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.
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.
Snooping controversy: Arun Jaitley defends move, says authorisation given under old rules
Dec 21, 2018, at 05:03 pm
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IBNS): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday defended the move made to allow ten central agencies, including the NIA and CBI, to intercept, monitor and decrypt “any information generated, transmitted, received or stored in any computer”, by saying that the authorisation was given under old rules.
Calcutta HC to reconsider order permitting BJP's rath yatra in West Bengal
Dec 21, 2018, at 04:31 pm
Kolkata, Dec 21 (IBNS): The Calcutta High Court on Friday set aside its own order permitting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s 'Ganatantra Banchao (Save Democracy) Yatra' in West Bengal.
Police arrest Government Railway Police officer in Assam’s Karimganj district
Dec 21, 2018, at 04:22 pm
Guwahati, Dec 21 (IBNS): Police have arrested an officer of the Government Railway Police (GRP) for his alleged involvement in illegal activities in Assam’s Karimganj district on Thursday.
Dalit and tribal workers enslaved nearly for three years in Karnataka
Dec 21, 2018, at 04:09 pm
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IBNS) : For close to three years, 52 Dalit and tribal persons, including 16 women and 4 children, were “enslaved” in a small shed and forced to work for 19 hours a day without wages across Karnataka before police rescued them on Sunday, CNN-News 18 reported quoting the police.
Ten central agencies allowed to snoop on any computer, Mamata, Congress slam Centre
Dec 21, 2018, at 03:59 pm
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IBNS): Top opposition leaders, including the Congress, have criticised the Centre after the Narendra Modi-led government allowed ten central agencies to intercept, monitor and decrypt “any information generated, transmitted, received or stored in any computer”.
Dec 21, 2018, at 03:28 pm
Patna, Dec 21 (IBNS): Armed criminals on Thursday killed an industrialist, who is also a BJP leader, while he was going to his factory in Hajipur.
Make India the international capital for Generic Medicines: Vice President Naidu
Dec 21, 2018, at 03:18 pm
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IBNS): Vice President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu has called up on the pharmaceutical industry to work towards making India an International Capital of Generic Medicines.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi of China calls on the President Kovind
Dec 21, 2018, at 03:15 pm
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IBNS): Wang Yi, the Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China, called on the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Friday.
Delhi HC orders National Herald publisher to vacate Delhi office in 2 Weeks
Dec 21, 2018, at 03:04 pm
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IBNS) : The Delhi High Court on Friday ordered the publisher of the Congress-linked National Herald newspaper to vacate its headquarters in the capital, media reports said.
Ten central agencies allowed to snoop on any computer
Dec 21, 2018, at 02:59 pm
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IBNS): Ten central agencies, including the NIA and CBI, can now intercept, monitor and decrypt “any information generated, transmitted, received or stored in any computer”, media reports said.
Dec 21, 2018, at 02:38 pm
Panaji, Dec 21(IBNS) :After a British woman tourist was allegedly raped on Thursday at Canacona in Goa by a man who was on the run after a jail-break has been nabbed by the police, media reports said.