Industries minister of Kerala resigns on alleged nepotism charges
Oct 14, 2016, at 10:35 pm
Thiruvananthapurma, Oct 14 (IBNS): E P Jayarajan, the Industries minister of Kerala, resigned on Friday on charges of nepotism, according to media reports.
Bus accident in Madhya Pradesh leaves at least 10 dead and 13 injured
Oct 14, 2016, at 10:07 pm
Bhopal/Ratlam, Oct 14 (IBNS): At least 10 people have died and 13 injured in a bus accident in Ratlam district of Madhya Pradesh on Friday, according to media reports.
BRICS summit will strengthen cooperation : PM Modi
Oct 14, 2016, at 08:08 pm
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IBNS) : Ahead of the Goa BRICS summit on October 15-16, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday welcomed the leaders of the BRICS and BIMSTEC families.
AIMPLB politicising the Uniform Civil Code issue, let there be a debate : Venkiah Naidu
Oct 14, 2016, at 07:11 pm
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IBNS) : Responding to the All India Muslim Personal Law Board questioning the move to formulate a uniform civil code, the Centre on Friday said the AIMPLB is politicising an issue on which the Government wants a debate.
Pak media claim over surgical strikes concocted and baseless : MEA
Oct 14, 2016, at 06:34 pm
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IBNS) : The External Affairs Ministry on Friday rubbished as "concocted and baseless "said the Pakistan media's story claiming India's Foreign Secretary to have admitted that surgical strikes was a "bluff"
Union Law Minister says triple talaq cannot be jusitifed under Indian Constitution's provisions
Oct 14, 2016, at 06:11 pm
Patna, Oct 14 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): Amid vehement protests by various Muslim bodies over government’s stand on “triple talaqâ€, the Narendra Modi government has announced not to change its position on the issue, citing the issue of gender equality and dignity of women in India.
Jailed militants clash with guards in Bihar's Beur Jail
Oct 14, 2016, at 06:00 pm
Patna, Oct 14 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): A group of terrorists lodged in tthe high-security Beur Central Jail in Patna clashed with the security forces on Friday over checking of food.
PM Modi to inaugurate war memorial in Bhopal today
Oct 14, 2016, at 05:45 pm
Bhopal, Oct 14 (IBNS) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a war memorial in Bhopal on Friday at a time when a war of words over the Indian Army's surgical strike across the LoC rages between the ruling BJP and the opposition.
India to host 8th edition of BRICS summit, to strengthen bilateral ties with partners
Oct 14, 2016, at 04:09 pm
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IBNS): As India is gearing up to host the eighth edition of BRICS summit in Goa from Oct 15, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that the nation will look to strengthen its bilateral ties with the partners.
Jharkhand man held for beef message died of torture: Autopsy report
Oct 14, 2016, at 05:14 am
Patna, Oct 13 (IBNS): Minhaz Ansari, the man held in Jharkhand over WhatsApp messages on beef alleged to be inflammatory in nature, had died in custody due to thrashing and not because of encephalitis, an autopsy report concluded.
Oct 14, 2016, at 02:15 am
Srinagar, oct 13 (IBNS): Pakistan based banned militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba asserted that the outfit doesn't have any women wing in the Kashmir Valley.
Kigali climate meet: India announces domestic law to stop HFC-23 emissions
Oct 14, 2016, at 01:25 am
Kigali (Rwanda), Oct 13 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): In a major development to phase down hydro-fluorocarbons (HFCs), the Indian government has unveiled a domestic legislation that mandates control on the emissions of trifluoro-methane (HFC-23), which is a super greenhouse gas.
NIA probes nexus between Nagalnd govt officials and militants
Oct 14, 2016, at 01:13 am
Guwahati, Oct 13 (IBNS): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has found vital clues of nexus between government officials of Nagaland and militants.
Assam deports 10 illegal migrants to Bangladesh
Oct 14, 2016, at 12:40 am
Guwahati, Oct 13 (IBNS): Assam's Cachar district administration on Thursday deported ten illegal Bangladeshi migrants including two kids and a woman to Bangladesh.
Jammu gets IIM, Omar lashes out at Mehbooba, Modi
Oct 14, 2016, at 12:20 am
Srinagar, Oct 13 (IBNS): Accusing the state and central governments of indulging in 'partisan politics', former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah slammed both Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Four killed in Mumbai house collapse
Oct 13, 2016, at 11:50 pm
Mumbai, Oct 13 (IBNS): Four people, including three children, were killed after a five-storey building collapsed in a Mumbai slum area in Bandra east on Thursday, reports said.
Modi's effigy burning row: JNU orders probe, HMO demands report
Oct 13, 2016, at 11:00 pm
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IBNS): The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Thursday ordered a probe into the Prime Minister's effigy burning row.
BJP forces total shutdown in Kerala
Oct 13, 2016, at 10:21 pm
Thiruvanthapuram, Oct 13 (IBNS) : The Bharaitya Janata Party managed to force a dawn-to-dusk shutdown in most parts of Kerala on Thursday in protest against the murder of a party worker allegedly by CPI(M) men, reports said.
BJP protests burning of PM Modi’s effigy on Dussehra, Cong says nothing unusual
Oct 13, 2016, at 10:13 pm
Patna, Oct 13 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has reacted bitterly to the burning of effigy of demon king Ravana with faces of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party chief Amit Shah and eight others on Dussehra and described as indicative of low-level politics in India.
Five storey building collapses in Mumbai's Bandra
Oct 13, 2016, at 10:07 pm
Mumbai, Oct 13 (IBNS) : A five-storey building collapsed in a Mumbai slum area in Bandra east on Thursday, reports said.
Woman cop commits suicide at Kolkata airport
Oct 13, 2016, at 09:11 pm
Kolkata, Oct 13 (IBNS): An on-duty woman constable of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) committed suicide in the wee hours of Thursday at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI-CCU) Airport in Kolkata, officials said.
Sahibganj bypass in Jharkhand to be linked with Manihari bypass in Bihar
Oct 13, 2016, at 08:10 pm
New Delhi, Oct 13: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Thursday, approved the construction of a new link between Sahibganj bypass in Jharkhand to Manihari bypass in Bihar, including a four-lane bridge on river Ganga.
Every country has self defence rights : US backs India on surgical strikes issue
Oct 13, 2016, at 08:05 pm
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IBNS) : Defending India for carrying surgical strikes after the Uri attack, the US has said that it supports the right of self-defence that every country enjoys, media reports said.
Muslim Law Board on war path over Centre's move to formulate uniform Civil Code
Oct 13, 2016, at 07:30 pm
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IBNS) : Observing that a uniform civil code is "not good for India," the Muslim Personal Law Board said on Thursday that it will boycott the Law Commission questionnaire, sent to the public to gauge public opinion on triple talaq and other anti-women practices across religions.
India and Hungary to cooperate in the field of water management
Oct 13, 2016, at 07:27 pm
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IBNS): A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Hungary on cooperation in the field of water management will be signed soon following the approval of the same by the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Thursday.
Residential colonies of select AIIMS New Delhi campuses to be redeveloped
Oct 13, 2016, at 07:16 pm
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IBNS): Residential colonies at West Ansari Nagar and Ayur Vigyan Nagar campuses of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AllMS), New Delhi, will be redeveloped after the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the same on Thursday.
Cabinet apprised of India and Qatar MoU on cooperation in the field of youth and sports
Oct 13, 2016, at 06:59 pm
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IBNS): The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Thursday, has been apprised of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on April 7, 1999 and the First Executive Programme for MoU signed with Qatar on bilateral cooperation in the field of Youth and Sports signed on June 5, 2016.
Uniform Civil Code : Law Commission sends questions to gauge public opinion
Oct 13, 2016, at 06:46 pm
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IBNS) : As the Narendra Modi Government intends to go for a uniform civil code, the Law Commission has gone to the people to take their opinions on triple talaq and polygamy.
Manohar Parrikar expects more defence contracts to be signed in current financial year
Oct 13, 2016, at 06:16 pm
Mumbai/New Delhi, Oct 13 (IBNS): Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar expects another Rs 50,000-60,000 cr worth of defence contracts to be signed during current financial year, the media reported on Thursday.
China says India need not ‘jealous’ of deepening ties between Beijing and Dhaka
Oct 13, 2016, at 05:29 pm
Patna, Oct 13 (The Bihar Post International Desk/IBNS): China has said India need not worry over its growing ties with Bangladesh.