Telengana : TRS releases list of 105 candidates for Assembly elections
Sep 06, 2018, at 05:06 pm
Hyderabad, Sept 6 (IBNS) : Shortly after Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao recommended dissolution of the state Assembly, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi on Thursday announced a list of 105 candidates for Telangana elections, media reports said.
Our work starts from today, the road is long: Activist says after India decriminalises gay sex
Sep 06, 2018, at 04:30 pm
Kolkata, Sept 6 (IBNS): On a historic day when the LGBTQ community in India is celebrating a new lease of life, following the apex court verdict which decriminalises gay sex in the country, a prominent activist has warned the people against getting complacent.
India, US Two Plus Two meeting: Agreement for military purchase
Sep 06, 2018, at 04:04 pm
New Delhi, Sept 6 (IBNS): The United States and India on Thursday signed the high-level COMCASA defence agreement enabling India to to buy advanced American military hardware.
Bhima Koregaon violence: SC defers hearing, house arrest of activists extended
Sep 06, 2018, at 03:02 pm
New Delhi, Sept 6 (IBNS) :The Supreme Court on Thursday deferred hearing on the Bhima Koregaon case till September 12 and extended the house arrest of the five activists until then, reports said.
Telengana CM meets Governor, recommends dissolution of Assembly for early polls
Sep 06, 2018, at 02:57 pm
Hyderabad, Sept 6 (IBNS) : Setting to rest all speculations, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Thursday, recommended dissolution of the state Assembly, paving the way for early Assembly polls in the state, reports said.
Vice President to visit US to participate in 2nd World Hindu Congress
Sep 06, 2018, at 02:21 pm
New Delhi, Sept 6 (IBNS) : Vice President M Venkaiaha Naidu will visit the United States on September 8-9 to address the 2nd World Hindu Congress being held in Chicago on the occasion of 125th Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s Historic Speech at the Parliament of the World's Religions in 1893.
SC/ST Amendment protest : Life partially affected in MP and in parts of UP and Rajasthan
Sep 06, 2018, at 02:14 pm
New Delhi, Sept 6 (IBNS) : Normal life was partially affected in Madhya Pradesh and in parts of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan on Thursday as several organistations staged demonstration as part of the Bharat Bandh in protest against the SC/ST Amendment Act, media reports said.
Sep 06, 2018, at 02:09 pm
New Delhi, Sept 6 (IBNS): As the Supreme Court of India on Thursday scripted history by moving to scrap the draconian Section 377 of Indian Penal Code that considered gay sex as a crime, a large number of Indians and the entire LGBTQ community and rights groups celebrated the judgement that came after a long struggle of the gay community.
It is not crime to be gay in India anymore: Supreme Court
Sep 06, 2018, at 11:59 am
New Delhi, Sept 6 (IBNS): In a historic judgement that can be called a milestone in the movement for gay rights in India, the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that homosexuality is not a crime in the country anymore with the top court moving to scrap Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, a British era law that treated the practice as unnatural.
Majherhat bridge collapse: Death toll rises to 3; search and rescue operation ends
Sep 06, 2018, at 10:57 am
Kolkata, Sept 6 (IBNS): The death toll in Majherhat bridge collapse incident rose to three as the search and rescue operation ended on Thursday, media reports said.
India awaits Supreme Court verdict on gay sex as judges set to rule on Section 377 today
Sep 06, 2018, at 10:23 am
New Delhi, Sept 6 (IBNS): The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce its verdict today on whether homosexuality will continue to remain a crime in India with the top court set to rule on the validity of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code.
Sep 05, 2018, at 11:49 pm
Kolkata, Sept 5 (IBNS): The death toll in Majherhat bridge collapse incident rose to two on Wednesday while leaving 25 others injured.
India hires highest female pilots in the world: Reports
Sep 05, 2018, at 11:37 pm
New Delhi, Sept 5 (IBNS): Bringing some good news, India can now boast of having the highest proportion of female pilots in the world, which stands at 12 percent, media reports said.
Uri gang rape & murder of minor: Police arrests five accused
Sep 05, 2018, at 10:05 pm
Srinagar, Sept 5 (IBNS): The Kashmir Police has claimed to have solved the gang rape and murder case of the 9-year-old girl from Uri area of Baramulla district with the arrest of five accused persons, media reports said on Wednesday.
Assam: 5 missing bodies recovered from Dikhow river
Sep 05, 2018, at 09:14 pm
Guwahati, Sept 5 (IBNS): After 100-hour long search and rescue operations, the Indian Navy’s deep-sea divers, Indian army, the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams recovered the car and bodies of five members of a family, who went missing after their Swift Dzire car plunged into Dikhow river in upper Assam’s Sivasagar district on Sept 1.
Constitution strengthens our parliamentary democracy: Vice President
Sep 05, 2018, at 08:33 pm
New Delhi, Sept 5 (IBNS): Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that the constitution-framers should be saluted for giving a constitution that strengthened parliamentary democracy and stood the test of times, even as it evolved through several amendments.
Assam venture teachers boycott Teachers’ Day celebration
Sep 05, 2018, at 08:30 pm
Guwahati, Sept 5 (IBNS): While the entire nation celebrating “Teachers’ Day’, more than 3000 teachers in Assam on Wednesday observed Sikshak Pratarana Divas (Teachers’ Betrayal Day) and boycotted the event.
Sonowal orders high level enquiry into the Guwahati boat capsize incident
Sep 05, 2018, at 08:23 pm
Guwahati, Sept 5 (IBNS): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has ordered a high-level enquiry into a boat capsize incident in Brahmaputra River in state capital Guwahati on Wednesday.
Sep 05, 2018, at 08:05 pm
Kolkata, Sept 5 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday visited Majherhat Bridge collapse site in Alipore area of Kolkata and said a bigger tragedy was averted by the grace of the god.
Kolkata bridge collapse: Another body recovered from wreckage, toll at 2
Sep 05, 2018, at 07:46 pm
Kolkata, Sep 5 (IBNS):The death toll in Kolkata bridge tragedy has risen to two as rescue workers on Wednesday late evening recovered another body crushed under the debris, reports said.
VP Venkaiah Naidu to visit US on September 8
Sep 05, 2018, at 07:25 pm
New Delhi, Sept 5 (IBNS): Vice President Venkaiah Naidu will visit USA from Sept 8, officials said on Tuesday.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee visits Majherhat Bridge collapse site after arriving in Kolkata
Sep 05, 2018, at 07:21 pm
Kolkata, Sept 5 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday arrived at the site where the Majherhat Bridge collapsed on Tuesday, leaving one person dead.
IAF carries out mid-air refueling trials of MLA ith IL-78 MKI
Sep 05, 2018, at 06:47 pm
New Delhi, Sept 5 (IBNS): The Indian Air Force on Wednesday successfully carried out the first ever mid air refueling of the indigenously build fighter aircraft Tejas MK 1 with an IL-78 MKI tanker of the 78 Sqn.
IAF, French Air conduct basic training in India with French Rafale fighter, transport aircraft
Sep 05, 2018, at 06:37 pm
New Delhi, Sept 5 (IBNS): Indian Air Force (IAF) recently participated in Exercise Pitch Black 2018 at Darwin, Australia.
Assam: Boat capsizes in Brahmaputra river, two bodies recovered
Sep 05, 2018, at 05:44 pm
Guwahati, Sept 5 (IBNS): At least two people, including a college girl, were killed and many other passengers are still missing after a country made boat carrying about 36 passengers capsized in Brahmaputra River in Guwahati on Wednesday.
Supreme Court likely to pronounce its verdict on Section 377 tomorrow
Sep 05, 2018, at 05:19 pm
New Delhi, Sept 5 (IBNS): The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce its verdict on the validity of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code on Thursday.
Portion of dilapidated building collapses in Kolkata, 1 hurt
Sep 05, 2018, at 04:18 pm
Kolkata, Sep 5 (IBNS): At least one person was seriously injured as a portion of an old building collapsed near Beadon Street in north Kolkata on Wednesday afternoon, reports said.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee remembers Mother Teresa on death anniversary
Sep 05, 2018, at 03:40 pm
Kolkata, Sept 5 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday remembered Mother Teresa on her 21st death anniversary.
Former Gujarat IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt arrested in 22-year-old case
Sep 05, 2018, at 03:23 pm
Ahmedabad, Sept 5 (IBNS) : Former Gujarat IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt was arrested by police on Wednesday in connection with a 22-yer-old narcotics case, media reports said.
Kolkata bridge disaster: Calcutta HC grants permission to file PIL, police lodge suo motu FIR
Sep 05, 2018, at 03:18 pm
Kolkata, Sep 5 (IBNS): A day after a portion of Majherhat railway over bridge (ROB) collapsed, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday granted permission to an advocate to lodge a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) into the disaster while the city police has registered a suo motu FIR against the bridge's maintenance agencies, reports said.