Rose Valley chit fund scam probe: TMC MP Tapas Pal arrested
Dec 30, 2016, at 09:59 pm
Kolkata, Dec 30 (IBNS): Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Pal has been arrested in connection with the Rose Valley chit fund scam.
India's first transgender principal Manobi Bandyopadhyay resigns
Dec 30, 2016, at 08:57 pm
Kolkata, Dec 30 (IBNS): India's maiden transgender principal of Krishnanagar Women's College in West Bengal's Nadia district, Manobi Bandyopadhyay, resigned from her post, just one year six months after her appointment, reports said on Friday.
Nine bodies recovered, all 10 mining equipment extracted from Jharkhand coalmine
Dec 30, 2016, at 08:48 pm
Ranchi/New Delhi, Dec 30 (IBNS): The central Ministry of Coal has said in an afternoon update that nine bodies have been recovered and 10 mining equipment extracted from the ill-fated ECL Rajmahal Coal Mine in Jharkhand.
Villagers rush in to loot banned currency dumped in field
Dec 30, 2016, at 07:16 pm
Patna, Dec 30 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Villagers scrambled to loot banned Indian currency notes after they were found dumped in an open field in Bihar.
PM Modi condoles loss of lives in Jharkhand mine collapse
Dec 30, 2016, at 07:01 pm
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IBNS): Prime Minster Narendra Modi on Friday condoled the loss of lives in the Jharkhand mine collapse.
Arunachal : PPA calls emergency meeting after suspending CM Khandu and six other MLAs
Dec 30, 2016, at 06:12 pm
Guwahati, Dec. 30 (IBNS) : The ruling People's Party of Arunachal (PPA) called an emergency meeting on Friday after the party suspended its seven legislators, including Chief Minister Pena Khandu and Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein.
West Bengal: Foggy weather leads to bus accident, 40 hurt
Dec 30, 2016, at 05:17 pm
Kolkata, Dec 30 (IBNS): At least 40 people were injured when a bus smashed into a standing truck on NH-6 in West Bengal in the wee hours of Friday, reports said.
Jharkhand: Mine collapses in Lalmatia, traps over 40
Dec 30, 2016, at 05:06 pm
Ranchi, Dec 30 (IBNS): At least 40 people are feared to be trapped inside a mine after it collapsed in Jharkhand's Lalmatia, reports said.
Dec 30, 2016, at 03:04 pm
Pune, Dec 30 (IBNS): Fire broke out at 'Bakes and Cakes' bakery in Pune city has left at least six people kille on Friday, media reports said.
People for Better Treatment activists walk to demand justice for medical negligence victims
Dec 30, 2016, at 09:19 am
Kolkata, Dec 29 (IBNS): People for Better Treatment (PBT), a Kolkata-based patients' organisation to fight for a better healthcare system, on Thursday held a rally in the city, seeking justice for the victims of medical negligence.
Drunk driving: Police to cancel license on spot, says Bengal Transport Minister
Dec 30, 2016, at 05:15 am
Kolkata, Dec 29 (IBNS): West Bengal Transport Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday said that state police have been ordered to take strictest action against drink-n-drive.
RSS likely to hold march-past in Kolkata on Jan 14
Dec 30, 2016, at 04:23 am
Kolkata, Dec 29 (IBNS): When few parts of West Bengal have been hit by communal clashes, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s ideological fountainhead Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is planning to hold a march-past in Kolkata on January 14, where organization's chief Mohan Bhagwat would be present, RSS sources said.
Assam govt decides to rename Assam Secretariat as Janata Bhavan
Dec 30, 2016, at 03:14 am
Guwahati, Dec 29 (IBNS): The Assam government has decided to re-name Assam Secretariat as 'Janata Bhavan'.
J&K: Hours after his release, police re-arrest separatist leader Masrat Aalam
Dec 30, 2016, at 02:50 am
Jammu, Dec 29 (IBNS): Masrat Alam, senior separatist leader and close associate of Syed Ali Shah Geelani, was released from Kathua jail on Thursday and later re-arrested as he has numerous PSA cases against him.
Dec 30, 2016, at 02:31 am
Kolkata, Dec 29 (IBNS): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigators on Wednesday late evening recovered few precious gems, including diamonds and rubies, and several other jewelleries from a nationalized bank's locker of arrested hawala trader Parasmal Lodha in Kolkata, officials said on Thursday.
Assam govt sets time line for exhibition of Brindabani Bastra in Guwahati
Dec 30, 2016, at 02:28 am
Guwahati, Dec 29 (IBNS): The Assam government has undertaken the necessary steps for exhibition of the Brindabani Bastra, the rare piece of textile reflecting some important aspects of the Vaishnavite traditions in the State.
Bihar official taking bribe in a cigarette packet arrested
Dec 30, 2016, at 01:41 am
Patna, Dec 29 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Vigilance sleuths in Bihar arrested an official who was taking the bribe money concealed inside a cigarette packet.
Freedom to dispute intellectually must be protected: President
Dec 30, 2016, at 01:26 am
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 29 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday inaugurated the 77th Session of Indian History Congress at Thiruvananthapuram where he urged citizens to be more tolerant and said freedom to doubt, disagree as well as dispute intellectually must be protected as an essential pillar of democracy.
West Bengal govt forms new intelligence bureau to counter militant infiltration
Dec 30, 2016, at 01:10 am
Kolkata, Dec 29 (IBNS): With Bangladesh-based militant group JMB (Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh), middle-east's terrorist group ISIS and Pakistan's ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence) modules busted in West Bengal, the state government has set up a new intelligence agency to counter terrorism, bust terror modules and invigilate suspicious movements in Bengal and also to foil militant infiltration into the state, reports said.
Slain Bihar journalist’s wife files case after threats to withdraw case against Shahabuddin
Dec 29, 2016, at 11:23 pm
Patna, Dec 29 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Slain journalist Rajdeo Ranjan’s widow Asha Ranjan has registered a case after she received a murder threat from an unknown caller.
Assam: Grenade hurled at Union MOS for Railways Rajen Gohain’s residence
Dec 29, 2016, at 11:19 pm
Guwahati, Dec 29 (IBNS) : Unidentified miscreants hurled a grenade at the house of Union Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain in the middle of Assam's Nagaon town on Wednesday night.
Minor allegedly gang-raped in West Bengal, 2 held
Dec 29, 2016, at 11:09 pm
Kolkata, Dec 29 (IBNS): Police on Wednesday midnight arrested two men for allegedly gang-raping a minor girl next door at Thakurbari area under Chandrakona Town Police Station limits in West Medinipur district of West Bengal, reports said.
Demonetisation an effective anti-scam vaccine, says MV Naidu
Dec 29, 2016, at 10:05 pm
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IBNS): Hailing his government's move, Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said that demonetisation is an 'effective anti-scam vaccine introduced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi'.
Modi clueless, jumping here and there, says Lalu Prasad Yadav
Dec 29, 2016, at 09:59 pm
Patna, Dec 29 (IBNS): In a fresh salvo fired at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, RJD Chief and former Union Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav said that the former is 'clueless and jumping here and there'.
BJP begins its Punjab poll campaign with Vijay Sankalp Rath Yatra
Dec 29, 2016, at 09:10 pm
Chandigarh, Dec 29 (IBNS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) started its campaigns for the Punjab Assembly elections on Thursday with the Vijay Sankalp Rath Yatra from Hussainiwala, according to media sources.
Dec 29, 2016, at 08:28 pm
Lucknow, Dec 29 (IBNS): Disagreements seem to flare up within the Samajwadi Party (SP) over distribution of tickets for the upcoming state assembly elections, according to media reports.
Madras HC raises question over Jaya's death the day Sasikala is made AIADMK chief
Dec 29, 2016, at 08:07 pm
Chennai, Dec 29 (IBNS) : Calling it "doubtful," the Madras High Court on Thursday raised question over the death of late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, the day Sasikala Natarajn was chosen as the all-powerful Secretary General of the ruling AIADMK to succeed "Amma" in the top echelon of th party.
Dec 29, 2016, at 07:55 pm
Patna, Dec 29 (TheBIharPost/IBNS): Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has asked his devotees not to get “disheartened†saying his blessing were always with them.
Delhi lawyer Rohit Tandon arrested for hiding crores of rupees in office
Dec 29, 2016, at 06:59 pm
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IBNS) : Rohit Tandon, a high-flying Delhi lawyer, who is under investigation for money laundering after recovery of a massive amount of cash from his office, has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate, reports said.
Raising doubts over Jayalalithaa's death Madras HC asks why her body could not be exhumed
Dec 29, 2016, at 06:21 pm
Chennai, Dec 29 (IBNS) : In a twist to the chain of political events in Tamil Nadu, the Madras High Court on Thursday raised questions on the death of late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, asking why her body could not be exhumed to determine the reason, reports said.