Sep 05, 2018, at 01:40 pm
New Delhi, Sept 5 (IBNS) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi has greeted the teaching community on the occasion of Teachers’ Day.
PM Modi interacts with Medal Winners of 18th Asian Games
Sep 05, 2018, at 01:29 pm
New Delhi, Sept 5 (IBNS) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday interacted with the medal winners of the recently concluded 18th Asian Games, at his residence.
Gutkha scam: CBI searches residences of TN Health Minister and others
Sep 05, 2018, at 01:21 pm
Chennai, Sept 5 (IBNS): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) searched residences of Tamil Nadu Health Minister C. Vijaya Baskar, Director General of Police TK Rajendran, former state minister BV Ramana and others in connection with the Gutkha scam on Wednesday, media reports said.
Farmers-workers rally: Thousands to march in New Delhi today
Sep 05, 2018, at 11:35 am
New Delhi, Sept 5 (IBNS): Thousands of farmers and workers have reached the national capital from various states to hold a rally in New Delhi on Wednesday, media reports said.
Kolkata Majherhat bridge collapse: CM Mamata Banerjee to visit spot today
Sep 05, 2018, at 10:54 am
Kolkata, Sept 5 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday will visit Kolkata's Majherhat area, where a portion of a bridge collapsed a day ago, media reports said.
Majherhat bridge collapses in Kolkata: Rescue operation continues
Sep 05, 2018, at 09:31 am
Kolkata,Sept 5 (IBNS): More than 12 hours after a portion of the Majherhat bridge in south Kolkata collapsed, the rescue operation is still going on in the site on Wednesday to find out if any person is still trapped under the debris.
Kolkata: No work was going on at affected Majerhat bridge collapse site, clarifies Eastern Railway
Sep 04, 2018, at 11:24 pm
Kolkata, Sept 4 (IBNS): Amid the blame game over the collapse of a portion of Kolkata's Majerhat bridge, the Eastern Railway has clarified that it was not carrying out any work at the site where the accident took place on Tuesday.
Karbi Anglong mob lynching: Gauhati HC directs shift of trial to Nagaon
Sep 04, 2018, at 10:26 pm
Guwahati, Sept 4 (IBNS): The Gauhati High Court has directed to shift the trial of Assam’s Karbi Anglong mob lynching case to Nagaon.
First meeting of Assam State Capital Region Authority held in Guwahati
Sep 04, 2018, at 09:55 pm
Guwahati, Sept 4 (IBNS): The first meeting of Assam State Capital Region Authority (ASCRA) was held in Guwahati on Tuesday.
At least 1 killed, 19 hurt in Kolkata bridge collapse
Sep 04, 2018, at 09:04 pm
Kolkata, Sep 4 (IBNS): At least one person was killed and 19 others were injured as a portion of a 40-year-old bridge collapsed in Kolkata's Majherhat area on Tuesday evening, officials said.
40-year-old Majherhat bridge collapses in southern Kolkata, one dies
Sep 04, 2018, at 08:04 pm
Kolkata, Sept 4 (IBNS): More than two years after a bridge collapsed in Girish Park area, a section of the 40-year-old Majherhat Bridge, which connects a larger section of the southern part with the rest of the city, toppled in Alipore region, leaving one person dead and 19 injured on Tuesday.
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Sep 04, 2018, at 07:27 pm
Guwahati, Sept 4 (IBNS): An Inter-Ministerial team of Union government on Tuesday arrived at Dimapur in Nagaland to assess the damages caused by floods and landslides in the state.
PM Narendra Modi interacts with the awardees of National Teachers’ Awards
Sep 04, 2018, at 06:52 pm
New Delhi, Sept 4 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday interacted with the awardees of National Teachers’ Awards, 2017 at Lok Kalyan Marg, on the eve of Teachers' Day.
Six killed in West Bengal road mishap
Sep 04, 2018, at 06:05 pm
Kolkata, Sept 4 (IBNS): At least six persons, including two children and two women, were killed as a SUV crashed into a truck on State Highway 12A at Bhogramguri area under Mathabhanga Police Station limits in northern West Bengal's Cooch Behar district on the wee hours of Tuesday, reports said.
President Kovind wishes nation on Teacher's Day eve
Sep 04, 2018, at 06:02 pm
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IBNS): President of India Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday greeted teachers across the country on the eve of Teachers’ Day.
Several feared dead as major bridge collapses in Kolkata, rescue ops underway
Sep 04, 2018, at 05:52 pm
Kolkata, Sep 4 (IBNS): Several were feared dead as a portion of Majerhat bridge over a railway track and a canal collapsed in Kolkata's southwestern part on Tuesday evening, reports said.
Several feared trapped as bridge collapses in south Kolkata, rescue ops underway
Sep 04, 2018, at 05:50 pm
Kolkata, Sep 4 (IBNS): Several people are feared to be trapped under debris as a portion of a rail over bridge collapsed in Kolkata's Majherhat area on Tuesday evening, reports said.
BREAKING NEWS: Bridge collapses again in Kolkata, several deaths feared
Sep 04, 2018, at 05:06 pm
A major bridge in Kolkata's Majerhat area in southwestern part collapsed on Tuesday. Several are feared dead. There is a railway track under the bridge.
CBI arrests NCB officer, Kolkata's renowned lawyer for allegedly demanding extortion money
Sep 04, 2018, at 04:12 pm
Kolkata, Sep 4 (IBNS): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday midnight arrested a renowned advocate of the Calcutta High Court and an official of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)'s Eastern Region for allegedly demanding extortion from a city businessman, officials said.
Kamal Hassan, Congress stand beside Sofia Lois, the student arrested for shouting anti-BJP slogans
Sep 04, 2018, at 04:01 pm
Chennai/New Delhi, Sept 4 (IBNS) : Actor and Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) chief Kamal Haasan and the Congress on Wednesday extended full support to Lois Sofia who was arrested at the Tuticorin airport on Monday for calling the central government ‘fascist’ on a flight in front of state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Tamilisai Soundararajan.
PM Modi talks to Malyalam superstar Mohanlal, impressed by his humility
Sep 04, 2018, at 03:44 pm
New Delhi, Sept 4 (IBNS) : Malayalam superstar Mohanlal met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Janmashtami (September 3) giving rise to speculations over the possibility of his joining the BJP.
Tamil Nadu : Student arrested for shouting anti-BJP slogan on board plane gets bail
Sep 04, 2018, at 02:52 pm
Chennai, Sept 4 (IBNS) : A day after the Tamil Nadu police arrested Sofia Lois, a student who raised a slogan against BJP State President Tamilisai Soundararajan on a private airline, a court in Thoothukudi district on Tuesday granted her bail, media reports said. On Monday morning, the BJP leader and the 28-year-old student, studying in Canada, got into an altercation after she shouted “BJP’s fascist government down down” minutes before they were to de-plane.
Mig 27 of IAF crashes near Jodhpur, pilot safely ejects
Sep 04, 2018, at 02:17 pm
Jodhpur, Sept 4 (IBNS) : A Mig 27 fighter jet of the Indian Air Force crashed in an area close to Jodhpur on Tuesday while it was on a routine mission, reports said.
Sep 04, 2018, at 01:58 pm
At least six persons – among them three Chinese engineers – were injured in a suicide attack on a bus in the Dalbandin area of Chagai District in Balochistan in the morning of August 11, 2018. The bus carrying 18 Chinese engineers was being escorted by Frontier Corps (FC) troops to the Dalbandin airport from the Saindaik copper and gold mines when a suicide bomber tried to drive his explosives-laden vehicle into the bus. “The explosives-laden vehicle exploded near the bus on Quetta-Taftan Highway – and as a result three Chinese engineers, two FC soldiers and the bus driver were injured,” an unnamed Levies official stated. Saifullah Khatiran,Deputy Commissioner of Chagai District, disclosed that the engineers were working on the Saindak project, a joint venture between Pakistan and China to extract gold, copper and silver from an area close to the border.The three injured Chinese engineers were identified as Huo Xiaohu, Shi Jiangpeng and You Riwei. The suicide bomber was killed. All the Chinese engineers were later sent to Karachi.
Navy divers, Indian army, NDRF, SDRF teams search for five missing in Assam river
Sep 04, 2018, at 01:52 pm
Guwahati, Sept 4 (IBNS) : The Indian Navy’s deep-sea divers, the Army, the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams are engaged in a search and rescue operation for five members of a family, who went missing after their car plunged into Dikhow river in upper Assam’s Sivasagar district on September 1 evening.
Sep 04, 2018, at 01:46 pm
Two convicted, three acquitted in 2007 Hyderabad twin blast case
Sep 04, 2018, at 12:12 pm
Hyderabad, Sept 4 (IBNS): Two people have been convicted by a local court in the 2007 Hyderabad twin blast case, which claimed at least 44 lives and injured 68 others, media reports said.
CJI Dipak Misra recommends Justice Gogoi as his successor in letter to government
Sep 04, 2018, at 11:58 am
New Delhi, Sept 4 (IBNS): In a letter to the central government, Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra on Tuesday recommended Justice Ranjan Gogoi as his successor, media reports said.
Assam government to provide smartphones to Anganwadi workers
Sep 04, 2018, at 11:31 am
Guwahati, Sept 4 (IBNS): The Assam government has decided to provide smartphones to over 61,000 Anganwadi workers in the state for monitoring nutrition levels in children and instantly reporting them on a daily basis.
UP: Retired cop dies after being beaten in Allahabad; incident caught on CCTV
Sep 04, 2018, at 11:09 am
Allahabad, Sept 4 (IBNS): A retired police officer succumbed to injuries he sustained during an attack by two men in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad, media reports said.