"UK-India can be unbeatable combination in skills, training"
Oct 10, 2015, at 04:35 am
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IBNS): Responding to the Indian Government's 'Skill India' campaign, a delegation of British professional qualification providers will visit India this week.
Oct 10, 2015, at 04:28 am
Kolkata, Oct 9 (IBNS): Union Minister of State for Steel and Mines Vishnu Deo Sai has urged Joint Plant Committee (JPC) and Institute for Steel Development and Growth (INSDAG) to take meaningful steps for helping India achieve the second position in the world so far as the production of steel is concerned.
Nagas and Assamese vow to foster fraternity
Oct 10, 2015, at 03:49 am
Guwahati, Oct 9 (IBNS): Towards building friendship and fraternity between the two neighbouring communities, Naga and Assamese civil societies on Friday advocated for consistent dialogues at various levels to bring to an end the festering distrust, suspicions and widening gulf between the two states.
Rajnath Singh reiterates talks offer to militant groups who shun violence
Oct 10, 2015, at 02:26 am
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IBNS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said the central government will uphold the nation’s dignity, security and integrity.
Mamata Banerjee inaugurates Kolkata's Parama flyover
Oct 10, 2015, at 01:52 am
Kolkata, Oct 9 (IBNS): West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurated Kolkata's most awaited and longest Parama Flyover on Friday.
Gogoi slams PM Modi for silence on Dadri incident, thanks President for timely intervention
Oct 10, 2015, at 01:48 am
Guwahati, Oct 9 (IBNS): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday castigated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for maintaining a stony silence on the Dadri incident for too long when it threatened to snowball into a volatile situation.
NDFB(S) militant nabbed in Assam
Oct 10, 2015, at 01:45 am
Guwahati, Oct 9 (IBNS): Security forces on Thursday night apprehended a hardcore NDFB(S) militant from Assam's Bongaigaon district, officials said on Friday.
Assam CM urges PM Modi for restoration of Special Category Status
Oct 10, 2015, at 01:41 am
Guwahati, Oct 9 (IBNS): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to restore Special Category Status for Assam and other North Eastern States.
HDFC Bank launches new campaign
Oct 10, 2015, at 01:30 am
Mumbai, Oct 9 (IBN): HDFC Bank on Friday announced its integrated, nationwide brand campaign, 'Har Zaroorat Poori Ho Chutki Mein, Bank Aapki Mutthi Mein'.
Cabinet Secretary reviews the prices of essential commodities
Oct 10, 2015, at 12:36 am
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IBNS) The Cabinet Secretary reviewed the prices of essential commodities especially onions and pulses at a high-level meeting with Secretaries of Consumer Affairs, Agriculture, Food & Public Distribution, Commerce, Expenditure and others on Friday.
Army's Northern Command celebrates Raising Day
Oct 09, 2015, at 11:31 pm
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IBNS) The Territorial Army (TA) celebrated its 66th Raising Day on Friday.
Arvind Kejriwal sacks Asim Ahmed Khan
Oct 09, 2015, at 10:42 pm
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IBNS): Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday sacked food and civil supplies minister Asim Ahmed Khan over corruption charges.
Oct 09, 2015, at 09:33 pm
Chennai/ Kolkata, Oct 9 (IBNS): As the International Day of the Girl Child is being observed on Oct 11 across the world, girl children in India continue to voice their concerns in a bid to be heard.
Ghulam Ali to perform in Delhi in December: Arvind Kejriwal
Oct 09, 2015, at 09:08 pm
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IBNS): Delhi CM Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said Pakistani ghazal singer Ghulam Ali will perform in the national capital in December.
Pune: Man seen walking on road with wife's head
Oct 09, 2015, at 08:44 pm
Pune, Oct 9 (IBNS): In a shocking visual for people of Pune, a person was caught on camera walking on the street of the Maharashtra city with a severed head on Friday.
President Mukherjee greets Fiji ahead of their Independence Day
Oct 09, 2015, at 07:22 pm
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IBNS) President of India Pranab Mukherjee on Friday extended his greetings to Fiji on the eve of their Independence Day (Oct 10, 2015).
RJD to approach EC over PM Modi's Shaitaan remark against Lalu Prasad
Oct 09, 2015, at 06:09 pm
Patna, Oct 9 (IBNS) Taking strong exception to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "Shaitaan" remark, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad plans to complain with the Election Commission, reports said.
Two men raping a woman is not gang-rape : Karnataka minister
Oct 09, 2015, at 05:27 pm
Bengaluru, Oct 9 (IBNS) Karnataka Home Minister KJ George on Friday stirred a controversy when he said that two men raping a woman is not gangrape, reports said.
Dadri lynching : Forensic test proves the meat found in Akhlaq's house was mutton, not beef
Oct 09, 2015, at 04:56 pm
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IBNS) In a new twist to the Dadri lynching incident, forensic test has reportedly found that the meat collected from victim Mohammad Akhlaq's house was mutton and not beef.
United opposition in Bengal boycott today's civic election re-polling
Oct 09, 2015, at 04:13 pm
Kolkata, Oct 9 (IBNS) A united oppoistion of the Left, Congress and the BJP in West Bengal has decided to boycott Friday's re-polls ordered by the newly appointed State Election Commissioner of West Bengal in 9 out of the 438 booths in Kolkata's Salt Lake and at 2 in Asansol.
Chopping off of hand of an Indian woman in Saudi Arabia is brutal: Sushma Swaraj
Oct 09, 2015, at 03:18 pm
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IBNS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday called the alleged chopping off of hand of an Indian woman by her employer in Saudi Arabia as 'brutal'.
Tolerance and co-existence are basic tenets of our civilization: President
Oct 09, 2015, at 04:53 am
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee has said that tolerance and co-existence are basic tenets of our civilization.
WB municipal election: Re-poll on Friday, TMC welcomes, oppositions to boycott
Oct 09, 2015, at 04:27 am
Kolkata, Oct 8 (IBNS): The opposition parties including the Left Front (LF), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress on Thursday decided to boycott the re-poll in West Bengal's Bidhannagar (Salt Lake) and Asansol municipal corporations, which will be conducted on Friday.
No blockade by India on Nepal, either official or unofficial: MEA
Oct 09, 2015, at 04:18 am
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IBNS): External Affairs Ministry (MEA) spokesperson Vikas Swarup on Thursday said that there is no blockade by India on Nepal, either official or unofficial.
Saradha: Manoranjana Sinh, Santanu Ghosh sent to CBI custody till Oct 13
Oct 09, 2015, at 02:26 am
Kolkata, Oct 8 (IBNS): A local court in Kolkata on Thursday sent former Union Minister Matang Sinh's estranged wife Manoranjana Sinh and city-based businessman Santanu Ghosh to the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) custody for 5 days.
Mamata Banerjee offers to host Ghulam Ali concert in Kolkata
Oct 09, 2015, at 01:08 am
Kolkata, Oct 8 (IBNS) A day after celebrated Pakistani ghazal Singer Gulam Ali's concert was cancelled in Mumbai, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday offered to host it in Kolkata.
Hindus and Muslims, fight poverty, not each other: Modi says without mentioning Dadri
Oct 09, 2015, at 12:54 am
Nawada, Bihar, Oct 8 (IBNS) In a tough balancing act of silencing his critics without openly condemning the Dadri lynching, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday used his development agenda to call upon Hindus and Muslims to fight poverty rather than fighting each other.
PM Modi attacks Lalu on beef eating, Nitish flays Modi for silence on Dadri lynching
Oct 08, 2015, at 11:19 pm
Munger, Bihar, Oct 8 (IBNS) As the Bihar poll campaign reached a dizzy height, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hit out at RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav for his comment on beef eating and was promptly attacked by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for his "defeaning silence" on the Dadri mob killing in Uttar Pradesh.
Belarusian author Svetlana Alexievich gets Nobel laurel for literature
Oct 08, 2015, at 10:40 pm
Stockholm, Oct 8 (IBNS) Belarus writer Svetlana Alexievich has won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature, reports said.
Oct 08, 2015, at 10:18 pm
Lucknow, Oct 8 (IBNS) Ten days after the Dadri lynching, Samajwadi Party chief Mul yam Singh Yadav on Thursday said those behind the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots were involved in this case and the state will take stern action against them "even if we have to sacrifice the government."