Helicopter with eight on board make emergency landing in Nagaon
Sep 16, 2016, at 01:28 am
Guwahati, Sept 15 (IBNS): An MI-172 helicopter of Skyone airlines with eight people on board including six crew members made an emergency landing in Assam's Nagaon district on Thursday following technical snag.
Kolkata under security blanket after receiving terror alert
Sep 16, 2016, at 01:20 am
Kolkata, Sep 15 (IBNS): Security has been beefed up in Kolkata and its adjacent areas following a terror attack warning received from Central intelligence agencies on Thursday, police officials said.
Bihar journalist was probably killed by 'political mafia': PCI
Sep 16, 2016, at 01:19 am
Patna, Sept (The Bihar Post/IBNS): A fact-finding committee report of the Press Council of India (PCI), a statutory body in the country that governs the conduct of the print media, has said that Bihar-based journalist Rajdeo Ranjan may have been killed by the "political mafias" for his critical reporting.
Lalu Prasad defends Shahabuddin's bail amid protests
Sep 16, 2016, at 01:03 am
Patna, Sep 15 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): RJD president Lalu Prasad on Thursday came to the rescue of controversial party colleague, Mohammad Shahabuddin, saying that the latter had got justice from the court, amid continued protests in Bihar over the release of Shahabuddin.
#Cauvery water dispute: SC raps both Karnataka and Tamil Nadu on allowing agitations
Sep 16, 2016, at 12:54 am
Bengaluru, Sep 15 (IBNS): A Supreme Court bench, on Thursday, while hearing a petition regarding the huge losses inflicted following mob violence related to the Cauvery water dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, said that the court hoped that wisdom will prevail over the two states, according to media reports.
Won't challenge Akhilesh Yadav's decision, it's CM's prerogative : Shivpal Yadav
Sep 15, 2016, at 10:21 pm
Mauritius finance minister calls on Indian ministers Arun Jaitley and Kalraj Mishra
Sep 15, 2016, at 09:53 pm
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IBNS): Finance Minister of Mauritius, Pravind Jugnauth, who is currently in India, met Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Union Minister of MSME, Kalraj Mishra, on Thursday in New Delhi.
Nepal PM arrives in New Delhi on four-day visit to India
Sep 15, 2016, at 09:08 pm
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IBNS): Prime Minister of Nepal, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, arrived in New Delhi on Thursday on a four-day visit to India, according to media reports.
23-year-old woman hacked to death by spurned lover in Coimbatore
Sep 15, 2016, at 08:30 pm
Coimbatore, Sept 15 (IBNS) : A 23-year-old old woman was hacked to death in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore on Wednesday night allegedly by a man she had rejected, NDTV reports.
Schools in Bihar likely to have their own kitchen gardens soon
Sep 15, 2016, at 08:27 pm
Patna, Sep 15 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): Thousands of school children in Bihar will soon be eating fresh vegetables grown in kitchen gardens of their schools.
SP family crisis : It's a mistake of the party leadership, says Mulayam Singh's another brother
Sep 15, 2016, at 08:00 pm
Lucknow, Sept 15 (IBNS) : The seeming feud in Mulayam Singh Yadav's family took a new dimension on Thursday as Samajwadi Party leader Ramgopal Yadav said the party leadership made a 'mistake' by removing Akhilesh Yadav as party's UP President, and the differences that cropped up were the result of some "misunderstanding."
Fire breaks out in Mumbai's high rise Hiranandani tower
Sep 15, 2016, at 07:59 pm
Mumbai, Sept 15 (IBNS) : A fire broke out atHiranandani Tower in Mumbai's KandivaliWest area on Thursday, reports said.
Presidents of India and Afghanistan reiterate their countries' stand to support each other
Sep 15, 2016, at 07:21 pm
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IBNS): President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Dr Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, met the Indian President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
In the run-up to Goa BRICS summit, NSA-level meeting begins at New Delhi
Sep 15, 2016, at 07:02 pm
New Delhi, Sept 15 (IBNS) : The two-day meeting of Security Advisers of BRICS nations began in the national capital on Thursday to discuss the upcoming agenda for summit-level talks on October 15-16 in Goa.
Rajnath Singh leaves for Salempur to attend tribute ceremony for HK Prasad
Sep 15, 2016, at 06:19 pm
New Delhi, Sept 15 (IBNS): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday left for Salempur, Uttar Pradesh, to attend a tribute ceremony dedicated to late Lok Sabha MP Hari Kewal Prasad.
Chikungunya not a fatal disease, Delhi's Health Minister quotes Google
Sep 15, 2016, at 05:31 pm
New Delhi, Sept 15 (IBNS): Satyendra Jain, Delhi's Health Minister recently urged people to not panic amidst chikungunya death threats, stating he has read in Google the disease is nonfatal, media reports said.
Govt rescues captive Indians from Libya, confirms Swaraj
Sep 15, 2016, at 04:58 pm
New Delhi, Sept 15 (IBNS): Two Indians held captive in Libya have been rescued by the government, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Thursday
PM Modi greets engineers on Engineer's Day
Sep 15, 2016, at 04:02 pm
New Delhi, Sept 15 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday greeted engineers on the occasion of Engineer's Day.
India raises human rights violation issue in PoK during UNHRC session
Sep 15, 2016, at 04:54 am
New Delhi, Sept 14 (IBNS): India on Wednesday raised the human rights violation issue in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir during the 33rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, media reports said.
Singur: Mamata returns lands to farmers
Sep 15, 2016, at 03:43 am
Kolkata, Sept 14 (IBNS): Observing Singur Diwas, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday returned 9,117 land records to farmers and compensated 800 peasants from whom land were taken against their will for the Tata Motors’ Nano project in the state during the tenure of the previous Left-Front government.
Axis Bank partners with Banaras Hindu University to offer Banking Course
Sep 15, 2016, at 03:15 am
Mumbai, Sept 14 (IBNS): Private sector bank Axis Bank and Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi have come together to launch a specialized certification course in the banking sector.
Assam Secondary schools to be tobacco-free soon, 8 districts completes
Sep 15, 2016, at 03:04 am
Guwahati, Sept 14 (IBNS) : All government secondary schools in Assam will soon be declared tobacco-free zones.
Hindi is the soul of Indianess and plays an important role as a link language, says President
Sep 15, 2016, at 02:34 am
New Delhi, Sept 14 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee presented the Rajbhasha awards on the occasion of Hindi Diwas at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Wednesday.
Delhi Chikungunya: Toll touches 10
Sep 15, 2016, at 02:24 am
New Delhi, Sept 14 (IBNS): The death toll in the chikungunya outbreak in Delhi has reached 10 with five more people breathing their last in the national capital, media reports said on Wednesday.
Bihar Health minister's picture with murder accused goes viral in social media
Sep 15, 2016, at 02:09 am
Patna, Sept 14 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): Bihar health minister Tej Pratap Yadav has come in for sharp criticism after he was spotted in photograph with a criminal wanted in a murder case.
People's feedback is important for good governance: Assam CM
Sep 15, 2016, at 01:17 am
Guwahati, Sept 14 (IBNS) : Reiterating that government’s own discretion is not enough for ensuring good governance, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday said that people’s participation and feedback are equally important to make governance accountable for service delivery and to bring visible change.
Baby Lily:Indian government to help British couple to get visa extended, says Sushma Swaraj
Sep 15, 2016, at 12:27 am
New Delhi, Sept 14 (IBNS): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday said the Indian government will help the British couple, who had a baby through surrogacy in India, to get their visa extended.
Jharkhand CM directs masses to focus on daughters' education
Sep 14, 2016, at 10:15 pm
Patna, Sept 14 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): Jharkhand chief minister Raghubar Das on Wednesday appealed to the masse to give their focus on imparting education to the daughters than boys.
2016 Lemelson-MIT Prize winner Ramesh Raskar invents imaging system that can see around corners
Sep 14, 2016, at 09:37 pm
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IBNS): Indian-origin scientist Ramesh Raskar, founder of the Camera Culture research group at the US-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab and associate professor of media arts and sciences at MIT, is the recipient of the 2016 $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize.
Nitish govt may challenge Shahabuddin's bail in SC?
Sep 14, 2016, at 09:34 pm
Patna, Sept 14 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): The Nitish Kumar government In Bihar is considering to challenge the bail granted to RJD strongman Mohammad Shahabuddin in the Supreme Court soon.