated in the Women’s Cricket World Cup.

CM Nitish Kumar faces trust vote today in Bihar Assembly

Jul 28, 2017, at 01:49 pm

Patna, July 28 (IBNS): Politics in Bihar is all set to witness a crucial day as Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will face a trust vote in the Assembly on Friday.

Assam govt faces severe fund crunch after flood damages

Jul 28, 2017, at 05:26 am

Guwahati, July 27 (IBNS): The Assam government faced a severe fund crunch as several development schemes in the state halted for fund crisis.

Assam govt faces severe fund crunch after flood damages

Jul 28, 2017, at 05:26 am

Guwahati, July 27 (IBNS): The Assam government faced a severe fund crunch as several development schemes in the state halted for fund crisis.

Kolkata jewellery shop robbed in broad daylight

Jul 28, 2017, at 05:15 am

Kolkata, Jul 27 (IBNS): Armed dacoits stormed a jewellery store in southern Kolkata's Jodhpur Park area on Thursday afternoon, reports said.

Naxalite leaders, booked after Bhangar clash, granted bail by Calcutta HC

Jul 28, 2017, at 05:13 am

Kolkata, Jul 27 (IBNS): The Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted bail to two senior leaders of ultra-left organization Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star, Pradip Singh Thakur and Sharmistha Chaudhury, who were arrested in January for their alleged role in a local movement at Bhangar in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district.

Send Sanjay Dutt to jail if rules were flouted: Maharashtra govt to Bombay HC

Jul 28, 2017, at 04:47 am

Mumbai, July 27 (IBNS): Maharashtra government told the Bombay High Court on Thursday that actor Sanjay Dutt should return to jail if his release was not as per law, media reports said.

Security forces apprehend two NSCN militants in Arunachal Pradesh

Jul 28, 2017, at 04:41 am

Guwahati, July 27 (IBNS): Security forces on Thursday apprehended two NSCN militants and recovered arms and ammunition in Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday, officials said.

After resignation, three Congress MLAs join BJP in Gujarat

Jul 28, 2017, at 04:06 am

Gandhinagar, July 27 (IBNS): Within hours of resignation, three Congress MLAs joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday, media reports said.

After 34 electrocution, Assam CM orders probe

Jul 28, 2017, at 04:01 am

Guwahati, July 27 (IBNS): After 34 electrocutions in different places of Assam in the past three months, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday entrusted retired justice of Gauhati High Court H.N. Sarma with the responsibility of investigating the incidents.

39 petrol bombs recover from Meghalaya’s jungle area

Jul 28, 2017, at 03:35 am

Guwahati, July 27 (IBNS): Meghalaya Police on Wednesday evening recovered 39 petrol bombs from a jungle area in Mawlai Mawtawar, officials said on Thursday.

Three militants killed during Kashmir infiltration

Jul 28, 2017, at 03:18 am

Srinagar, July 27 (IBNS): The Army on Thursday claimed that it gunned down three militants when they were trying to infiltrate into this parts of Kashmir in Gurez Valley of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district.

Kargil Vijay Diwas observes in Nagaland

Jul 28, 2017, at 02:28 am

Guwahati, July 27 (IBNS): The Assam Rilfes , HQ IGAR (North) organised a solemn ceremony on Wednesday to commemorate the supreme sacrifice of all martyrs who laid down their life during Kargil War 1999 (Operation VIJAY).

Battle for Bihar throne reaches court, two separate petitions filed in Patna HC

Jul 28, 2017, at 01:32 am

Patna, July 27 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): The battle for the Bihar throne reached court on Thursday shortly after JD-U leader Nitish Kumar was invited to form government with the support of the BJP against which the party had got the mandate in the last 2015 assembly elections.

PM Modi condoles the demise of Ex-Karnataka CM N. Dharam Singh

Jul 28, 2017, at 01:20 am

New Delhi, July 27 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday condoled the demise of former Karnataka CM N. Dharam Singh.

Flood-like situation develops in Bengal, Mamata visits affected villages in Howrah, Hooghly

Jul 28, 2017, at 01:07 am

Kolkata, July 27 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday visited few submerged areas in Udainarayanpur and Amta-II blocks in Howrah district and in Khanakul block in neighbouring Hooghly district, which are facing flood-like situation presently.

Bihar floor test tomorrow, JD(U)-BJP to prove majority in Assembly

Jul 27, 2017, at 11:42 pm

Patna, July 27 (IBNS): After forming the government, Janata Dal (United) and Bharatiya Janata Party will go for the floor test in the Legislative Assembly to prove the majority on Friday.

Three Congress MLAs in Gujarat Assembly resign

Jul 27, 2017, at 11:32 pm

Ahmedabad, Jul 27 (IBNS) : In a major blow to the Congress after the resignation of Shankersinh Vaghela, three of its senior legislators in the Gujarat Assembly resigned on Thursday, reports said.

Former Karnataka CM N Dharam Singh dead

Jul 27, 2017, at 11:09 pm

Bengaluru, Jul 27 (IBNS) : Former Karnataka Chief Minister N Dharam Singh died on Thursday following cardiac arrest, reports said. He was 80.

Spelling more trouble for Lalu Prasad ED files fresh money laundering case

Jul 27, 2017, at 10:38 pm

Patna, Jul 27 (IBNS) : Hours after Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar Chief Minister for the sixth time after dumping RJD and Congress for a renewed alliance with the BJP, the Enforcement Directorate on Thursday filed a fresh case against Lalu Yadav and his family over money laundering in railway hotel tender case, reports said.

Senior JDU leader Sharad Yadav meets Rahul Gandhi post Nitish's alliance swapping, speculations rife

Jul 27, 2017, at 09:58 pm

New Delhi, Jul 27 (IBNS) : Senior Janata Dal (U) leader Sharad Yadv, who is reportedly unhappy over Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar severing ties with the RJD and Congress for an alliance with the BJP, met Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi on Thursday, giving rise to speculations, media reports said.

Dr Kalam's life is an inspiration for the youth, says PM Modi at the Kalam Sthal inauguration

Jul 27, 2017, at 09:01 pm

Rameswaram, Jul 27 (IBNS): Indian Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, on Thursday, inaugurated the Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam memorial at Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu.

Breakdown of grand alliance a plan chalked out by JD(U)-BJP: Lalu Prasad

Jul 27, 2017, at 07:11 pm

Ranchi, July 27 (IBNS): Attacking Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar unsparingly for choosing the new ally partner overnight, RJD chief Lalu Prasad said the breakdown of the grand alliance was a plan chalked out by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Kumar.

People do anything for power in Indian politics: Rahul on Nitish alliance swap

Jul 27, 2017, at 06:31 pm

Patna, July 27 (IBNS): Soon after Janata Dal-United leader Nitish Kumar took oath as the Bihar Chief Minister for the sixth time swapping the alliance with RJD-Congress for BJP a night ago, Congress Vice-president Rahul Gandhi said it is a problem in Indian politics that for self-interest people do anything.

Decision to form government with BJP taken for the interest of Bihar: Nitish Kumar

Jul 27, 2017, at 05:21 pm

Patna, July 27 (IBNS): After taking an oath as the Bihar Chief Minister for the sixth time, JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar said the decision of forming the government in an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was taken for the interest of the people in the state.

Nitish Kumar sworn in as Bihar Chief Minister

Jul 27, 2017, at 04:25 pm

Patna, July 27 (IBNS): Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar took oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar on Thursday morning.

Governor should invite us to form the government first: Tejashwi Yadav

Jul 27, 2017, at 09:19 am

Patna, July 27 (IBNS): After a brief meeting with Bihar Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi over the recent political crisis in the state, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said the former must give them the opportunity to form the government first.

Tejashwi Yadav marches to Raj Bhavan, stakes claim to form government in Bihar

Jul 27, 2017, at 08:35 am

Patna, July 27 (IBNS): In a new turn in the unfolding political drama in Bihar, RJD leader and deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday marched to Raj Bhavan after former Chief Minister of the state Nitish Kumar stitched an alliance with the BJP to form the government.