PM Modi and Belarus President Lukashenko meet on Tuesday, MoUs signed between both countries
Sep 12, 2017, at 09:19 pm
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IBNS): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met President of the Republic of Belarus, A.G. Lukashenko, on Tuesday, at Hyderabad House in New Delhi.
Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu meets Sports Minister
Sep 12, 2017, at 08:51 pm
New Delhi, Sept 12 (IBNS): Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh Pema Khandu on Tuesday met Union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore here.
Central WCD and HRD ministries to hold high-level meeting on child safety in schools
Sep 12, 2017, at 08:50 pm
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IBNS): Following the spate in child abuse cases in schools, the central ministries of Women and Child Development and Human Resource Development have decided to hold a high level meeting on Wednesday on safety and protection of children in schools.
Ahmedabad is set to welcome Japan Prime Minister, Narendra Modi tweets
Sep 12, 2017, at 08:48 pm
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IBNS) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday shared photographs of Sabarmati river front and other landmarks of Ahmedabad along with a message welcoming Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
SC modifies order on firecracker sale in Delhi-NCR
Sep 12, 2017, at 08:27 pm
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IBNS) : The Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted its earlier ban on the sale of firecrackers in Delhi, but ordered that no new firecrackers should be allowed to enter the national capital aead of Dussehra and Diwali festivals this year, reports said.
Sep 12, 2017, at 07:49 pm
Ahmedabad, Sep 12 (IBNS) : A special court in Gujarat on Tuesday ordered to issue summons to BJP national president Amit Shah to depose as defence witness on September 18 in connection with the 2002 Naroda Gam riot case, media reports said.
Ryan School Trustees' get interim protection from Bombay High Court
Sep 12, 2017, at 07:44 pm
Mumbai, Sep 12 (IBNS) : The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted Ryan International Group's chairman and managing director interim protection from arrest till Wednesday, giving them a temporary reprieve.
Failed dynastic political party's leader spoke out: Smriti Irani on Rahul Gandhi's speech in US
Sep 12, 2017, at 07:18 pm
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IBNS): Taking a jibe at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's comment on dynasty politics during his address to the students of University of California, Berkeley, Union Information and Broadcasting minister, Smriti Irani, termed Gandhi as a failed dynastic political party's leader who spoke out in the US.
EPS, OPS betrayed people of Tamil Nadu: TTV Dinakaran
Sep 12, 2017, at 07:17 pm
Chennai, Sep 12 (IBNS): Reacting to the expulsion of Sasikala as the general secretary of the AIADMK, party leader TTV Dinakaran said both Tamil Nadu's present and former chief ministers, E Palaniswamy and O Paneerselvam respectively, betrayed the people of Tamil Nadu with lies and cheats, media reports said.
AIADMK affairs: Sasikala expelled, OPS-EPS factions take control
Sep 12, 2017, at 06:42 pm
Chennai, Sep 12 (IBNS) : Taking the control of Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK in their hands, the united EPS-OPS factions on Tuesday announced expulsion of the party's interim general secretary VK Sasikala and declared as "null and void" all announcements of her nephew TTV Dinakaran, who was made the party's second-in-command, reports said.
Ready to become PM candidate in 2019 general election: Rahul Gandhi
Sep 12, 2017, at 05:31 pm
Berkeley, Sep 12 (IBNS): While addressing the students of University of California, Berkeley, on the first day of his visit to the US, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said he is ready to become the prime ministerial candidate for India's next general election in 2019.
EPS-OPS camps sack Sasikala as general secretary of AIADMK
Sep 12, 2017, at 05:26 pm
Chennai, Sep 12 (IBNS): After a months-long political drama in Tamil Nadu, the two camps of AIADMK led by E Palaniswamy and O Paneerselvam, sacked V.K. Sasikala as the interim general secretary of the party, media reports said.
Ryan International: Cops find windows without grills; New twist in the murder case?
Sep 12, 2017, at 03:35 pm
Gurgaon, Sep 12 (IBNS): The mystery in the Ryan International school murder case increased by a few folds as cops have found three windows without grills inside the toilet where seven-year-old Pradyuman Thakur was killed, reports said.
Delhi: Man thrashed for conversing in English, three held
Sep 12, 2017, at 03:30 pm
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IBNS): In a case of moral policing in the national capital, a 22 year-old man was thrashed by five people for conversing in English with a friend, reports said.
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SC rejects Subrata Roy's plea for more time to deposit Rs 966.80 crore
Sep 12, 2017, at 04:56 am
New Delhi, Sept 11 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Monday rejected Sahara India's Chief Subrata Roy's petition for more time to deposit remaining Rs 966.80 crore out of Rs 1500 crore by Nov 11, media reports said.
Union Home Minister visit Army and BSF Camps at Nowshera in Rajori District of J&K
Sep 12, 2017, at 03:51 am
New Delhi, Sept 11 (IBNS): On the third day of his visit to Jammu and Kashmir, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh visited Army and BSF Camps at Nowshera and interacted with the Jawan there.
Assam Rifles jawan injured in Nagaland militant attack
Sep 12, 2017, at 03:42 am
Guwahati, Sept 11 (IBNS): An Assam Rifles jawan was injured after suspected NSCN-K militants attacked at an Assam Rifles camp in Nagaland’s Tuensang district on Monday evening.
Unsecured woman teacher’s Facebook post hits Assam assembly, a youth arrest
Sep 12, 2017, at 03:36 am
Guwahati, Sept 11 (IBNS): The Assam police on Monday arrested a youth who allegedly assaulted a lady teacher inside the premise of a school in northern Assam’s Sonitpur district.
Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee to organize two day camp in Assam-Meghalaya
Sep 12, 2017, at 03:33 am
Guwahati, Sept 11 (IBNS) : The Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC) has decided to organize a two-day camp for Sikh population in Assam and Meghalaya to equip them with the schemes being run by the Centre and state governments for welfare of the Minorities in the country.
Sonowal calls upon tea tribes organizations to work with ‘Team Assam’ spirit
Sep 12, 2017, at 03:27 am
Guwahati, Sept 11 (IBNS) : As a precursor to Speaker's Initiative which will be rolled out for the first time in the Assam Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, a meeting of all organizations of tea tribes community, tea planters and leading thinkers was held in the Central Hall of the Assembly on Monday.
Assam govt. to send an engineer team to Bangladesh for training about dredging of Brahmaputra
Sep 12, 2017, at 03:23 am
Guwahati, Sept 11 (IBNS) : The Assam government will send a team of mechanical engineers of Water Resources department to Bangladesh for training to enchance knowledge about dredging of Brahmaputra and Barak river.
Last date for nominations of Padma Awards is Sept 15, says govt
Sep 12, 2017, at 01:32 am
New Delhi, Sept 11 (IBNS): The process of nominations for the Padma Awards, 2018 is on.
Defence Minister to hold daily meetings with the three Service chiefs and the Defence Secretary
Sep 12, 2017, at 01:14 am
New Delhi, Sept 11 (IBNS): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman held a number of meetings with senior officials to familiarize with the activities and functioning of the Ministry of Defence and gave clear directions on critical issues.
Sep 12, 2017, at 01:12 am
Guwahati, Sept 11 (IBNS): The Assam government on Monday said that 7 IPS and IAS officers of the state are facing trial on criminal charges.
Revisit Indian roots, culture and ethos: Vice President
Sep 12, 2017, at 12:47 am
New Delhi, Sept 11 (IBNS): Vice President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu on Monday said that people in the country, particularly the younger generation to be fully acquainted with the roots of Indian culture, ethos and history.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan calls on Prime Minister
Sep 12, 2017, at 12:43 am
New Delhi, Sept 11 (IBNS): Salahuddin Rabbani, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday afternoon.
5 Assam residents killed, 10 injured in Tura road mishap
Sep 12, 2017, at 12:39 am
Guwahati, Sept 11 (IBNS) : At least five people, who were residents of Assam, were killed and 10 others were injured while an overloaded auto rickshaw hit an electric post at Agrillanggre near Tura in Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills district on Monday.
UN body deplores 'current measure in India to deport Rohingyas'
Sep 12, 2017, at 12:13 am
New York, Sept 11 (IBNS): In a major statement on the Rohingya issue, the UN on Monday said India could not carry out expulsions or return of people to a place they might risk facing torture.
Sep 11, 2017, at 11:57 pm
New Delhi, Sept 11 (IBNS): At the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan, will undertake an official visit to India on Sept 13 and 14.
Text of Swami Vivekananda's Chicago Addresses from 1893
Sep 11, 2017, at 10:24 pm
Kolkata, Sep 11 (IBNS): It was on Sep 11, 1893, that Swami Vivekananda first addressed the delegates at the Parliament of Religions being held at the Art Institute of Chicago, as one of the delegates of the 10 major religions of the world.