KCR talks Third Front with Naveen Patnaik

Dec 23, 2018, at 10:20 pm

Bhubaneswar, Dec 23 (IBNS): Telangana chief minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao met his Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik on Sunday to discuss his proposed Third Front. After the meeting, the TRS and BJD chiefs held a joint news conference.

Only BJP can build Ram temple: Yogi Adityanath

Dec 23, 2018, at 08:48 pm

Lucknow, Dec 23 (IBNS): Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said only the BJP had the capability to build the Ram temple in Ayodhya.

India's longest rail-cum-road bridge set to open

Dec 23, 2018, at 08:03 pm

Dibrugarh, Dec 23 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate India's longest road-and-railway bridge 17km from here on Christmas Day, reports said. The bridge took 21 years to build.

Former Mumbai Sheriff Nana Chudasama dies

Dec 23, 2018, at 06:07 pm

Mumbai, Dec 23 (IBNS): Former sheriff of Mumbai and noted jurist Nana Chudasama passed away in the city on Sunday.

Traders are new targets of criminals as panic grips Bihar

Dec 23, 2018, at 04:37 pm

Patna, Dec 23 (The Bihar Post/ IBNS): Criminals have gone on the rampage in Bihar, targeting business community people. In the past two days, at least four people from this community have been killed.

Police arrest four persons with 69 containers of heroine drugs in Guwahati

Dec 23, 2018, at 04:25 pm

Guwahati, Dec 23 (IBNS): Police have arrested four people, including three women, and seized huge quantity of heroine drugs in Guwahati last night. 

BJP, JD-U will contest 17 LS seats each in Bihar, 6 left for Paswan’s LJP

Dec 23, 2018, at 04:09 pm

New Delhi, Dec 23 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): After weeks of speculations, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) finally finalized the seat-sharing deal for Bihar on Sunday.

Lok Sabha Bihar seat-sharing: BJP, JD(U) to share 17 seats each, LJP gets 6

Dec 23, 2018, at 01:34 pm

New Delhi, Dec 23 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah on Sunday announced the seat sharing formula in Bihar where his party and the Janata Dal (United) will fight from 17 seats each and Ram Vilas Paswan’s  Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) will contest from six seats in the upcoming 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Guwahati cop arrested over sexual molestation charge

Dec 23, 2018, at 12:47 pm

Guwahati, Dec 22 (IBNS): A Guwahati policeman was arrested on Saturday for allegedly molesting a girl.

Assam: Three people killed, five injured in two road mishaps

Dec 23, 2018, at 11:26 am

Guwahati, Dec 23 (IBNS): At least three people were killed and five others injured in two separate road mishaps in Assam’s Dibrugarh and Kokrajhar district in the past 24 hours.

Kerala: 11 women await entry to Sabarimala Temple amid protests

Dec 23, 2018, at 11:11 am

Pamba, Dec 23 (IBNS): Eleven women under 50 years of age on Sunday is awaiting entry to the Sabarimala Temple in Kerala amid massive protests.

Labelling India with religious intolerance is like treason: Ramdev on Naseeruddin Shah's remark

Dec 23, 2018, at 12:59 am

New Delhi, Dec 23 (IBNS): Yoga guru Ramdev has hit out at veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah's remark where the latter expressed concern over growing religious intolerance in the country.

Rahul Gandhi takes a swipe at BJP and CBI court over Sohrabuddin acquittal

Dec 22, 2018, at 09:30 pm

New Delhi: Taking yet another dig at the ruling BJP a day after all accused in the Sohrabuddin encounter case were acquitted by a special CBI court in Mumbai, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday in a tweet enlisted several people who died unnaturally saying "No One Killed.......".  Besides Sohrabuddin Sheikh, Rahul Gandhi mentioned names like former Gujarat Home Minister Haren Pandya and Justice Loya among others.

GST Council slashes tax on 40 items, rates cut from 28 to 18 to nil

Dec 22, 2018, at 05:31 pm

 New Delhi, Dec 22 (IBNS) The Goods & Services Tax (GST) Council on Saturday reduced GST rates drastically as it removed seven items from attracting GST rate of 28% and it some cases it was reduced to five percent to nil from the existing 28 percent. About 23 common use items like TV sreens, movie tickets, computers and power banks were included in the cut providing relief to common people.   

UAE-based Indian girl planned to live stream suicide, rescued

Dec 22, 2018, at 03:51 pm

Sharjah, Dec 22 (IBNS): The Sharjah Police have rescued an Indian national as she was planning to make a live video of her suicide at her family residence in Al Nahda area in the UAE, media reports said on Saturday.

AgustaWestland Chopper middleman Christian Michel remanded to ED custody

Dec 22, 2018, at 03:46 pm

New Delhi, Dec 22 (IBNS) : Christian Michel, the alleged middleman arrested in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case, was on Saturday taken into custody by the Enforcement Directorate after he was produced before a Delhi court, media reports said.

NDA crisis over as BJP accepts all demands of LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan

Dec 22, 2018, at 03:33 pm

Patna, Dec 22 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): The LJP headed by union minister Ram Vilas Paswan has decided to stay with the NDA as its demand for seven seats has been accepted by the BJP leadership after a series of deliberations which lasted for two days.

Congress names HK Patil as Karnataka Campaign Committee Chairman

Dec 22, 2018, at 03:04 pm

New Delhi, Dec 22 (IBNS):  Former Karnataka Minister and Congress leader H.K. Patil has been appointed by the party as its Karnataka Campaign Committee Chairman.

Kamal Hassan's party to contest in 2019 LS polls

Dec 22, 2018, at 02:17 pm

Chennai, Dec 22 (IBNS) : Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan has declared that his recently floated party, Makkal Needhi Maiam, will contest the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Aide of Kashmir's most wanted terrorist among six militants killed in encounter

Dec 22, 2018, at 01:26 pm

Srinagar, Dec 22 (IBNS) : Six terrorists, including a close aide of Zakir Musa, one of Jammu and Kashmir's most wanted terrorist, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Pulwama district on Saturday, media reports said quoting security forces.

Kashmir: Aide of Zakir Musa among six terrorists killed in Pulwama

Dec 22, 2018, at 10:55 am

Jammu, Dec 22 (IBNS): Six terrorists were killed in a gunfight broke out in Tral area of Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, media reports said.

Indian-American medical negligence activist Kunal Saha says he was threatened by advocates for fighting cases of victims

Dec 22, 2018, at 12:06 am

Kolkata, Dec 21 (IBNS): A large group of lawyers have resorted to "harassing" People for Better Treatment (PBT) president Dr. Kunal Saha and threatened him with dire consequences if he continues "arguing cases on behalf of victims of medical negligence," the NRI activist alleged.

Withdraw Rajiv Gandhi's Bharat Ratna: Delhi Assembly

Dec 21, 2018, at 11:30 pm

New Delhi, Dec 21 (IBNS): The Delhi Assembly passed a resolution on Friday urging the Union government to withdraw former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's Bharat Ratna arguing that he had justified the 1984 anti-Sikh riots that followed the assassination of Indira Gandhi, according to an Indian Express report. However, other media reported that the  resolution demanded the setting up of fast-track courts to deal with cases related to the anti-Sikh violence of 1984.

Ajmer: Naseeruddin event cancelled amid protests

Dec 21, 2018, at 10:05 pm

Ajmer, Dec 21 (IBNS): Organisers of a literature festival in Rajasthan's Ajmer cancelled an event where actor Naseeruddin Shah was supposed to deliver a keynote address following protests by right-wing groups, said reports.

Ram Vilas Paswan and BJP meet on seat sharing, announcement tomorrow

Dec 21, 2018, at 09:47 pm

Patna, Dec 21 (IBNS): The recent crisis in Bihar politics appears to be over with Ram Vilas Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party apparently reaching consensus on seat sharing.

Uttar Pradesh outfit buys Naseeruddin Shah ticket to Pakistan

Dec 21, 2018, at 08:57 pm

New Delhi, Dec 21 (IBNS): An outfit in Uttar Pradesh has bought veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah a ticket to Pakistan.

J&K: Pakistani firing kills 2 jawans on LOC

Dec 21, 2018, at 08:13 pm

Srinagar, Dec 21 (IBNS): Two army jawans died in fire from across the border on Friday in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, reports said.

Superstar Rajinikanth set to launch TV news channel

Dec 21, 2018, at 07:51 pm

Chennai, Dec 21 (IBNS): Superstar Rajinikanth has started the registration process for his own TV news channel, media reports said on Friday.

Rahul Gandhi slams Narendra Modi over Centre's move to snoop on computers

Dec 21, 2018, at 06:19 pm

New Delhi, Dec 21 (IBNS): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the union government authorised ten central agencies to intercept, monitor and decrypt “any information generated, transmitted, received or stored in any computer”.

Omar Abdullah feels Supreme Court should check computer snooping authority given to agencies

Dec 21, 2018, at 05:43 pm

New Delhi, Dec 21 (IBNS): Ex-Jammu and Kasmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday said the Supreme Court should intervene to check the authority to snoop on computers, the power which Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government has given to various agencies in the country.