Police in Nasik suspends mobile internet and bulk sms

Oct 11, 2016, at 08:29 pm

Nasik, Oct 11 (IBNS): In Maharashtra, Nasik police has suspended all mobile internet and bulk sms services after violent protests over alleged rape of minor girl, the media reported on Tuesday.

RSS adopts new dress code from Dussehra

Oct 11, 2016, at 08:28 pm

Patna, Oct 11 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the ideological fountainhead of the BJP, on Tuesday, adopted trousers as part of its dress code, replacing its iconic Khaki shorts, its trademark uniform for the past 90 years.

Pampore attack enters second day, police resumes operation

Oct 11, 2016, at 06:00 pm

Pampore, Oct 11 (IBNS): The security forces on Tuesday morning resumed operation to flush out hiding militants inside a government building near Pampore town of Kashmir's Pulwama district.

PM Modi pays homage to Nanaji Deshmukh, JP Narayan on birth anniversary

Oct 11, 2016, at 04:20 pm

New Delhi, Oct 11 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid homage to late social activist Nanaji Deshmukh and politician Jayprakash Narayan on their respective birth anniversaries.

PM Modi greets RSS on foundation day

Oct 11, 2016, at 04:09 pm

New Delhi, Oct 11 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday greeted the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right wing outfit and the BJP's ideological mentor, on their foundation day.

PM Modi greets nation on Vijaya Dashmi

Oct 11, 2016, at 03:58 pm

New Delhi, Oct 11 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday greeted the nation on the occasion of Vijaya Dashmi.

Suicide car bombing rocks Afghan city, Taliban shoulders responsibility

Oct 11, 2016, at 03:55 am

Kabul, Oct 10 (IBNS): A suicide car bombing on Monday rocked the Afghan city of Lashkargarh, reports said.

New Delhi: Girls take over traffic signals to mark International Day of the Girl

Oct 11, 2016, at 03:38 am

New Delhi, Oct 10 (JEN): To commemorate International Day of the Girl on Oct 11, a UN-declared international observance day to support greater opportunities for girls and end gender discrimination, teenage girls from marginalised communities stepped into the roles of traffic policemen and manned traffic in New Delhi.

INA to conduct annual Dilli Seminar

Oct 11, 2016, at 03:34 am

Ezhimala, Oct 10 (IBNS): Indian Naval Academy (INA) will conduct the third edition of the prestigious annual Dilli seminar on October 14 and 15, 2016, an official release stated.

Kashmir: State govt orders closure of WiMAX services

Oct 11, 2016, at 02:53 am

Srinagar, Oct 10 (IBNS): As Kashmir continues to remain on the edge with no let up in the protests, injuries and killings, government seems to be stuck with experimenting of mobile phone and internet connectivity believing that it may end the stalemate in the valley.

Cop gets death threat for recital of ‘Kashmir to hoga lekin Pakistan…’ poem

Oct 11, 2016, at 01:47 am

Patna, Oct 10 (IBNS): Manoj Thakur, head constable from Himachal Pradesh, whose recital of a patriotic poem went viral in the social media after the Uri attack, has reportedly been receiving death threats from Pakistani people.

Pampore attack: Omar Abdullah slams militants, centre and state govt

Oct 11, 2016, at 01:39 am

Srinagar, Oct 10 (IBNS): Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference working president Omar Abdullah slammed the suspected militants for targeting Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI) building for the second time this year, saying the ultras don't want young Kashmiri boys and girls to stand on their feet.

Akhilesh Yadav backs Rahul Gandhi's Khoon ki dalali remark

Oct 11, 2016, at 12:01 am

Lucknow, Oct 10 (IBNS) : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday backed Rahul Gandhi’s ‘khoon ki dalali’ comment aimed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the Congress Vice-President must have had his reasons.

West Bengal: Durga idols vandalized in two places, 1 held

Oct 10, 2016, at 11:52 pm

Kolkata/Siliguri, Oct 10 (IBNS): Two idols of goddess Durga were allegedly ransacked by miscreants at two different locations in West Bengal during Bengali community's biggest festive session.

Jayalalithaa continues to be under medical support, experts monitoring condition, says hospital

Oct 10, 2016, at 11:17 pm

Chennai, Oct 10 (IBNS): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa continues to be under treatment and is being “constantly monitored by experts, a statement from Apollo Hospitals said on Monday.

Bihar : Three members of a family electrocuted

Oct 10, 2016, at 09:11 pm

Patna, Oct 10 (The Bihar Post): Three members of a family died after coming into contact with live wires in Bihar's Gaya district on Monday.

Maoists blow up railway track in Jharkhand

Oct 10, 2016, at 08:06 pm

Ranchi, Oct 10 (IBNS): Undergrond Maoists blew up a section of railway track in Jharkhand's Bokaro district on Sunday night, reports said.

INS Sumitra visits Surabaya, Indonesia 10 – 12 Oct 16

Oct 10, 2016, at 07:42 pm

New Delhi, Oct 10 (IBNS) : In pursuit of India’s ‘Act East’ policy and outreach to friendly countries, the Indian Navy’s Offshore Patrol Vessel Sumitra, has arrived at Surabaya, Indonesia on a two day visit from 10-12 Oct 16, as part of its deployment to the South Western Pacific Ocean,according to a release issued by the Press Information Bureau of India.

President Pranab Mukherjee greets people on the eve of Dusserah

Oct 10, 2016, at 07:31 pm

New Delhi, Oct 10 (IBNS) : President Pranab Mukherjee has sent his greetings to the people on the eve of Dussehra.

CPI(M) worker killed in Kerala

Oct 10, 2016, at 07:14 pm

Kannur, Kerala, Oct 10 (IBNS): A CPI (M) worker was killed by unidentified miscreants in Kerala's Kannur on Monday, reports said.

Traffic paralysed as protesters torch buses in Nashik

Oct 10, 2016, at 04:51 pm

Nashik, Oct 10 (IBNS): Angry protesters took to streets and torched several bus as traffic was paralysed for nearly eight hours in Vilholi near Nashik on Sunday evening, following an incident of rape of a five-year old on Saturday, reports said.

J&K: Militants attack govt building in Pampore

Oct 10, 2016, at 03:32 pm

Srinagar, Oct 10 (IBNS): In an ongoing firefight with militants , one army man was injured in Pampore town of south Kashmir after militants stormed a government building.

Kashmiri locals rescue injured Indian Army jawan in Srinagar

Oct 10, 2016, at 04:41 am

Srinagar, Oct 9 (IBNS): Winnings hearts across the nation, few Kashmiri locals on Sunday rescued an Indian Army jawan who met with an accident on the in Srinagar city, media reports said.

Suspected radioactive leakage: Timely response by NDRF prevented panic at IGI Airport

Oct 10, 2016, at 03:25 am

New Delhi, Oct 9 (IBNS): CISF officials on duty at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi intimated the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Control Room about suspected radioactive leakage out of a sanitized container from the consignment that came on an Air France plane on Saturday.

SSB seized synthetic drug worth Rs.6 crores on Indo-Nepal Border, officials

Oct 10, 2016, at 03:03 am

New Delhi, Oct 9 (IBNS): Troops of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) 41st Battallion Ranidanga, West Bengal seized two Boxes of Methamphetamine (ICE) synthetic drug weighing 1.1 kg and apprehended one person, officials said.

Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu meets Rajnath Singh

Oct 10, 2016, at 01:55 am

New Delhi, Oct 9 (IBNS): Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh Pema Khandu met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh here on Sunday.

President of India inaugurates new academic block of IKRDC

Oct 10, 2016, at 01:43 am

Kirnahar, Oct 5 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the new academic block of Intensive Khadi & Rural Development Centre (IKRDC) in memory of his wife, late Suvra Mukherjee on Sunday at Kirnahar in West Bengal.

Goa perfumer death: One arrested

Oct 10, 2016, at 01:00 am

Panaji, Oct 9 (IBNS): The Goa Police on Sunday arrested a person in connection with the death of perfumer Monika Ghurde, media reports said.

Most wanted criminals from Kerala booked in Kolkata

Oct 10, 2016, at 12:01 am

Kolkata, Oct 9 (IBNS): Kolkata Police's Special Task Force (STF) and anti-rowdy squad on Thursday night arrested two top criminals of Kerala from Howrah Bridge (Rabindra Setu) area and recovered firearms from their possession, reports said on Sunday.

President Pranab Mukherjee wishes on Durga Puja

Oct 09, 2016, at 11:59 pm

New Delhi, Oct 9 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday greeted the nation on the occasion of Durga Puja and wished that people build a society in which woman are respected as equal partners.