PM Modi releases commemorative coin in honour of Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Dec 24, 2018, at 02:34 pm

New Delhi, Dec 24 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday released a commemorative coin in honour of former Prime Minister and Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Bhutan Prime Minister to visit India this week

Dec 24, 2018, at 02:27 pm

New Delhi, Dec 24 (IBNS):  Prime Minister of Bhutan Lyonchhen Dr. Lotay Tshering will pay a State visit to India from Dec 27 to Dec 29 on the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, officials said.

Everyone has right to share thoughts: Ashutosh Rana on Naseeruddin comment

Dec 24, 2018, at 02:21 pm

New Delhi, Dec 24 (IBNS): Actor Ashutosh Rana has come out in support of colleague Naseeruddin Shah, who is facing a backlash over his comments on cow slaughter being more important than a policeman's life and how he fears for his children in today's India.

BJP goes to Supreme Court on West Bengal rallies

Dec 24, 2018, at 01:26 pm

Kolkata, Dec 24 (IBNS): The BJP filed an appeal in the Supreme Court on Monday seeking an urgent hearing against a Calcutta High Court order that has denied permission to the party to hold its "Save Democracy" yatras just yet, reports said.

Haryana: 7 dead in highway pile-up

Dec 24, 2018, at 12:41 pm

Chandigarh, Dec 24 (IBNS): At least seven people were killed and several others injured in a pile-up on a busy flyover in Haryana due to dense fog on Monday morning, NDTV said.

Bus falls into gorge in Jammu and Kashmir, 1 dead

Dec 24, 2018, at 12:15 pm

Srinagar, Dec 24 (IBNS): One person was killed and 24 were injured when a bus fell into a gorge, known as Khooni Nala, on Monday morning along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district, reports quoting police said.

KCR to meet Mamata Banerjee today over federal front

Dec 24, 2018, at 11:57 am

Kolkata, Dec 24 (IBNS): With an aim to advance talks over the federal front at the Centre, Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao will meet his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee here on Monday.

Political decisions inevitable: Haryana CM Khattar on farm loan waiver

Dec 24, 2018, at 11:30 am

Chandigarh, Dec 24 (IBNS): Haryana's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar has indicated political decisions such as farm-loan waivers are inevitable, but this will disappear when the people feel the government is there to take care of them.

Former West Bengal minister Nirupam Sen passes away

Dec 24, 2018, at 10:52 am

Kolkata, Dec 24 (IBNS): Former West Bengal minister and veteran Communist leader Nirupam Sen passed away on Monday. He was 72.

Rajasthan: Congress ally's sole MLA gets cabinet rank

Dec 24, 2018, at 10:48 am

Jaipur, Dec 24 (IBNS): Subhash Garg of the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), who is the only MLA from his party that helped the Congress reach the majority mark, will be given cabinet rank at the oath-taking ceremony of ministers that will take place on Monday, NDTV reported.

Rajasthan: Gehlot's ministers set to take oath

Dec 23, 2018, at 11:50 pm

Jaipur, Dec 23 (IBNS): A number of ministers in the Ashok Gehlok government in Rajasthan are expected to take oath on Monday, media reports said.

KCR talks Third Front with Naveen Patnaik

Dec 23, 2018, at 10:20 pm

Bhubaneswar, Dec 23 (IBNS): Telangana chief minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao met his Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik on Sunday to discuss his proposed Third Front. After the meeting, the TRS and BJD chiefs held a joint news conference.

Only BJP can build Ram temple: Yogi Adityanath

Dec 23, 2018, at 08:48 pm

Lucknow, Dec 23 (IBNS): Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said only the BJP had the capability to build the Ram temple in Ayodhya.

India's longest rail-cum-road bridge set to open

Dec 23, 2018, at 08:03 pm

Dibrugarh, Dec 23 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate India's longest road-and-railway bridge 17km from here on Christmas Day, reports said. The bridge took 21 years to build.

Former Mumbai Sheriff Nana Chudasama dies

Dec 23, 2018, at 06:07 pm

Mumbai, Dec 23 (IBNS): Former sheriff of Mumbai and noted jurist Nana Chudasama passed away in the city on Sunday.

Traders are new targets of criminals as panic grips Bihar

Dec 23, 2018, at 04:37 pm

Patna, Dec 23 (The Bihar Post/ IBNS): Criminals have gone on the rampage in Bihar, targeting business community people. In the past two days, at least four people from this community have been killed.

Police arrest four persons with 69 containers of heroine drugs in Guwahati

Dec 23, 2018, at 04:25 pm

Guwahati, Dec 23 (IBNS): Police have arrested four people, including three women, and seized huge quantity of heroine drugs in Guwahati last night. 

BJP, JD-U will contest 17 LS seats each in Bihar, 6 left for Paswan’s LJP

Dec 23, 2018, at 04:09 pm

New Delhi, Dec 23 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): After weeks of speculations, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) finally finalized the seat-sharing deal for Bihar on Sunday.

Lok Sabha Bihar seat-sharing: BJP, JD(U) to share 17 seats each, LJP gets 6

Dec 23, 2018, at 01:34 pm

New Delhi, Dec 23 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah on Sunday announced the seat sharing formula in Bihar where his party and the Janata Dal (United) will fight from 17 seats each and Ram Vilas Paswan’s  Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) will contest from six seats in the upcoming 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Guwahati cop arrested over sexual molestation charge

Dec 23, 2018, at 12:47 pm

Guwahati, Dec 22 (IBNS): A Guwahati policeman was arrested on Saturday for allegedly molesting a girl.

Assam: Three people killed, five injured in two road mishaps

Dec 23, 2018, at 11:26 am

Guwahati, Dec 23 (IBNS): At least three people were killed and five others injured in two separate road mishaps in Assam’s Dibrugarh and Kokrajhar district in the past 24 hours.

Kerala: 11 women await entry to Sabarimala Temple amid protests

Dec 23, 2018, at 11:11 am

Pamba, Dec 23 (IBNS): Eleven women under 50 years of age on Sunday is awaiting entry to the Sabarimala Temple in Kerala amid massive protests.

Labelling India with religious intolerance is like treason: Ramdev on Naseeruddin Shah's remark

Dec 23, 2018, at 12:59 am

New Delhi, Dec 23 (IBNS): Yoga guru Ramdev has hit out at veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah's remark where the latter expressed concern over growing religious intolerance in the country.

Rahul Gandhi takes a swipe at BJP and CBI court over Sohrabuddin acquittal

Dec 22, 2018, at 09:30 pm

New Delhi: Taking yet another dig at the ruling BJP a day after all accused in the Sohrabuddin encounter case were acquitted by a special CBI court in Mumbai, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday in a tweet enlisted several people who died unnaturally saying "No One Killed.......".  Besides Sohrabuddin Sheikh, Rahul Gandhi mentioned names like former Gujarat Home Minister Haren Pandya and Justice Loya among others.

GST Council slashes tax on 40 items, rates cut from 28 to 18 to nil

Dec 22, 2018, at 05:31 pm

 New Delhi, Dec 22 (IBNS) The Goods & Services Tax (GST) Council on Saturday reduced GST rates drastically as it removed seven items from attracting GST rate of 28% and it some cases it was reduced to five percent to nil from the existing 28 percent. About 23 common use items like TV sreens, movie tickets, computers and power banks were included in the cut providing relief to common people.   

UAE-based Indian girl planned to live stream suicide, rescued

Dec 22, 2018, at 03:51 pm

Sharjah, Dec 22 (IBNS): The Sharjah Police have rescued an Indian national as she was planning to make a live video of her suicide at her family residence in Al Nahda area in the UAE, media reports said on Saturday.

AgustaWestland Chopper middleman Christian Michel remanded to ED custody

Dec 22, 2018, at 03:46 pm

New Delhi, Dec 22 (IBNS) : Christian Michel, the alleged middleman arrested in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case, was on Saturday taken into custody by the Enforcement Directorate after he was produced before a Delhi court, media reports said.

NDA crisis over as BJP accepts all demands of LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan

Dec 22, 2018, at 03:33 pm

Patna, Dec 22 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): The LJP headed by union minister Ram Vilas Paswan has decided to stay with the NDA as its demand for seven seats has been accepted by the BJP leadership after a series of deliberations which lasted for two days.

Congress names HK Patil as Karnataka Campaign Committee Chairman

Dec 22, 2018, at 03:04 pm

New Delhi, Dec 22 (IBNS):  Former Karnataka Minister and Congress leader H.K. Patil has been appointed by the party as its Karnataka Campaign Committee Chairman.

Kamal Hassan's party to contest in 2019 LS polls

Dec 22, 2018, at 02:17 pm

Chennai, Dec 22 (IBNS) : Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan has declared that his recently floated party, Makkal Needhi Maiam, will contest the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.