Narada News sting operation: 3 PIL filed in Calcutta High Court, ED to begin probe
Mar 16, 2016, at 11:51 pm
Kolkata, Mar 16 (IBNS): Demanding a joint investigation of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) into the Narada News sting operation case, three Public Interest Litigation (PIL) have been filed so far in the Calcutta High Court since Wednesday morning.
TMC, opposition councilors clash in KMC over Narada News sting operation issue
Mar 16, 2016, at 11:09 pm
Kolkata, Mar 16 (IBNS): Councilors of Congress and Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) were allegedly manhandled by ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) councilors on Wednesday while they were staging protest over Narada News sting operation issue in Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC).
TV anchor Nirosha commits suicide while on Skype call?
Mar 16, 2016, at 11:08 pm
Hyderabad, Mar 16 (IBNS): A Telugu television anchor committed suicide by hanging herself at a paying guest hostel in Sindhi Colony in Secunderabad on Wednesday, reports said.
Two hardcore NDFB (S) militants gunned down in Assam
Mar 16, 2016, at 10:51 pm
Guwahati, Mar 16 (IBNS) : Two hardcore militants belonging to the NDFB (S) were killed in an encounter with security forces in Udalguri district on the wee hours of Wednesday, police said.
Sushma Swaraj arrives in Nepal for SAARC meet
Mar 16, 2016, at 10:04 pm
Kathamndu, Mar 16 (IBNS): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj reached Nepal on Wednesday.
Assam: BJP’s Chief Ministerial candidate files nomination papers
Mar 16, 2016, at 09:47 pm
Guwahati, Mar 16 (IBNS) : BJP’s Chief Ministerial candidate of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday filed his nomination papers for the Majuli assembly constituency in Jorhat district.
Indian consortium of oil & gas enterprises signs MoUs with Rosneft of Russia
Mar 16, 2016, at 09:46 pm
New Delhi, Mar 16 (IBNS) A bilateral talk was held between Dharmendra Pradhan, India's Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum and Natural Gas and Russia's Igor Ivanovich Sechin, President, Chairman of the Management Board and vice-chairman of Board of directors of JSC Rosneft.
Adequate number of personnel guarding India's international borders
Mar 16, 2016, at 09:17 pm
New Delhi, Mar 16 (IBNS) Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju, in a written reply, informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that India's borders are guarded by an adequate number of personnel.
AAdhar Bill : Verbal war between Govt and opposition
Mar 16, 2016, at 08:53 pm
New Delhi, Mar 16 (IBNS) The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday witnessed a verbal war between the Government and the opposition over the Aadhaar Bill, which was controversially passed in the Lok Sabha last week. Raising objection to the proposal being passed as a money bill in the Lok Sabha, CPI(M) member Sitaram Yechury said, "I am questioning the competence of this house to legislate the bill."
AISECT Summit 2016 held to encourage women entrepreneurship
Mar 16, 2016, at 08:22 pm
Bhopal, Mar 16 (IBNS) ICT & skills based education, services and e-governance group, AISECT organized the AISECT Women Achievers Summit 2016 on the occasion of the International Women’s Day focussing on women entrepreneurship.
JNU: Students' counsel says criticism not sedition, Court reserves order
Mar 16, 2016, at 08:19 pm
New Delhi, Mar 16 (IBNS) The counsel of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya on Wednesday argued that criticism of government can't be termed as sedition, even as the Patiala House court reserved order on their bail plea for March 18.
House updated about special facilities for the disabled in Indian Railways
Mar 16, 2016, at 07:48 pm
New Delhi, Mar 16 (IBNS) Minister of State for Railways, Manoj Sinha in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha on Wednesday said that the improvement/augmentation of amenities at stations, including those for differently-abled passengers is a continuous process.
Umar, Anirban facilitated entry of outsiders : JNU probe panel
Mar 16, 2016, at 07:47 pm
New Delhi, Mar 16 (IBNS) Spelling more trouble for the arrested Jawaharlal Nehru University students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, a high-level inquiry committee probing the controversial February 9 events has said that the duo facilitated entry of some outsiders into the campus.
Shaktiman better after operation, BJP lawmaker says it was accident
Mar 16, 2016, at 07:23 pm
Dehradun, Mar 16 (IBNS) Shaktiman, a police horse that broke its hind leg after being brutally attacked during a protest, is recuperating at the police lines, after undergoing a five-hour surgery, while BJP lawmaker Ganesh Joshi, who allegedly attacked the animal, has said the horse is very old and "it was an accident."
PM understands pressure, not any other language: Rahul Gandhi
Mar 16, 2016, at 07:11 pm
New Delhi, Mar 16 (IBNS) Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi understands no other language apart from pressure and hence should be pressurised more often.
Deserving Kashmiri students ignored in SAARC Bangladesh MBBS quota? Bangla official rubbishes charge
Mar 16, 2016, at 07:09 pm
Srinagar, Mar 16 (IBNS):Admissions in Bangladesh under SAARC quota for MBBS course to select medical students from India (Kashmir ) has come under question by rights groups with the list allegedly showing the names of students who were not recommended as meritorious students by India, activists said, even as a senior official of the Bangladesh High Commission rubbished the charge saying there is no anomaly in the process and merit was given top priority.
Internal probe into Bengal sting operation by Parliamentary committee
Mar 16, 2016, at 06:51 pm
New Delhi, Mar 16 (IBNS) The Ethics committee of Parliament will probe the West Bengal sting operation involving six Trinamool Congress MPs and other leaders in the alleged bribery case which took both the houses again by a storm on Wednesday.
Congress mocks PM over black money disclosure
Mar 16, 2016, at 06:26 pm
New Delhi, Mar 16 (IBNS) The Indian National Congress on Wednesday mocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his 2014 election campaign slogan pertaining to the return of black money.
Kashmiri students beaten up in Rajasthan university over beef rumour
Mar 16, 2016, at 06:25 pm
Chittorgarh, Mar 16 (IBNS) Four Kashmiri students were allegedly beaten at a private university in Rajasthan over rumours of cooking beef in the hostel.
Parliament ruckus over TMC sting continues
Mar 16, 2016, at 05:43 pm
New Delhi, Mar 16 (IBNS) The Parliament on Wednesday was rocked yet again as the ruckus over the alleged TMC bribery case was debated by Left leader Sitaram Yechury and TMC spokesperson Derek O'Brian.
Delhi: Family feud turns violent, neighbours thrashed brutally
Mar 16, 2016, at 05:39 pm
New Delhi, Mar 16 (IBNS) Two families at loggerheads for over a year decided to take matter in their own hands as one of them allegedly thrashed the other in south Delhi on Wednesday.
Provocative slogans were raised by outsiders at JNU: Probe panel
Mar 16, 2016, at 05:01 pm
New Delhi, Mar 16 (IBNS) Provocative slogans were raised by outsiders on Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus on February 9, a high-level inquiry committee of the university has reported, observing that it was "unfortunate" that the students allowed that to happen.
Delhi: Man kills son and wife, attempts suicide
Mar 16, 2016, at 04:57 pm
Palam, Mar 16 (IBNS) A man on Wednesday stabbed his son and wife and later tried to slit his throat in Delhi's Palam area, according to reports.
Arvind Kejriwal calls BJP most anti-national
Mar 16, 2016, at 04:47 pm
New Delhi, Mar 16 (IBNS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday took another shot at the central government as he called it the most anti-national, triggering a countrywide sedition debate.
Shatrughan Sinha lauds PM, says Bihar CM is development oriented
Mar 16, 2016, at 03:46 pm
Patna, Mar 16 (IBNS) BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha on Wednesday lauded 'dashing and dynamic' Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said that he is happy with the 'development oriented' Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Mother Teresa to be made a saint on September 4
Mar 16, 2016, at 04:13 am
Vatican/Kolkata, Mar 15 (IBNS) Pope Francis, at a meeting of the Cardinals, on Tuesday said Mother Teresa of Kolkata will be made a saint of the Roman Catholic Church at a ceremony on September 4, 2016.
Assam polls: Congress releases first candidates' list for 65 constituencies
Mar 16, 2016, at 03:06 am
Guwahati, Mar 15 (IBNS): The Congress party on Tuesday released its first candidates' list for 65 constituencies for the upcoming Assam elections.
Kanhaiya Kumar denies receiving any rustication warning
Mar 16, 2016, at 01:00 am
New Delhi, Mar 15 (IBNS): JNUSU leader Kanhaiya Kumar, who was recently charged with sedition, on Tuesday denied reports that he had received any expulsion warning from the university.
Both houses of Parliament pass real estate bill
Mar 15, 2016, at 11:41 pm
New Delhi, Mar 15 (IBNS) The Real Estate Bill, which is aimed at safeguarding the interests of the buyers from promoters who do not deliver on time, was passed on Tuesday by Parliament.
Tobacco: Panel recommends massive reduction in size of pictorial warning
Mar 15, 2016, at 08:19 pm
New Delhi, Mar 15 (IBNS) In a major setback for the anti-tobacco movement, a parliamentary panel has recommended major dilution of the pictorial warning size.