Delhi garbage logjam: MCD teachers join other employees as strike enters day 7
Feb 01, 2016, at 08:03 pm
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IBNS): Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung has called an emergency meeting with the 27 unions of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) as the logjam between Delhi's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government and the BJP-led MCD over funding of salaries of MCD employees took a turn for the worse with teachers from nearly 16,000 schools deciding to strike work on Monday.
Kapu community withdraws protest in Andhra Pradesh
Feb 01, 2016, at 06:43 pm
Hyderabad, Feb 1 (IBNS): The Kapu community of Andhra Pradesh, who were demanding reservation and Backward Classes status for them on Sunday and whose demonstrations had turned violent, have called off their protest.
Jammu and Kashmir governor asks PDP, BJP to clarify stand on govt. formation
Feb 01, 2016, at 06:42 pm
Srinagar, Feb 1 (IBNS) Amid a political stalemate over government formation after People's Democratic Party (PDP) showed its reluctance to continue with coalition partner BJP till it meets their demands for the state, Jammu and Kashmir Governor NN Vohra has asked both the political outfits to hold talks on Tuesday and clear their position.
ST/SC panel chief Punia certifies Vemula as a dalit
Feb 01, 2016, at 05:13 pm
Lucknow, Feb 1 (IBNS) Contrary to claims made by India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, ST/SC commission chairman PL Punia said on Sunday that Rohit Vemula, the scholar who hanged himself after being discarded by the University of Hyderabad, was indeed a Dalit (backward caste).
Chennai: Teen mowed down by train while attempting to click selfie
Feb 01, 2016, at 04:45 pm
Chennai, Feb 1 (IBNS) Adding to the growing number of 'selfie death', a 17-year old youth on Sunday evening was mowed down by a train when he tried to click a selfie while standing on the tracks, according to reports.
Delhi: Dense fog delays several flights
Feb 01, 2016, at 04:44 pm
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IBNS) Poor visibility due to dense fog delayed several flights at the Indira Gandhi International Airport on Monday, according to reports.
Prez and PM greet Indian Coast Guard on their 39th anniversary
Feb 01, 2016, at 04:04 pm
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IBNS) President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday greeted the Indian Coast Guard on their 39th anniversary.
I was misinterpreted: Yashwant Sinha
Feb 01, 2016, at 02:23 pm
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IBNS) Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha has said his remarks on former PM Indira Gandhi and current PM Narendra Modi was 'misinterpreted' .
Quota protests rock Andhra Pradesh, train bogies set on fire
Feb 01, 2016, at 01:43 pm
Visakapatnam, Feb 1 (IBNS): Violent protests hit East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh as demonstrators belonging to the Kapu community blocked highways, railway lines and and set fire on train bogies on Sunday.
No govt formation till BJP helps realise Mufi's vision: PDP
Feb 01, 2016, at 05:28 am
Srinagar, Jan 31 (IBNS) Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday said it will take a call on government formation in Jammu and Kashmir as and when it is confident that the vision and mission of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed will be carried forward and implemented in letter and spirit.
Kapu quota protest turns violent in Andhra, eight train bogies torched
Feb 01, 2016, at 04:31 am
Hyderabad, Jan 31 (IBNS) Eight bogies of a train were set on fire by a violent mob of Kapu community in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh on Sunday evening demanding reservation and backward caste status for them, said media reports.
3rd T20I: Yuvraj, Raina pull off a nail-biting win, clinch series 3-0
Jan 31, 2016, at 11:26 pm
Sydney, Jan 31 (IBNS) Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina pulled off a humdinger of a game as India won the final match of the T20I series by 7 wickets beating hosts Australia here on Sunday.
Student found dead in school: Delhi government orders probe
Jan 31, 2016, at 09:21 pm
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IBNS) The Delhi government has order a probe into the death of a six-year-old boy at his school in south Delhi.
Delhi garbage: Striking sanitation workers clash with AAP's clean-up team
Jan 31, 2016, at 08:23 pm
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IBNS): Sanitation workers of municipal corporations in Delhi, who are in strike, on Sunday clashed with the Aam Aadmi Party's team taking part in a clean-up drive in the city, media reports said.
AAP Ministers take part in garbage clean-up drive in Delhi
Jan 31, 2016, at 07:22 pm
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IBNS): With the strike by sanitation workers of municipal corporations in Delhi entering its fifth day, ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)'s ministers and lawmakers are taking part in a clean-up drive in the city on Sunday.
Rohith Vemula was not a Dalit : Sushma Swaraj
Jan 31, 2016, at 05:47 pm
Mumbai, Jan 31 (IBNS) Hours after Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi held the NDA government responsible for Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula's suicide, External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj claimed that the scholar was not a Dalit.
PM Modi urges citizens to have at least one pair of Khadi in their wardrobe
Jan 31, 2016, at 05:25 pm
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing the nation on 16th edition of monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat', urged all people to have at least one pair of Khadi in their wardrobe.
CBI searches residences of retired Vyapam officials
Jan 31, 2016, at 05:17 pm
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IBNS) CBI on Saturday carried out searches across Madhya Pradesh at seven residential premises of former supervisors of Vyapam examinations who had allegedly tampered answer sheets of some candidates, reports said.
PM Modi's Mann ki Baat: Want to bring 50 per cent farmers under crop insurance
Jan 31, 2016, at 05:14 pm
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that he plans to bring 50 percent farmers under the farmers loan in the next couple of years.
PDP workers' meeting in Srinagar today
Jan 31, 2016, at 04:37 pm
Srinagar, Jan 31 (IBNS) The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will hold a workers meeting in Srinagar on Sunday as the issue of government formation in Jammu and Kashmir continues to keep suspense.
LeT commander, 2 associates killed in Kashmir
Jan 31, 2016, at 04:24 am
Srinagar, Jan 30 (IBNS) In a fierce gunbattle on Saturday with security forces three militants including top Lashkar Militant were killed in north Kashmir’s Dardpora, Lolab area of Kupwara.
Jan 31, 2016, at 03:44 am
Srinagar, Jan 30 (IBNS) A young boy was killed on Saturday while two others were injured when they got struck in a snow avalanche in Machil area of North Kashmir near the Line of Control as the area witnessed heavy snowfall for the past two days.
Former Army Chief General K.V. Krishna Rao passes away
Jan 31, 2016, at 01:41 am
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IBNS) Former Army Chief General K.V. Krishna Rao passed away in New Delhi on Saturday.
New Delhi: Student dies in school campus
Jan 31, 2016, at 01:05 am
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IBNS) A six-year-old student has died after falling in the water storage tank at his school in New Delhi, reports said on Saturday.
Kolkata hit-and-run case: Sohrab, Johny, Sanu sent to jail custody till Feb 11
Jan 31, 2016, at 12:16 am
Kolkata, Jan 30 (IBNS): A sessions court in Kolkata sent Sambia Sohrab and his friends Sanu and Johny, who were earlier arrested in connection with the Red Road hit-and- run case, to jail custody till Feb 11.
Shatrughan Sinha questions 'advisors' on Presidential Rule on Arunachal Pradesh
Jan 31, 2016, at 12:15 am
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IBNS) BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha on Saturday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'advisors' who had 'advised' him over the issue of President's Rule in Arunachal Pradesh.
Haryana receives proposals for investment of Rs 5000 crore
Jan 30, 2016, at 10:04 pm
Kolkata Jan 30 (IBNS): Haryana has received proposals for investment of Rs 5000 crore from the potential investors of Kolkata in the field of food processing, manufacturing, infrastructure, power, solar energy, hospitality, IT, e-governance and education, state Chief Minister ManoharLal Khattar said in Kolkata on Saturday.
Kamduni rape and murder case: 3 get death penalty, rest sentenced to life imprisonment
Jan 30, 2016, at 09:44 pm
Kolkata, Jan 30 (IBNS): A sessions court in Kolkata on Saturday awarded death sentence to three men after convicting them for gang-raping and murdering a 21-year-old girl at Kamduni village in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district in June 2013.
Kamduni rape-murder case: Court sentences 3 convicts to death, others get life imprisonment
Jan 30, 2016, at 09:35 pm
Kolkata, Jan 30 (IBNS): In a crucial verdict, a Kolkata court on Saturday awarded death sentence to three convicts in the brutal rape and murder of a college girl in North 24 Parganas' Kamduni village in June 2013.
Datta Padsalgikar named as Mumbai Police Commissioner
Jan 30, 2016, at 09:25 pm
Mumbai, Jan 30 (IBNS) Datta Padsalgikar has been named as the new Police Commissioner of Mumbai.