Shashi Tharoor's comment on Narendra Modi triggers controversy

Oct 28, 2018, at 09:39 pm

Bangalore, Oct 28 (IBNS): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has triggered a controversy after he quoted an RSS member who had purportedly described PM Narendra Modi as a "scorpion sitting on a Shivling".

Terrorists kill Jammu and Kashmir sub-inspector Imtiyaz Mir

Oct 28, 2018, at 06:30 pm

Srinagar, Oct 28 (IBNS): Terrorists have abducted and killed a sub-inspector of Jammu and Kashmir Police in Pulwama district in South Kashmir, officials said on Sunday.

President Ram Nath Kovind to visit Himachal Pradesh tomorrow

Oct 28, 2018, at 05:36 pm

New Delhi, Oct 28 (IBNS): President of India Ram Nath Kovind will visit Himachal Pradesh on Oct 29 and 30, 2018.

Former ISRO chief Madhavan Nair joins BJP

Oct 28, 2018, at 05:29 pm

New Delhi, Oct 28 (IBNS):  Former ISRO chief Madhavan Nair has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party media reports said.

Extremely grateful to PM Shinzo Abe for the warm reception at his home: Modi

Oct 28, 2018, at 04:57 pm

New Delhi/Tokyo, Oct 28 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday thanked his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe for offering 'warm reception' at his residence.

Mamata Banerjee, Naveen Patnaik condole passing away of Madan Lal Khurana

Oct 28, 2018, at 04:27 pm

Kolkata/New Delhi/Bhubaneswar, Oct 28 (IBNS): Several politicians, including Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal, have condoled the passing away of former Delhi Chief Minister Madan Lal Khurana.  

PM Modi remembers Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on 49th Mann Ki Baat

Oct 28, 2018, at 03:23 pm

New Delhi, Oct 28 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday dedicated his 'Mann Ki Baat' to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and urged the youths of the country to participate in the 'Run For Unity'.

Security forces destroy cultivated hemp in Meghalaya along Indo-Bangladesh border

Oct 28, 2018, at 01:24 pm

Tura (Meghalaya), Oct 28 (IBNS): Security forces have destroyed huge quantity of cultivated hemp in Meghalaya’s South West Garo Hills district.

PM Modi condoles demise of ex-Delhi CM Madan Lal Khurana

Oct 28, 2018, at 10:56 am

New Delhi, Oct 28 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday condoled the demise of former Delhi Chief Minister Madan Lal Khurana.

PM Modi to address 49th Mann Ki Baat today

Oct 28, 2018, at 10:41 am

New Delhi, Oct 28 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation via 'Mann Ki Baat', his monthly radio broadcast on Sunday.

PM Modi meets Shinzo Abe at Yamanashi, to hold talks on India-Japan ties

Oct 28, 2018, at 10:23 am

Tokyo, Oct 28 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in Tokyo on Saturday, met his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe at Yamanashi on Sunday morning.

Government treating us like criminal enterprises: Amnesty International on ED raid

Oct 27, 2018, at 10:52 pm

New Delhi, Oct 27 (IBNS): After the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted raid at Amnesty International's Bengaluru office in connection with a foreign exchange contravention case, the human rights organisation has alleged that the government is treating them as criminal enterprises, media reports said.

Bhima-Koregaon case: SC rejects Romila Thapar's review plea seeking release of activists

Oct 27, 2018, at 09:14 pm

New Delhi, Oct 27 (IBNS): The Supreme Court has rejected historian Romila Thapar's review plea seeking the release of five activists who were held in August in connection with the violence which broke out in Koregaon-Bhima in Maharashtra early this year, media reports said.

Rape laws can't be gender-neutral: Centre informs Delhi High Court

Oct 27, 2018, at 09:10 pm

New Delhi, Oct 27 (IBNS): Responding to a petition, the Centre has informed the Delhi High Court that rape laws can't be gender-neutral, media reports said.

Narendra Modi arrives in Japan

Oct 27, 2018, at 07:28 pm

New Delhi, Oct 27 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday arrived in Tokyo city of Japan.

Amit Shah's remarks on Sabarimala are an attack on the apex court and the Constitution: Pinarayi Vijayan

Oct 27, 2018, at 07:19 pm

New Delhi, Oct 27 (IBNS): Hours after he made a comment on the Sabarimala protesters, Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan said his remarks were an attack on the apex court and the Constitution.

4 CRPF men killed in Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh

Oct 27, 2018, at 06:52 pm

New Delhi, Oct 27 (IBNS): At least four Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) men were killed when Maoists blew up their anti-landmine vehicle in Bijapur area of  Chhattisgarh on Saturday, reports said.

7 elephants electrocuted by power lines in Odisha village

Oct 27, 2018, at 06:05 pm

Bhubaneswar, Oct 27 (IBNS): At least seven elephants died after they came in contact with a sagging power line in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district, media reports said on Saturday.

BJP is standing with Sabarimala devotees: Amit Shah

Oct 27, 2018, at 04:02 pm

New Delhi, Oct 27 (IBNS): BJP chief Amit Shah on Saturday said his party will stand with the people arrested during the recent protest over the Sabarimala Temple issue.

Ashram of Swami Sandeepananda Giri, who supported SC's Sabarimala verdict, attacked

Oct 27, 2018, at 12:02 pm

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 27 (IBNS): Ashram of Swami Sandeepananda Giri, who had supported the Supreme Court's verdict which allowed entry of menstruating women in Kerala's Sabarimala Temple, was attacked by some unknown assailants on Saturday, media reports said.

Former Bengal leader Pankaj Banerjee passes away, Mamata Banerjee mourns

Oct 27, 2018, at 06:46 am

Kolkata, Oct 27 (IBNS):  Former Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly and a founding member of the Trinamool Congress Pankaj Banerjee died in Kolkata on Friday.

Sri Lankan Prez sacks Wickremesinghe, appoints Rajapaksa as new PM

Oct 26, 2018, at 11:54 pm

Colombo, Oct 26 (IBNS): Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena on Friday sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and appointed former president Mahinda Rajapaksa as the new premier.

PM Modi to visit Japan for Annual Summit

Oct 26, 2018, at 09:57 pm

New Delhi, Oct 26 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Japan on Oct 28-29  for the Annual Summit. 

Kashmir: 22-year-old soldier killed as protesters throw stones at army convoy

Oct 26, 2018, at 09:47 pm

Srinagar, Oct 26 (IBNS): A soldier was killed as protesters threw stones at an army convoy passing through the Anantnag bypass tri-junction in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, media reports said on Friday.

8-year-old Delhi madrassa student dies after scuffle in playground

Oct 26, 2018, at 07:54 pm

New Delhi, Oct 26 (IBNS): Four boys, aged between 10 and 12, were detained for allegedly being involved in the death of an eight-year-old boy at Begumpur village near Malviya Nagar in south Delhi on Thursday, media reports said.

Blast at firecracker factory leaves seven killed

Oct 26, 2018, at 06:50 pm

Lucknow, Oct 26 (IBNS): An explosion rocked a workshop of a firecracker factory in Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun area on Friday which left at least seven people killed on Friday, media reports said.

BJP, JDU to contest equal number of seats for Lok Sabha polls next year: Amit Shah

Oct 26, 2018, at 06:41 pm

New Delhi, Oct 26 (IBNS): BJP President Amit Shah on Friday  Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United)  and his party will contest in an equal number of seats for Lok Sabha Elections 2019 in Bihar.

Assam Congress gheraoed CBI office in Guwahati

Oct 26, 2018, at 06:33 pm

Guwahati, Oct 26 (IBNS): The Assam Pradesh Congress on Friday staged protest and gheraoed the CBI office in Guwahati against the centre’s move to remove CBI director Alok Verma of his powers.

Sushma Swaraj to visit Qatar and State of Kuwait

Oct 26, 2018, at 04:48 pm

New Delhi, Oct 26 (IBNS): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will visit two countries in the Gulf region from Oct 28 to 31 at the invitation of her counterparts.

Prof. M.S. Swaminathan is a Vishwaguru in Agriculture: Vice President Naidu

Oct 26, 2018, at 04:45 pm

New Delhi, Oct 26 (IBNS): Vice President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu has called the eminent Agricultural Scientist, Prof. M.S. Swaminathan is a Vishwa Guru in Agriculture, a teacher and a scholar who continues to leave his inspirational, ideational thought prints on the world.