Rahul Gandhi, Mamohan Singh condole ex-Union Minister Gurudas Kamat's death
Aug 22, 2018, at 05:11 pm
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IBNS): Congress president Rahul Gandhi and former PM Manmohan Singh on Wednesday mourned the death of ex-Union Minister Gurudas Kamat.
CBI to quiz four IPS officials in Saradha scam
Aug 22, 2018, at 05:06 pm
Kolkata, Aug 22 (IBNS): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has wrote to the West Bengal police chief that the Central investigation agency wanted to interrogate four senior IPS officials of state cadre, including Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, in connection with its ongoing probe into multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam, officials said on Wednesday.
Ashish Khetan quits Aam Aadmi Party
Aug 22, 2018, at 03:52 pm
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IBNS): Ashish Khetan on Wednesday announced his decision of quitting the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
Rahul Gandhi to address audience at Bucerius Summer School in Hamburg today
Aug 22, 2018, at 03:04 pm
Hamburg, Aug 22 (IBNS): Congress president Rahul Gandhi will address an audience at the Bucerius Summer School in the German city of Hamburg on Wednesday.
Fire breaks out in Delhi Doordarshan Bhawan
Aug 22, 2018, at 01:32 pm
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IBNS): A fire broke out at Doordarshan Bhawan in central Delhi on Wednesday, media reports said.
Assam : Three people, including 18-month-old, die in fire in commercial building
Aug 22, 2018, at 01:28 pm
Guwahati, Aug 22 (IBNS) : Three people of a family, including an 18-month-old child, died and three others were injured in a major fire that broke out in a commercial building in Assam’s Kamrup (Metro) district on Tuesday night.
Four dead, 16 injured in fire in Mumbai's high-rise building
Aug 22, 2018, at 12:45 pm
Mumbai, Aug 22 (IBNS): Four people died in the fire which broke out in a Mumbai high-rise on Wednesday morning, media reports said.
Senior Congress leader Gurudas Kamat dies, Rahul Gandhi condoles
Aug 22, 2018, at 12:18 pm
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IBNS): Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader Gurudas Kamat died after suffering a heart attack in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Two dead, 13 injured in fire at Mumbai's high-rise building
Aug 22, 2018, at 11:34 am
Mumbai, Aug 21 (IBNS): Two people have died in the fire which broke out at Mumbai's high-rise building on Wednesday morning, media reports said.
Mumbai fire: Residents rescued; fire under control
Aug 22, 2018, at 11:29 am
Mumbai, Aug 22 (IBNS): The residents of the Mumbai high-rise building, where fire broke out on Wednesday morning, have been rescued, media reports said.
Andhra teacher beaten up, stripped, paraded naked for allegedly raping student
Aug 22, 2018, at 11:19 am
Hyderabad, Aug 22 (IBNS): A school teacher in Andhra Pradesh was beaten up, stripped and paraded naked through the busy streets of Andhra Pradesh for allegedly raping one of his female students two years ago, media reports said.
BJP worker killed by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama
Aug 22, 2018, at 10:41 am
Srinagar, Aug 22 (IBNS): A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker was allegedly shot dead by terrorists in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday morning, media reports said.
Fire breaks out in Mumbai high-rise
Aug 22, 2018, at 10:00 am
Mumbai, Aug 22 (IBNS): Fire broke out at a high-rise building in Mumbai's Parel area on Wednesday, reports said.
Narendra Modi greets nation on Id-ul-Zuha
Aug 22, 2018, at 09:20 am
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday wished the nation on the festival of Id-ul-Zuha.
Don't play politics with NRC: Assam Congress warns Amit Shah
Aug 21, 2018, at 09:35 pm
Guwahati, Aug 21 (IBNS): Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) on Tuesday warned the BJP and it’s president Amit Shah not to play politics with the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
Water starts receding in Kerala, IAF continues rescue and relief ops
Aug 21, 2018, at 08:57 pm
Kochi, Aug 21 (IBNS): Even as rains subsided, many parts of Kerala continue to be affected by landslides and floods.
Meghalaya police arrest two top leaders of Manipur based outfit ZUF
Aug 21, 2018, at 08:29 pm
Guwahati, Aug 21 (IBNS) : Meghalaya police have arrested two top leaders of Manipur based insurgent group Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF).
Meghalaya: Campaigns for South Tura and Ranikor by-polls end
Aug 21, 2018, at 08:28 pm
Guwahati, Aug 21 (IBNS): The high-voltage campaigning for the by-elections to South Tura and Ranikor assembly constituencies in Meghalaya ended on Tuesday evening at 5 pm.
State Councillor and Defence Minister of China calls on PM
Aug 21, 2018, at 08:23 pm
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IBNS): Gen. Wei Fenghe, State Councillor and Defence Minister of China, called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.
Satya Pal Malik appointed as new Jammu and Kashmir Governor
Aug 21, 2018, at 07:54 pm
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IBNS): The Indian President's office on Tuesday confirmed that Satya Pal Malik, the Governor of Bihar, has been appointed as the new Governor of Jammu and Kashmir.
Assam mob lynching: 14 persons arrested so far
Aug 21, 2018, at 07:46 pm
Guwahati, Aug 21 (IBNS) : Assam police have arrested one more person in connection with the mob lynching incident that happened on Aug 15 early morning at Sootea area in northern Assam’s Biswanath district.
President Kovind wishes nation on Idu’l Zuha eve
Aug 21, 2018, at 06:27 pm
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IBNS): President of India Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday greeted fellow citizens on the eve of Idu’l Zuha.
Special court awards death sentence to two accused in Mandsaur minor rape case
Aug 21, 2018, at 04:48 pm
Mandsaur, Aug 21 (IBNS): A special court on Tuesday awarded death sentence to two for raping a minor girl in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur city.
Imran Khan calls Navjot Singh Sidhu 'ambassador of peace'
Aug 21, 2018, at 03:58 pm
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IBNS): Amid controversy in India over former cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu's visit to Pakistan, the Asian nation's new Prime Minister Imran Khan lauded the Congress leader and called him an 'ambassador of peace'.
Aug 21, 2018, at 03:54 pm
On August 13, 2018, International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) sentenced to death Mohamad Esahaq Shikder (83), Abdul Goni Hawlader (72), Mohamad Awal aka Awal Moulavi (69), Mohamad Abdus Sattar Pada (65) and Solaiman Mridha aka Soleman Mridha (86) for committing crimes against humanity in the Patuakhali District during the Liberation War in 1971. They were found guilty of two charges for which they were indicted on March 8, 2017. All the five men were handed death sentence for the murder of 17 villagers after torturing them in confinement and setting fire to at least 12 houses after looting them in Itbaria, a village in the Patuakhali District on May 4, 1971. They were also given death sentence for the abduction of 15 women from the same Itbaria village on the same day, taking them to the Circuit House Army camp where they were tortured and raped for 10 days until May 14, 971. All the convicts were involved with the Muslim League (ML) and are behind bars.
Aug 21, 2018, at 03:16 pm
On August 7, 2018, a team of National Investigation Agency (NIA), Mumbai Branch, seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR 434,000 from the possession of three persons at Aluru in Bengaluru in Karnataka. The arrestees were in possession of 217 FICNs, all in denomination of INR 2,000, which were, according to an NIA release “similar to genuine Indian Rs 2,000/- [INR 2,000] notes and it is difficult for a common man to differentiate whether the notes are counterfeit or genuine. It is suspected that the counterfeit notes have been printed and smuggled from across the border.”
Kerala Floods: Vijayan says UAE offered Rs 700 crore
Aug 21, 2018, at 02:55 pm
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 21 (IBNS): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Tuesday that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has made an offer of Rs 700 crore for the flood hit state.
Kerala floods : Efforts on to restore essential services
Aug 21, 2018, at 02:53 pm
Thiruvanthapuram/Kochi, Aug 21 (IBNS) : Even though the rain stopped and water receded in some areas, the flood-ravaged Kerala on Tuesday kept struggling to come back to normal as massive efforts were going on to restore essential services alongside the relief and rescue operations to cope with what the Centre has declared as a "calamity of severe nature."
Assam: Police arrest hospital employee for allegedly molesting patient
Aug 21, 2018, at 12:43 pm
Guwahati, Aug 21 (IBNS): Police on Monday evening arrested an employee of a private hospital in Guwahati, Assam, after molestation charges surfaced against him.
PM Modi wishes Arunachal CM Pema Khandu on birthday
Aug 21, 2018, at 10:43 am
Itanagar, Aug 21 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on the latter's 39th birthday on Tuesday.