Services falter as public sector banks go on strike
Feb 28, 2017, at 08:17 pm
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IBNS): No services took place at public sector banks on Tuesday as the United Forum of Bank Unions decided to go ahead with its strike, according to media reports.
Students and teachers of DU, JNU take out massive march against campus violence
Feb 28, 2017, at 08:10 pm
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IBNS) : Amid a politically charged up situation, students and teachers of Delhi's premier educational institutions on Tuesday started a protest march against last week's violence at the Ramjas College, while Kargil martyr Captain Mandeep Singh’s daughter Gurmehar Kaur pulled out of the campaign.
SC to hear Gopal Ansal's plea for verdict modification in the Upahaar Fire tragedy case
Feb 28, 2017, at 08:03 pm
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a fresh plea from real estate baron Gopal Ansal regarding verdict modification in Uphaar Cinema fire case.
After Virendra Shehwag, wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt puts meme mocking Gurmehar Kaur's video post
Feb 28, 2017, at 07:56 pm
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IBNS) : After Virender Sehwag and Randeep Hooda, Yogeshwar Dutt took to the social media, mocking at Gurmehar Kaur, the 20-year-old Delhi University student, whose video post on the death of his martyred army officer father created a stir.
India's first integrated heliport inaugurated in Delhi
Feb 28, 2017, at 07:44 pm
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IBNS): P. Ashok Gajapathi Raju, Union Minister of Civil Aviation, inaugurated India's first integrated heliport located in Rohini, New Delhi, on Tuesday.
Kerala bishop arrested for raping minor girl
Feb 28, 2017, at 06:34 pm
Kochi, Feb 28 (IBNS): A Christian priest was arrested in Kerala for alleged rape of a minor which led to her pregnancy, media reports quoted police as saying on Tuesday.
Mumbai: World Bank CEO Kristalina Georgieva travels in train
Feb 28, 2017, at 06:23 pm
Mumbai, Feb 28 (IBNS): World Bank CEO Kristalina Georgieva on Tuesday travelled in a local train in Mumbai.
Gurmehar Kaur pulls out of protest march in Delhi University campus, says it is to save the movement
Feb 28, 2017, at 06:21 pm
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IBNS) : Gurmehar Kaur, the Delhi University student in the centre of a political stir, has withdrawn herself from a protest march against campus violence.
Andhra Pradesh : At least eight killed, 30 injured as bus falls off bridge into canal
Feb 28, 2017, at 05:37 pm
Vijaywada, Feb 28 (IBNS) : At least eight people were killed and more than 30 injured when a bus fell from a bridge into a canal in Vijaywada in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday morning, reports said.
Feb 28, 2017, at 05:16 pm
Kolkata, Feb 28 (IBNS): The massive fire, which broke out at a residential-cum-commercial building in Kolkata's Burrabazar area on Monday night, has not been brought under control so far, according to the last update came in on Tuesday morning.
ABVP: Arvind Kejriwal to meet Delhi LG
Feb 28, 2017, at 04:59 pm
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IBNS): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said he will meet Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal amid protests over Ramjas college row.
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Gurmehar Kaur withdraws from protest march
Feb 28, 2017, at 04:23 pm
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IBNS): Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur has pulled out of a march which is scheduled to take place in the university on Tuesday to protest against campus violence.
Feb 28, 2017, at 03:12 pm
Vijayawada, Feb 28 (IBNS): At least eight people were killed when a bus in which they were travelling fell in a river near Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday, media reports said.
Kolkata: Massive fire breaks out at Burrabazar building
Feb 28, 2017, at 04:30 am
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IBNS): A major fire broke out at a residential-cum-commercial building at Amratala Lane area under Burrabazar Police Station limits in Kolkata on Monday night, reports said.
Assam Social Welfare scam: V&AC sleuths arrest six officials
Feb 28, 2017, at 03:20 am
Guwahati, Feb 27 (IBNS): The sleuths of Assam police Vigilance and Anti Corruption (V&AC) on Monday arrested six officials of social welfare department in connection with a multi crore rupees scam of the department.
Four bridges to be built over Barak River: Assam CM
Feb 28, 2017, at 03:03 am
Guwahati, Feb 27 (IBNS): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday said that, the state government is committed to the equal development of Barak Valley along with Brahmaputra Valley and a total of two thousand crore for initiating rapid development of Barak Valley has already been earmarked.
One NSCN (IM) militant nab in Arunachal Pradesh
Feb 28, 2017, at 02:52 am
Guwahati, Feb 27 (IBNS): Security forces on Monday apprehended a NSCN (IM) militant in Arunachal Pradesh.
Feb 28, 2017, at 01:40 am
Guwahati, Feb 27 (IBNS): Assam government on Monday said that the state government will not take any burden of excess cost to provide salary to more teachers and employees by provincialising more venture educational institutions.
Kargil martyr's daughter moves Women's Commission,political slugfest thickens
Feb 28, 2017, at 12:05 am
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IBNS) : Amid a political slugfest centring around her, Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur on Monday lodged a complaint with the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on the rape and death threats she received on social media after launching online campaign against ABVP, the student wing of the BJP.
Meghalaya: Dramatic Gains, Lingering Dangers
Feb 27, 2017, at 11:03 pm
On February 25, 2017, a Police team that included newly constituted Special Force (SF)-10 commandos, in an encounter, killed the 'commander-in-chief' of the now-disbanded United Achik Liberation Army (UALA), Singbirth N. Marak aka Norok. X. Momin, at a hideout located inside a forest near Thapa Matronggre village in North Garo Hills District. Marak, along with other cadres of the UALA had surrendered before the Meghalaya Government on June 9, 2016, and had started living a 'normal life' after the group was disbanded. However, he reportedly escaped to the neighboring State of Assam after Meghalaya Police started looking for him following the arrest of one suspect, along with a cache of arms, on November 12, 2016, and surrender of three other suspects on November 13, 2016.These suspects subsequently disclosed that the arms were meant for the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) and they were working under Marak's instructions to provide the weapons to this militant formation.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Perishable Peace
Feb 27, 2017, at 10:58 pm
Three Shia's were shot dead by unidentified assailants in a suspected sectarian attack under the Paroa Police Station area of Dera Ismail Khan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on February 26, 2017.
SP, BSP conniving for a hung Assembly in UP : Narendra Modi
Feb 27, 2017, at 10:38 pm
Mau, Uttar Pradesh, Feb 27 (IBNS) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday alleged that the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party are conniving between themselves for a hung Assembly in Uttar Pradesh to gain a bargaining power as they are destined to lose the ongoing Assembly elections , media reports said.
Safdar Nagori and ten other SIMI operatives get life sentence
Feb 27, 2017, at 10:03 pm
Indore, Feb 27 (IBNS) : Altogether eleven Student Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) operatives, including its former chief Safdar Nagori and his brother Kamruddin Nagori, were on Monday sentenced to life imprisonment by the special CBI court for sedition and involvement in terror activities, The Times of India reported.
Won't allow ISIS become a danger for India : Rajnath Singh
Feb 27, 2017, at 09:47 pm
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IBNS) :Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said he won't allow ISIS become a a challenge for India, media reports said.
Govt keen to free Waqf properties from clutches of mafias says Union Minister Naqvi
Feb 27, 2017, at 09:38 pm
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IBNS): Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Monday that more than half of Waqf properties are under the clutches of waqf mafias, according to media reports.
Rail Minister Prabhu flags off first Antyodaya Express train
Feb 27, 2017, at 09:08 pm
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IBNS): Union Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu flagged off the Husafar and Antyodaya express trains on Monday through video conferencing from Rail Bhavan, New Delhi.
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi chairs 75th meeting of Central Waqf Council in New Delhi
Feb 27, 2017, at 09:02 pm
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IBNS): Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs (Independent Charge) & Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that some vested interests are creating various obstacles in development of waqf properties and utilisation of these properties for welfare of the society.
APSC cash-for-job scam : Assam Police grills former Assam Congress minister
Feb 27, 2017, at 08:59 pm
Guwahati, Feb 27 (IBNS): Assam police sleuths on Monday grilled former minister Gautam Roy in Guwahati for a couple of hours in connection with the Assam Public Service Commission's (APSC's) cash-for-job scam.
Delhi High Court denies parole to BSP leader Mukhtar Ansari
Feb 27, 2017, at 08:56 pm
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IBNS) : In blow to the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), the Delhi High Court on Monday denied parole to party MLA Mukhtar Ansari, an accused in a murder case, media reports said.
Uttar Pradesh: Around 38 per cent voter turnout recorded until one pm in fifth phase
Feb 27, 2017, at 08:52 pm
Lucknow, Feb 27 (IBNS): Moderate to brisk polling has been reported until Monday afternoon for the fifth phase of Assembly Elections in Uttar Pradesh.