BJP leader Varun Gandhi donates Rs. 2 lakh for flood-hit Kerala

Aug 18, 2018, at 07:15 pm

New Delhi, Aug 18 (IBNS): BJP leader Varun Gandhi on Saturday announced he has donated Rs. 2 lakh to the Kerala Chief Minister's Relief Fund for the flood-hit people of the southern state,

Mamata Banerjee wishes Indian players participating in Asian Games

Aug 18, 2018, at 06:29 pm

Kolkata, Aug 18 (IBNS): West Bengal Cheif Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday wished Indian athletes who will participate in the  Asian Games this year.

Mamata Banerjee expresses solidarity with people of flood-hit Kerala

Aug 18, 2018, at 04:45 pm

Kolkata, Aug 18 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday expressed her solidarity with the people of flood-hit Kerala.

Teacher dies in hospital after being carried in hand cart through broken roads in Assam's Majuli

Aug 18, 2018, at 04:23 pm

Guwahati, Aug 18 (IBNS)  : The miserable condition of road connectivity and health care facilities in Assam’s river island district Majuli was once again exposed when a teacher died due to lack of poor road connectivity and medical treatment.

Mamata Banerjee expresses sadness over ex-UN secretary general Kofi Annan's death

Aug 18, 2018, at 04:10 pm

Kolkata, Aug 18 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday mourned the death of former UN secretary general Kofi Annan.

Kerala floods : PM Modi promises all out assistance, massive rescue operation goes on

Aug 18, 2018, at 04:03 pm

Kochi, Aug 18 (IBNS) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday promised all possible help and opened up central funds for Kerala flood victims while a massive rescue and relief operation was going on war footing involving the Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and NDRF as the state kept struggling with the century's worst calamity.

Kerala floods: PM Modi promises all possible help, salutes people for fighting spirit

Aug 18, 2018, at 02:24 pm

New Delhi/Kochi, Aug 18 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the Centre is providing all possible help, including financial assistance and social security schemes for the people of flood-ravaged Kerala.

Rahul Gandhi urges PM Modi to declare Kerala flood as national disaster

Aug 18, 2018, at 12:47 pm

New Delhi, Aug 18 (IBNS): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare the Kerala flood, which claimed 324 lives so far, as a national disaster.

PM Modi announces financial aid of 500 cr to flood-hit Kerala

Aug 18, 2018, at 12:40 pm

Kochi, Aug 18 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced a financial aid of Rs 500 cr to flood-hit Kerala, media reports said.  

PM Modi chairs high level meeting in Kerala to review flood situation

Aug 18, 2018, at 10:42 am

Kochi, Aug 18 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday chaired a high level meeting in Kerala to review the situation of incessant rain-caused flood, which claimed 324 lives so far, in the southern state of the country.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a true friend of Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu

Aug 18, 2018, at 09:12 am

New  Delhi, Aug 18 (IBNS):  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called late former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee a true friend of Israel.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Kochi, to take aerial survey of flood-hit parts of Kerala today

Aug 18, 2018, at 09:07 am

Kochi, Aug 18 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Kochi on Saturday and will later undertake an aerial survey of the flood-hit parts of Kerala.

Kerela floods: DGCA asks domestic airlines to mount additional flights

Aug 17, 2018, at 10:46 pm

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IBNS): In view of closure of Cochin airport and to ensure that passengers are not inconvenienced, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has asked the scheduled domestic airlines to mount additional flights. 

Assam Rifles recovers huge cache of arms in Mizoram along Indo-Myanmar border

Aug 17, 2018, at 08:40 pm

Guwahati, Aug 17 (IBNS): The troops of Assam Rifles seized huge cache of arms in Mizoram on Thursday, officials said on Friday. 

India bids adieu to Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Aug 17, 2018, at 06:59 pm

Mumbai, Aug 17 (IBNS): With full state honour, former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's last rites were performed in the presence of politicians across party lines on the banks of the river Yamuna in Delhi on Friday.

France condoles Atal Bihari Vajpayee's demise

Aug 17, 2018, at 06:21 pm

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IBNS): France on Friday condoled the death of ex-Indian PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee and said his name was linked to Franco-Indian friendship.

Union Jack at half mast at British mission to honour late Indian PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Aug 17, 2018, at 06:15 pm

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IBNS):  The British High Commission here on Friday flew its national flag the Union Jack at half mast in a bid to honour former Indian PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee who passed away on Thursday.

Navjot Singh Sidhu arrives in Pakistan to attend Imran Khan's oath-taking ceremony

Aug 17, 2018, at 05:42 pm

Lahore, Aug 17 (IBNS): Indian politician Navjot Singh Sidhu arrived in Pakistan on Friday to attend the  oath-taking ceremony of Prime Minister-elect Imran Khan.

India bids goodbye to former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, last rites performed in New Delhi

Aug 17, 2018, at 05:07 pm

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IBNS): Thousands of mourners, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, joined to pay their last tributes to former Indian PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee as his last rites were performed in Rashtriya Smriti Sthal here on Friday.

Vajpayee's death: Mauritius to fly at half-mast national flag

Aug 17, 2018, at 03:40 pm

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IBNS): In a rare gesture, the Mauritius Government has decided to fly at half-mast both Indian and Mauritian flags as a mark of respect to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who died on Thursday.

NCMC meets for the second time in two days to review flood situation in Kerala

Aug 17, 2018, at 02:35 pm

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IBNS): The National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) met for the second time in two days in Delhi on Friday to review the rescue and relief operations in the flood-affected areas in Kerala.

Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's last journey begins

Aug 17, 2018, at 02:26 pm

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IBNS): The last journey of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who passed away a day ago, began in the national capital.

Kerala flood: Death toll rises to 167; PM Modi inquires about situation

Aug 17, 2018, at 02:09 pm

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 17 (IBNS): The flood situation in Kerala remained critical as 167 people have died so far in the southern state, media reports said.

Left leaders pay tribute to late Vajpayee at BJP headquarters

Aug 17, 2018, at 02:02 pm

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IBNS): In one of the rarest scenes ever seen in  the country,  Left leaders on Friday reached the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in New Delhi's Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg to pay last tribute to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who passed away a day ago.

Swami Agnivesh manhandled near BJP office in Delhi

Aug 17, 2018, at 01:47 pm

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IBNS) :  Activist-politician Swami Agnivesh was manhandled on Friday near the BJP headquarters in Delhi, where he had gone to pay his last respects to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, media reports said.

Kolkata: TMC lawmaker Kalyan Banerjee injured in road mishap

Aug 17, 2018, at 12:52 pm

Kolkata, Aug 17 (IBNS): Trinamool Congress (TMC) Lok Sabha MP Kalyan Banerjee was injured as his MUV was hit by another car near Lake Kalibari in south Kolkata's  Rabindra Sarobar Police Station area  on Friday early morning, reports said.

Vajpayee's mortal remains brought to BJP HQ; cremation at evening

Aug 17, 2018, at 12:29 pm

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IBNS): Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's mortal remains were brought to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in New Delhi's Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg.

Soldier killed in encounter in Kashmir's Kupwara

Aug 17, 2018, at 12:03 pm

Srinagar, Aug 17 (IBNS): A soldier was killed in an encounter with terrorists in  Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district on Friday.

Nearly 100 killed in Kerala flood; PM Modi to visit southern state

Aug 17, 2018, at 10:55 am

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 17 (IBNS): Nearly 100 people have died so far in the rain-caused flood in Kerala, several media reports said.

Vajpayee's mortal remains en-route to BJP HQ; funeral at evening

Aug 17, 2018, at 10:41 am

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IBNS): The final journey of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who passed away a day ago, began on Friday as the mortal remains are heading on to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters.