Telecom Exports from India to be the focus of ASEAN-India Digital Partnership

Feb 19, 2017, at 09:06 pm

New Delhi, Feb 19 (IBNS): To commemorate the 25th year of the ASEAN India relations, TEPC (Telecom Equipment and Services Export Promotion Council) is organizing an inter-ministerial meeting between telecom ministers of ASEAN countries and India in New Delhi on Monday.

West Bengal: Youth falls off crowded local train, dies

Feb 19, 2017, at 09:00 pm

Kolkata, Feb 19 (IBNS): A nearly 30-year-old man was killed after falling from a local train at Latibpur area in West Bengal's Howrah district on Sunday morning, local media reports said.

After Kejriwal, AAP's Bhagwant Mann makes donation to Irom Sharmila's party

Feb 19, 2017, at 08:28 pm

New Delhi, Feb 19 (IBNS): A day after Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal donated Rs 50,000 to rights activist Irom Sharmila's party in Manipur ahead of the state elections, his party leader in Punjab, Bhagwant Mann, followed the suit.

Tamil Nadu trust vote: DMK calls for hunger strike

Feb 19, 2017, at 07:43 pm

Chennai, Feb 19 (IBNS): The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party on Sunday called for a hunger strike on Feb 22 at all of its district offices in Tamil Nadu to protest against the forceful eviction of its MLAs from the state Assembly during the trust vote, media reports said.

Central Water Commission organises Third National Dam Safety Conference

Feb 19, 2017, at 06:44 pm

Roorkee, Feb 19 (IBNS): The Third National Dam Safety Conference organized by Central Water Commission in association with Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam and IIT Roorkee concluded at Roorkee on Sunday.

UP poll: 24.19 pct voters' turnout recorded till 11 AM, Akhilesh casts vote

Feb 19, 2017, at 05:50 pm

Lucknow, Feb 19 (IBNS): As the third phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls is underway on Sunday, 24.19 percent voters' turnout has been recorded till 11 am, media reports said.

PM Modi pays tributes to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj on his Jayanti

Feb 19, 2017, at 04:31 pm

New Delhi, Feb 19 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid tributes to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj on his Jayanti.

UP votes in third phase of assembly elections

Feb 19, 2017, at 03:54 pm

Lucknow, Feb 19 (IBNS): Uttar Pradesh is undergoing the third phase of elections on Sunday as people are casting their votes for 69 assembly constituencies.

Security forces nab two GNLA militants along Assam-Meghalaya border

Feb 19, 2017, at 03:41 am

Guwahati, Feb 18 (IBNS): Security forces apprehended two Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) militants and recovered arms and ammunition in two separate operations in Lower Assam’s Goalpara district, officials said.

Security forces nab NSCN(IM) militant in Arunachal Pradesh

Feb 19, 2017, at 03:16 am

Guwahati, Feb 18 (IBNS): Security forces apprehended a self styled sergeant of NSCN(IM) from Khonsa area in Arunachal Pradesh on Friday, officials said on Saturday.

Assam: State BJP unit lands in trouble after MLA's sex tape goes viral

Feb 19, 2017, at 03:10 am

Guwahati, Feb 18 (IBNS): The Assam unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) landed in fresh trouble after a sex tape of its legislator went viral, reports said.

Tamil Nadu: MK Stalin arrested following agitation

Feb 19, 2017, at 12:40 am

Chennai, Feb 18 (IBNS): Tamil Nadu opposition leader MK Stalin was arrested by Chennai Police following agitation by the lawmaker and his men after chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami's win in the floor test, reports said.

Tamil Nadu : Palaniswamy remains CM winning Trust vote, but Paneerselvam camp says crusade will be on

Feb 18, 2017, at 11:11 pm

Chennai, Feb 18 (IBNS) : Edappadi Palaniswamy, who was sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on Thursday, won a ruckus-marred Trust vote in the Assembly on Saturday, but the rival group within the ruling AIADMK said the "crusade" against him will be on.

Tamil Nadu : People will decide whether the Trust vote was valid, says Paneerselvam

Feb 18, 2017, at 10:24 pm

Chennai, Feb 18 (IBNS) : Expressing disappointment after his rival and Sasikala protege E Palaniswamy won a ruckus-marred Trust vote, former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam said the people will decide whether the voting was valid.

Actor Kamal Hasaan slams ruckus in TN assembly

Feb 18, 2017, at 10:06 pm

Chennai, Feb 18 (IBNS): Actor Kamal Haasan and others have reacted on digital media about the ruckus in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Saturday, when Sasikala loyalist Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Palaniswamy was preparing for the floor test.

Palaniswamy wins ruckus-marred trust vote in Tamil Nadu

Feb 18, 2017, at 09:14 pm

Chennai, Feb 18 (IBNS) Amid adjournments and violence, Sasikala loyalist Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Palaniswamy won the trust vote for his newly installed Government, as 122 MLAs voted in his favour in the 234-member state Assembly.

Tamil Nadu Assembly reconvenes for third time, evicted DMK MLAs to meet Governor

Feb 18, 2017, at 09:12 pm

Chennai, Feb 18 (IBNS) : The Opposition DMK MLAs were evicted as the Tamil Nadu Assembly reconvened at 3 pm after being adjourned twice suspending E Palaniswamy Government's Trust vote following continued violence and bedlam by a section of legislators.

Malaysian police arrest North Korean man in Kim Jong-nam murder case

Feb 18, 2017, at 08:20 pm

Kuala Lumpur, Feb 18 (IBNS) : Malaysian police have arrested a North Korean man involved in the killing of Kim Jong-nam.

Tamil Nadu Assembly adjourned, trust vote halted by ruckus

Feb 18, 2017, at 07:49 pm

Chennai, Feb 18 (IBNS) : A trust vote of the E Palaniswamy government was halted and ruckus and violence forced the adjournment of the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Saturday.

Nagaland: Political crisis looms large, rebel NPF legislators camping in Assam

Feb 18, 2017, at 07:36 pm

Guwahati, Feb 18 (IBNS): At least 40 legislators of Nagaland People's Front (NPF) are believed to have held a secret meeting at a resort in Assam, according to reports on Saturday.

Patient commits suicide in Kolkata private hospital

Feb 18, 2017, at 06:57 pm

Kolkata, Feb 18 (IBNS): An elderly man, who was being treated at AMRI hospital in Kolkata's Salt Lake area, committed suicide by jumping from the privately-run hospital's sixth floor window on Saturday morning, reports said.

Promoter dismantles Kolkata school

Feb 18, 2017, at 06:42 pm

Kolkata, Feb 18 (IBNS): A privately-run school was allegedly destroyed by a local promoter and his men in the wee hours of Saturday at Doshdron area under the Baguiati police Station area in Kolkata.

Toddler killed in Kolkata house fire

Feb 18, 2017, at 06:24 pm

Kolkata, Feb 18 (IBNS): Two fires broke out in different locations in south Kolkata on Saturday morning, with one claiming the life of a toddler, according to reports.

Tamil Nadu Assembly adjourned, trust vote halted by ruckus

Feb 18, 2017, at 06:21 pm

Chennai, Feb 18 (IBNS) : A trust vote of the E Palaniswamy government was halted and ruckus and violence forced the adjournment of the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Saturday.

President’s message on the eve of Independence Day of Gambia

Feb 18, 2017, at 05:49 pm

New Delhi, Feb 18 (IBNS) : President Pranab Mukherjee has extended his greetings and felicitations to the Government and people of the Islamic Republic of The Gambia on the eve of their Independence Day (February 18, 2017).

Trust vote continues in TN Assembly amid ruckus

Feb 18, 2017, at 05:38 pm

Chennai, Feb 18 (IBNS) : The floor test to prove the majority of the E Palaniswamy Government is underway in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Saturday amid ruckus after the Speaker denied request for secret ballot voting, reports said.

Tamil Nadu: Chief Minister Palaniswami seeks confidence vote

Feb 18, 2017, at 04:37 pm

Chennai, Feb 18 (IBNS) All eyes are on the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Saturday as Sasikala loyalist chief minister E Palaniswamy is seeking a trust vote on the floor of the House this morning even as one more legislator of the ruling AIADMK has declared to vote against him.

J&K DGP launches website for citizens

Feb 18, 2017, at 04:50 am

Jammu, Feb 17 (IBNS): Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police S P Vaid on Friday launched a website to make better use of advanced technology to provide updates to the citizens about various policing related activities and adversaries.

MK Stalin says DMK MLAs will vote against Palaniswami

Feb 18, 2017, at 04:38 am

Chennai, Feb 17 (IBNS): Tamil Nadu's main opposition party-DMK's-MK Stalin has said his party's 89 legislators will vote against Chief Minister E Palaniswami, who has been invited by Governor C Vidyasagar Rao to prove majority in a trust vote on Saturday, media reports said.

Assam: Astha circuit train for pilgrims flagged off from Kamakhya station

Feb 18, 2017, at 03:58 am

Guwahati, Feb 17 (IBNS): In a bid to connect important pilgrimage destinations of eastern India with north-east at cheapest available rates, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Union Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain jointly flagged off Astha Circuit Train from Kamakhya Railway Station on Friday.