Kashmir to remain shut today after truck driver dies over beef rumours
Oct 19, 2015, at 03:24 pm
Srinagar, Oct 19 (IBNS): The Kashmir Valley is all set to remain shut on Monday after separatist groups have called a strike to protest against the death of a truck driver who was attacked with a petrol bomb in Udhampur following beef rumours around 10 days ago.
Kolkata: Police close access to Deshapriya Park pandal indefinitely
Oct 19, 2015, at 05:57 am
Kolkata, Oct 18 (IBNS): With 11 people being injured in near stampede-like-situation, Kolkata Police Commissioner Surajit Kar Purakayastha on Sunday announced to indefinitely close access to visit Deshapriya Park pandal in south Kolkata for worshippers.
Kolkata: "World's largest Durga" becomes inaccessible for overcrowding
Oct 19, 2015, at 03:01 am
Kolkata, Oct 18 (IBNS): The Kolkata Police on Sunday evening closed worshippers access into the Deshapriya Park puja pandal, where World's largest 88.5 feet Durga idol has been installed, for overcrowding.
Oct 19, 2015, at 02:14 am
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IBNS): The Central Bureau of Investigation on Sunday said its officials have arrested two people in connection with the Rail Neer corruption case.
Oct 19, 2015, at 12:01 am
Kolkata, Oct 18 (IBNS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday called the verdict given by the Supreme Court on striking down the National Judicial Appointments Commission Act as being based on "erroneous logic".
Kashmir truck attack victim dies, violence erupts
Oct 18, 2015, at 11:28 pm
Srinagar, Oct 18 (IBNS) The conductor of a truck, who has been identified as Zahid Ahmed, injured in a bomb attack on a truck in Udhampur on Oct 9 died on Sunday, reports said.
Ahead of protest march, Hardik detained near Rajkot stadium
Oct 18, 2015, at 10:00 pm
Rajkot, Oct 18 (IBNS): Hardik Patel, the 22-year-old leader of Gujarat's Patel community, has been detained 5 kms from the stadium in Rajkot where the third one-day international match between India and South Africa is being held, media reports said on Sunday.
WB: Kharagpur IIT students drown in Digha sea
Oct 18, 2015, at 08:44 pm
Kolkata, Oct 18 (IBNS): Two students of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur drowned while swimming in the sea at New Digha in West Bengal's East Midnapore district on Sunday, reports said.
PM upset over BJP leaders' beef remarks, Amit Shah cracks whip
Oct 18, 2015, at 08:41 pm
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah on Sunday pulled up his party leaders for their controversial remarks on Dadri and beef row, media reports said.
WB: Miscreant killed in gun battle with police
Oct 18, 2015, at 06:59 pm
Kolkata, Oct 18 (IBNS): A miscreant was killed during a gun battle between the police and goons at Belur's Jay Bibi Lane area in Howrah district of West Bengal in the wee hours of Sunday, reports said.
Child murder in Kolkata: Aunt, grandmother arrested, sent to police custody
Oct 18, 2015, at 06:51 pm
Kolkata, Oct 18 (IBNS): Police on Saturday arrested two suspects in connection with the murder of a three-and-a-half-year old child in Kolkata, reports said.
Delhi toddler rape: Two juveniles arrested
Oct 18, 2015, at 05:27 pm
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IBNS): Two juveniles have been detained by the Delhi Police in connection with the rape of a two-and-a-half-year-old girl, media reports said.
Hardik warns to protest at Rajkot stadium, heavy security in place
Oct 18, 2015, at 04:27 pm
Rajkot, Oct 18 (IBNS): After Gujarat, Hardik Patel, the 22-year-old leader of Gujarat's Patel community, has now threatened to stage a protest at Rajkot stadium, which is the venue of the third one-day international or ODI match between India and South Africa in the district on Sunday.
Oct 18, 2015, at 02:34 am
Kolkata, Oct 17 (IBNS): Members of the Kalyani Youth Leadership Foundation (KYLF), who are students of the Globsyn Business School, distributed clothes and fruits to 51 inmates of the Home for Old & Infirm Political Sufferers at Subhasgram at South 24-Parganas district of West Bengal on the Mahalaya day.
Union govt's attempt to control judiciary not in consonance with democratic polity : Tarun Gogoi
Oct 18, 2015, at 02:33 am
Guwahati, Oct 17 (IBNS) : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Saturday said that the legislature, the executive and the judiciary, the three main organs of the state, have to work in tandem for a strong and healthy democracy.
Amended MHA notification leaves sensitive and vital issues unresolved : Assam CM
Oct 18, 2015, at 02:31 am
Guwahati, Oct 17 (IBNS) : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Saturday said that the Centre's Ministry of Home Affairs amended the Passport (Entry into India) Rules, 1950 and Foreigners' Order 1948 in a haste leaving many sensitive and vital issues unresolved thus further compounding the vexed foreigners' problem in Assam.
Assam : Six people of a family killed in road mishap
Oct 18, 2015, at 02:05 am
Guwahati, Oct 17 (IBNS) : At least six people of a family, including two child and two women, were killed in a road mishap in Assam’s Nagaon district on Saturday, officials said.
Give the control of Delhi Police to us: Avind Kejriwal asks PM Narendra Modi
Oct 18, 2015, at 01:56 am
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IBNS): With Delhi witnessing fresh rape incidents, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to give the control of the Delhi Police to his government for a year.
Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu mourns loss of lives in road mishap
Oct 18, 2015, at 12:51 am
Hyderabad, Oct 17 (IBNS) Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday mourned the death of 15 people in a mishap at Prakasam district of his state.
Country is proud to host India-Africa Forum Summit 2015: PM Narendra Modi
Oct 17, 2015, at 11:31 pm
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the country is proud to host the India-Africa Forum Summit 2015.
Two Day 10th Annual Convention of the Central Information Commission concludes today
Oct 17, 2015, at 10:36 pm
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IBNS): The two- day 10th Annual Convention of the Central Information Commission concluded here on Saturday.
School girl commits suicide in Nodia after harassment by three men
Oct 17, 2015, at 08:03 pm
Noida, Oct 17 (IBNS) In shocking incident, a girl studying in class 11 committed suicide on Friday because after being harassed by three men for over a month, reports said.
What Modi and LG doing, Kejriwal asks over rape of minors
Oct 17, 2015, at 07:07 pm
New Delhi, Oct 17(IBNS) As Delhi witnessed witnessed back to back incidents of rapes of minors, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday lashed out at the centre and the capital's Lieutenant Govnor Najib over the security situation in the national capital.
Youth lynched allegedly for smuggling cattle in Himachal Pradsh
Oct 17, 2015, at 06:43 pm
Saharan, Himachal Pradesh, Oct 17 (IBNS) Less than a month after Mohammed Akhlaq was lynched in Dadri, a 20-year-old man has been beaten to death by a group of men in Himachal Pradesh on Friday for transporting cattle, including cows and bulls.
Another Vyapam death : Body of retired IFS officer found on railway tracks
Oct 17, 2015, at 06:07 pm
Jharsuguda, Odisha, Oct 17 (IBNS) A retired Indian Forest Services officer, who had served as an observer for two recruitment tests conducted by the Vyapam, has been found dead on railway tracks in Odisha's Jharsuguda reviving the memory of the parade of mystery deaths in the recent past.
13 killed in mini bus-truck collission in Andhra Pradesh
Oct 17, 2015, at 05:33 pm
Hyderabad, Oct 17 (IBNS) At least 13 members of a marriage party, including three children, were killed and 15 were injured when a minibus and a truck collided on Saturday in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh.
Will return award if Sahitya Akademi remains silent : Vikram Seth
Oct 17, 2015, at 04:40 pm
New Delhi, Oct 17(IBNS) Acclaimed novelist and poet Vikram Seth has said he will return the Sahitya Akademi award if the literary body remains "mealy mouthed" on free speech and the protection of writers.
Attack on minor girls goes on in Delhi: Two more minors gang-raped
Oct 17, 2015, at 04:06 pm
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IBNS) A week after the rape and torture of a four-year-old girl in the national capital, two more girl children have been gang-raped in two different parts of Delhi on the same day, reports said.
CBI busts fake bottled water racket operating in trains
Oct 17, 2015, at 03:46 pm
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IBNS) Sleuths of the Central Bureau of Investigation have busted a counterfeit packaged drinking water racket involving Railway officials and contractors that used to operate on board trains to supply drinking water other than the Indian Railway's Rail Neer brand.
CBI busts Rail Neer racket, recovers around Rs. 20 cr during searches
Oct 17, 2015, at 04:24 am
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IBNS): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday registered a case against two then Chief Commercial Managers (Catering), Northern Railways and seven private firms based at Delhi on the allegations that the accused had shown favour to these private firms in supply of cheap packaged drinking water (PDW) other than mandatory “Rail Neer†in premium trains including Rajdhani and Shatabdi Express.