PM Modi to chair meeting with CMs of North-Eastern states tomorrow
Jul 14, 2015, at 11:40 pm
New Delhi, July 14 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a meeting with Chief Ministers from the North-Eastern states, including Sikkim on Wednesday evening.
PM Narendra Modi pained at loss of lives in Andhra Pradesh stampede
Jul 14, 2015, at 10:42 pm
New Delhi/Rajahmundry, July 14 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said he was deeply pained by the loss of lives in a stampede during Godavari Pushkaralu festival in Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh.
IPL betting verdict : Raj Kundra, Meiyappan banned for life; CSK and RR suspended for two years
Jul 14, 2015, at 09:29 pm
New Delhi, Jul 14 (IBNS) In a big blow to Indian Premier League (IPL), the major money spinner in Indian cricket, Justice Lodha panel on Tuesday banned for life CSK team official Gurunath Meiyappan and Rajasthan Royals co-owner Raj Kundra from all forms of cricket in connection with the infamous IPL betting case.
Legendary music composer M S Viswanathan passes away
Jul 14, 2015, at 07:46 pm
Chennai, Jul 14 (IBNS) Legendary music composer M.S. Viswanathan died at a private hospital here on Tuesday. He was 87.
Major world powers reach historic nuclear deal
Jul 14, 2015, at 07:27 pm
Vienna, Jul 14 (IBNS) In a historic nuclear deal that Iran reached with six major world powers Tehran has been granted sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on its nuclear programmes.
IPL betting: Raj Kundra, Meiyappan banned for life, CSK, RR suspended for 2 yrs
Jul 14, 2015, at 07:06 pm
New Delhi, July 14 (IBNS) Delivering the Indian Premier League (IPL) betting verdict, the Justice Lodha panel appointed by the Supreme Court on Tuesday banned Gurunath Meiyappan, the son-in-law of N. Srinivasan, and Rajasthan Royal owner Raj Kundra for life from attending all matches for indulging in betting and bringing disrepute to the game.
Besides Mamata, Cong CMs too not to attend Modi's meeting on Land bill
Jul 14, 2015, at 06:15 pm
New Delhi, Jul 14 (IBNS) All Congress Chief Ministers have decided to skip the Niti Aayog meeting convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital on Wednesday.
22 pilgrims killed in Maha Pushkaralu stampede in Andhra Pradesh
Jul 14, 2015, at 06:01 pm
Rajahmundry, Jul 14 (IBNS) At least 22 pilgrims, all of them women, were killed in a stampede during Godavari Pushkaralu festival in Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday morning.
12 school kids injured as bus overturns in Delhi
Jul 14, 2015, at 05:23 pm
New Delhi, Jul 14 (IBNS) At least 12 children were seriously injured when a school bus overturned in New Delhi on Tuesday morning.
CBI raids activst Teesta Shitalvad's residence, office
Jul 14, 2015, at 05:08 pm
Mumbai, Jul 14 (IBNS) Sleuths of the Central Bureau of Investigation raided on Tuesday morning the home and office of activist Teesta Setalvad, who has been accused of illegally receiving funds from abroad.
Six pilgrims killed in stampede during Maha Pushkaralu in Andhra Pradesh
Jul 14, 2015, at 04:59 pm
Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, Jul 14 (IBNS) At least six pilgrims have been killed and several injured in a stampede during a religious festival on the banks of a river in the Rajahmundry district of Andhra Pradesh, reports said.
Sonia holds Iftar party for opposition leaders, but Mulayam stays away
Jul 14, 2015, at 04:33 pm
New Delhi, Jul 14 (IBNS) Samajwadi chief Mulayam Singh Yadav was conspicuous by his absence as Congress President Sonia Gandhi's Iftar party in the capital on Monday evening witnessed assembly of several opposition leaders making the occasion a platform for mastering unity of the non-NDA forces.
UP Government suspends the IPS officer who complained against Mulayam Singh
Jul 14, 2015, at 03:38 pm
Lucknow, Jul 14 (IBNS) The Uttar Pradesh government has suspended senior police officer Amitabh Thakur who has accused Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, of threatening him.
Kolkata midnight shooting: Police arrest main accused
Jul 14, 2015, at 06:03 am
Kolkata, Jul 13 (IBNS): The Kolkata Police on Monday evening arrested three main accused in connection with Haridevpur midnight firing incident.
Kolkata: Office building fire brought under control
Jul 14, 2015, at 04:53 am
Kolkata, Jul 13 (IBNS): The fire which broke out in a multi-stored office building in Kolkata's Salt Lake Sector V area on Monday morning has been brought under control.
34 more coastal police stations to be operationalized shortly: Rajnath Singh
Jul 14, 2015, at 04:49 am
New Delhi, July 13 (IBNS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said that 34 more Coastal Police Stations will be operationalised shortly in seven coastal states and Union Territories including Goa, West Bengal, Lakshdweep, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Puducherry and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Amit Shah will visit to Assam tomorrow
Jul 14, 2015, at 01:39 am
Guwahati, July 13 (IBNS) : BJP national president Amit Shah will visit to Assam on Tuesday.
India, Central Asia must reconnect: PM Narendra Modi
Jul 14, 2015, at 01:03 am
Dushanbe, July 13 (IBNS) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said India and Central Asia must reconnect.
India, Tajikistan sign 2 agreements
Jul 14, 2015, at 12:19 am
Dushanbe, July 13 (IBNS) India and Tajikistan sighed two agreements duringPM Nendra Modi's visit to the country.
Jul 14, 2015, at 12:05 am
Dushanbe, July 13 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a state visit to the Republic of Tajikistan from July 12 to 13 July at the invitation of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan.
PM Modi gifts miniature painting of tomb of poet Abdul Qadir Bedil to Tajikistan President
Jul 13, 2015, at 11:11 pm
New Delhi, July 13 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has presented President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon a specially commissioned miniature painting of the tomb of the 17th century Indian poet Abdul Qadir Bedil.
President greets the people of France and Iraq on the eve of their national days
Jul 13, 2015, at 10:26 pm
New Delhi, Jul 13 (IBNS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday extended his greetings and felicitations to the governments and people of France and Iraq on the eve of their respective national day.
Gujarat BMW hit-and-run: Doctor's son convicted for killing two
Jul 13, 2015, at 08:37 pm
Ahmedabad, Jul 13 (IBNS) The son of a Gujarat doctor was on Monday convicted for killing two people with his BMW car and running away in 2013 in Ahmedabad.
UP IPS officer takes his battle with Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam to Centre
Jul 13, 2015, at 07:55 pm
Lucknow, Jul 13 (IBNS) The senior IPS officer who had lodged a complaint against Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav for threatening him over phone said on Monday that he will take up the matter with the centre.
Lalu Prasad marches to Raj Bhavan demanding release of caste census
Jul 13, 2015, at 07:25 pm
Patna, Jul 13 (IBNS) Rashtriya Janata Dal chief lalu on Monday led his partymen to march to Bihar Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi's residence demanding Centre to release caste census.
SC to hear plea against commutation of Nithari serial killer's death sentence
Jul 13, 2015, at 06:52 pm
New Delhi, Jul 13 (IBNS) The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear UP government's plea against commutation of death sentence of Surender Koli, convicted in the 2006 Nithari serial killings case.
CBI team arrives Bhopal to probe Vyapam scam and deaths
Jul 13, 2015, at 06:40 pm
Bhopal, Jul 13 (IBNS) A 40-member team of the Central Bureau of Investigation arrives in Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal on Monday to start probing the in the massive Vyapam recruitment scam, reports said.
J & K : One terrorist killed as army foils infiltration attempt
Jul 13, 2015, at 06:02 pm
Jammu, Jul 13 (IBNS) One terrorist was killed following a gun battle with the Indian army during a foiled infiltration bid along the Line of Controlt in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday.
Accused of practising witchcraft family of six hacked to death in Odisha
Jul 13, 2015, at 05:52 pm
Bhubaneswar, Jul 13 (IBNS) In a horrific incident, six members, including children and women, of a family have been hacked to death by villagers in Odisha after they suspected them of practising witchcraft.
Criminal defamation should be retained as a penal offence: Centre to SC
Jul 13, 2015, at 04:02 pm
New Delhi, Jul 13 (IBNS) Denying that defamation has any effect on free speech, the government has told the Supreme Court that the provision for defamation should be retained in the Indian Penal Code as a deterrent against defamatory actions.