Kanyashree Prakalpa: West Bengal govt to soon launch K3 programme for university students

Jul 28, 2017, at 10:49 pm

Kolkata, July 29 (IBNS) The West Bengal government on Friday celebrated the international recognition and appreciation received by the Kanyashree Prakalpa here.

Ajit Doval meets Chinese President Xi Jinping

Jul 28, 2017, at 10:16 pm

Beijing, July 28 (IBNS): National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Friday met Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Nitish Kumar wins trust vote in Bihar assembly, RJD cries betrayal of people

Jul 28, 2017, at 09:53 pm

Patna, July 28 (IBNS): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar won the trust vote with the support of 131 MLAs in the Assembly on Friday even as his erstwhile partner RJD spewed venom terming the new alliance of Nitish with BJP as a betrayal of people's trust.

Amit Shah, Smriti Irani, Balwantsinh Rajput file nominations for Rajya Sabha poll in Gujarat

Jul 28, 2017, at 08:54 pm

Gandhinagar, July 28 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President Amit Shah and Union textile minister Smriti Irani filed their nominations for the Rajya Sabha polls in Gujarat on Friday.

Nitish Kumar insulted people of Bihar: Tejashwi Yadav

Jul 28, 2017, at 07:33 pm

Patna, July 28 (IBNS): After JD(U)-BJP alliance won the trust vote in the Bihar Assembly on Friday, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav said Chief Minister Nitish Kumar insulted the people of the state as they voted against the saffron party in 2015.

Nitish Kumar wins trust vote in Bihar assembly

Jul 28, 2017, at 06:59 pm

Patna, July 28 (IBNS): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar won the trust vote with the support of 131 MLAs in the Assembly on Friday.

Two more Congress MLAs quit in Gujarat, party continues to bleed ahead of RS poll

Jul 28, 2017, at 06:45 pm

Gandhinagar, July 28 (IBNS): Ahead of the Rajya Sabha poll in the state, Congress continues to lose ground in Gujarat as two more MLAs resigned from the party on Friday.

RJD protests outside Bihar Assembly, Tejashwi opposes floor test motion

Jul 28, 2017, at 05:29 pm

Patna, July 28 (IBNS): As the the JD(U)-BJP alliance gears up to prove its majority in the Bihar Assembly, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) staged a protest outside the House with their leader Tejashwi Yadav opposing the floor test motion inside on Friday morning.

Kerala: BJP state office attacked

Jul 28, 2017, at 03:30 pm

Thiruvananthapuram, July 28 (IBNS): The BJP unit in Kerala on Friday alleged that Communist Party of India (CPM) workers attacked their state office here.

Rahul Gandhi to visit Chhattisgarh today

Jul 28, 2017, at 02:41 pm

New Delhi, July 28 (IBNS): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will visit Chhattisgarh on Friday, his party said.

Mamata Banerjee remembers Mahashweta Devi on death anniversary

Jul 28, 2017, at 02:09 pm

Kolkata, July 28 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday paid tributes to late writer Mahashweta Devi on her death anniversary.

PM Modi interacts with Indian Women’s Cricket Team

Jul 28, 2017, at 01:57 pm

New Delhi, July 28 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday interacted with the players and officials of the Indian Women’s Cricket Team that recently participated in the Women’s Cricket World Cup.

CM Nitish Kumar faces trust vote today in Bihar Assembly

Jul 28, 2017, at 01:49 pm

Patna, July 28 (IBNS): Politics in Bihar is all set to witness a crucial day as Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will face a trust vote in the Assembly on Friday.

Assam govt faces severe fund crunch after flood damages

Jul 28, 2017, at 05:26 am

Guwahati, July 27 (IBNS): The Assam government faced a severe fund crunch as several development schemes in the state halted for fund crisis.

Assam govt faces severe fund crunch after flood damages

Jul 28, 2017, at 05:26 am

Guwahati, July 27 (IBNS): The Assam government faced a severe fund crunch as several development schemes in the state halted for fund crisis.

Kolkata jewellery shop robbed in broad daylight

Jul 28, 2017, at 05:15 am

Kolkata, Jul 27 (IBNS): Armed dacoits stormed a jewellery store in southern Kolkata's Jodhpur Park area on Thursday afternoon, reports said.

Naxalite leaders, booked after Bhangar clash, granted bail by Calcutta HC

Jul 28, 2017, at 05:13 am

Kolkata, Jul 27 (IBNS): The Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted bail to two senior leaders of ultra-left organization Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star, Pradip Singh Thakur and Sharmistha Chaudhury, who were arrested in January for their alleged role in a local movement at Bhangar in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district.

Send Sanjay Dutt to jail if rules were flouted: Maharashtra govt to Bombay HC

Jul 28, 2017, at 04:47 am

Mumbai, July 27 (IBNS): Maharashtra government told the Bombay High Court on Thursday that actor Sanjay Dutt should return to jail if his release was not as per law, media reports said.

Security forces apprehend two NSCN militants in Arunachal Pradesh

Jul 28, 2017, at 04:41 am

Guwahati, July 27 (IBNS): Security forces on Thursday apprehended two NSCN militants and recovered arms and ammunition in Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday, officials said.

After resignation, three Congress MLAs join BJP in Gujarat

Jul 28, 2017, at 04:06 am

Gandhinagar, July 27 (IBNS): Within hours of resignation, three Congress MLAs joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday, media reports said.

After 34 electrocution, Assam CM orders probe

Jul 28, 2017, at 04:01 am

Guwahati, July 27 (IBNS): After 34 electrocutions in different places of Assam in the past three months, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday entrusted retired justice of Gauhati High Court H.N. Sarma with the responsibility of investigating the incidents.

39 petrol bombs recover from Meghalaya’s jungle area

Jul 28, 2017, at 03:35 am

Guwahati, July 27 (IBNS): Meghalaya Police on Wednesday evening recovered 39 petrol bombs from a jungle area in Mawlai Mawtawar, officials said on Thursday.

Three militants killed during Kashmir infiltration

Jul 28, 2017, at 03:18 am

Srinagar, July 27 (IBNS): The Army on Thursday claimed that it gunned down three militants when they were trying to infiltrate into this parts of Kashmir in Gurez Valley of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district.

Kargil Vijay Diwas observes in Nagaland

Jul 28, 2017, at 02:28 am

Guwahati, July 27 (IBNS): The Assam Rilfes , HQ IGAR (North) organised a solemn ceremony on Wednesday to commemorate the supreme sacrifice of all martyrs who laid down their life during Kargil War 1999 (Operation VIJAY).

Battle for Bihar throne reaches court, two separate petitions filed in Patna HC

Jul 28, 2017, at 01:32 am

Patna, July 27 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): The battle for the Bihar throne reached court on Thursday shortly after JD-U leader Nitish Kumar was invited to form government with the support of the BJP against which the party had got the mandate in the last 2015 assembly elections.

PM Modi condoles the demise of Ex-Karnataka CM N. Dharam Singh

Jul 28, 2017, at 01:20 am

New Delhi, July 27 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday condoled the demise of former Karnataka CM N. Dharam Singh.

Flood-like situation develops in Bengal, Mamata visits affected villages in Howrah, Hooghly

Jul 28, 2017, at 01:07 am

Kolkata, July 27 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday visited few submerged areas in Udainarayanpur and Amta-II blocks in Howrah district and in Khanakul block in neighbouring Hooghly district, which are facing flood-like situation presently.

Bihar floor test tomorrow, JD(U)-BJP to prove majority in Assembly

Jul 27, 2017, at 11:42 pm

Patna, July 27 (IBNS): After forming the government, Janata Dal (United) and Bharatiya Janata Party will go for the floor test in the Legislative Assembly to prove the majority on Friday.

Three Congress MLAs in Gujarat Assembly resign

Jul 27, 2017, at 11:32 pm

Ahmedabad, Jul 27 (IBNS) : In a major blow to the Congress after the resignation of Shankersinh Vaghela, three of its senior legislators in the Gujarat Assembly resigned on Thursday, reports said.

Former Karnataka CM N Dharam Singh dead

Jul 27, 2017, at 11:09 pm

Bengaluru, Jul 27 (IBNS) : Former Karnataka Chief Minister N Dharam Singh died on Thursday following cardiac arrest, reports said. He was 80.