Bhutan PM Dasho Tshering Tobgay to visit India
Jul 03, 2018, at 03:48 pm
New Delhi, July 3 (IBNS): Prime Minister of Bhutan Dasho Tshering Tobgay will visit India from July 5-7, officials said on Tuesday.
Jul 03, 2018, at 02:27 pm
On June 24, 2018, a Pakistan Army soldier, identified as Sepoy Niaz Ali, was killed in an exchange of fire across the Pak-Afghan border in the North Waziristan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) [the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) merged with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on May 31, 2018]. "We shall... complete the fencing undeterred," Director General (DG) Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor vowed, as he tweeted news of the sepoy's death. He added that Afghanistan’s cooperation was required [for fencing of the border], and that this was in the mutual interest of both countries.
Jul 03, 2018, at 02:24 pm
Within the logic of the war they are waging, executing dramatic retaliation for security forces’ success in Gadchiroli will certainly be high among their priorities. Revenge attacks may come wherever and whenever the opportunity presents itself.
Cow vigilantism not acceptable, says Supreme Court, asking states to act
Jul 03, 2018, at 01:31 pm
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday hearing petitions said "cow vigilantism is not acceptable" urging every state of India to prevent such violence.
Fire breaks out in ticket counter at Mumbai Mira Road station
Jul 03, 2018, at 01:10 pm
Mumbai, Jul 3 (IBNS): A fire broke out at reservation counter of Mira road station of Western line on Tuesday, media reports said.
Aircel-Matrix case : HC extends P Chidambaram's interim protection fro arrest
Jul 03, 2018, at 12:43 pm
New Delhi, Jul 3 (IBNS) : The Delhi High Court has extended interim protection from arrest to P Chidambaram till 1 August in the INX Media case, media reports said.
Mumbai: Bridge collapses near Andheri railway station; five injured
Jul 03, 2018, at 12:05 pm
Mumbai, Jul 3 (IBNS) At least five people sustained injuries after a part of a bridge collapsed in Mumbai's Andheri on Tuesday morning, media reports said.
West Bengal: Missing BJP worker's body recovered from a pond in Murshidabad
Jul 03, 2018, at 10:51 am
Kolkata, Jul 3 (IBNS): Following the alleged twin murders of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers Trilocon Mahato and Dulal, another party-worker who was missing since Sunday night, has been found dead in a nearby pond in West Bengal's Murshidabad district.
Mumbai: Part of bridge collapses at Andheri Station, rail service hit
Jul 03, 2018, at 09:05 am
Mumbai, July 3 (IBNS): The Mumbai suburban local train service was badly hit on Tuesday after a part of the foot overbridge collapsed on railway tracks close to the Andheri station in Mumbai on Tuesday, officials said.
Burari deaths: Delhi Police attempting to track 'godmen' based on call records
Jul 03, 2018, at 08:49 am
New Delhi, July 3 (IBNS): The police are trying to find the 'baba' who might be behind the death of 11 people of a family in Delhi.
Burari deaths: Autopsy on all 11 bodies completed, reports suggest suicide
Jul 03, 2018, at 12:04 am
New Delhi, July 2 (IBNS): The post-mortem of all eleven members of the Bhatia family, who were found hanging at their Burari residence on Sunday, have been completed and initial probe suggests suicide as the cause of their deaths, media reports said on Monday.
Maharashtra lynching: Families of five victims refuse to accept bodies
Jul 02, 2018, at 09:31 pm
Mumbai, July 2 (IBNS): The families of the five men, who were killed in Sunday's brutal lynching in Maharashtra, have refused to accept the bodies and demanded justice.
Burari: Autopsy reveals six of 11 family members died due to hanging
Jul 02, 2018, at 08:13 pm
New Delhi, July 2 (IBNS): The autopsy report of six out of the eleven members of the Burari family, who were found dead under mysterious conditions at their residence on Sunday, revealed that they died as a result of hanging, media reports said.
Priyanka Chaturvedi's daughter abused on Twitter; leader files police complaint
Jul 02, 2018, at 07:11 pm
Mumbai, July 2 (IBNS): Congress leader Priyanka Chaturvedi has filed a complaint with Mumbai Police after her daughter was abused on Twitter recently.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh felicitates medal winners of 17th World Police & Fire Games-2017
Jul 02, 2018, at 07:02 pm
New Delhi, July 2 (IBNS): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh felicitated the medal winners of the 17th World Police & Fire Games held at Los Angeles, California, USA from August 7-16, 2017.
PM Modi congratulates newly elected Mexican President Amlo
Jul 02, 2018, at 06:55 pm
New Delhi, July 2 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated Mexico's President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who is popularly known as Amlo.
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman terms "baseless" report of her UK snub
Jul 02, 2018, at 05:44 pm
New Delhi, July 2 (IBNS) : Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman has expressed her discontentment over a media report in the UK which reportedly stated the her British counterpart Gavin Williamson has turned down an appeal for a bilateral meeting.
Delhi government launches 'Happiness Curriculum' for school students
Jul 02, 2018, at 05:31 pm
New Delhi, July 2 (IBNS): The Delhi government on Monday launched 'Happiness Curriculum' for school students here.
Mamata Banerjee condemns trolls against Sushma Swaraj
Jul 02, 2018, at 05:24 pm
Kolkata, July 2 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday condemned the entire episode where External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was trolled on social media.
Vinod Kambli, wife allegedly assault singer Ankur Tiwari's father over inappropriate touch
Jul 02, 2018, at 04:51 pm
Mumbai, Jul 2 (IBNS) : Former Indian cricketer Vinod Kambli and wife Andrea Hewitt have been accused of assaulting RK Tiwari, the father of singer Ankit Tiwari, at a Mumbai mall on Sunday, media reports said.
P K Shrivastava takes over as New Director General, Ordnance Factories
Jul 02, 2018, at 04:17 pm
Kolkata, July 2 (IBNS): P K Shrivastava has taken over as the new Director General of Ordnance Factories (DGOF) and Chairman of the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) on Sunday.
NABARD Sanctions for Rural Infrastructure Projects in West Bengal
Jul 02, 2018, at 04:13 pm
Kolkata, July 2 (IBNS): During the first Quarter of 2018-19, NABARD has sanctioned an amount of Rs 735.53 crore under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) to West Bengal.
23 arrests for Maharashtra lynching; Social media rumours igniting mass hysteria across India
Jul 02, 2018, at 04:03 pm
Mumbai, Jul 2 (IBNS) : In all 23 people have been arrested and more are likely to be caught in connection with Sunday's brutal lynching of five men in Maharashtra as the sudden spurt in child-lifting rumours across the country has spawned a dangerous phenomenon.
Kolkata: TMCP leader held for allegedly demanding extortion money for college admission
Jul 02, 2018, at 03:50 pm
Kolkata, Jul 2 (IBNS): Days after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee directed her police to uproot extortion rackets from state campuses, the Kolkata Police on Sunday midnight raided at least 17 locations across the city and arrested a leader of ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s students' wing Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) for allegedly demanding extortion money from students for college admission, officials said.
Canada-based activist says China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) behind Balochistan genocide
Jul 02, 2018, at 03:43 pm
Vancouver: Canada-based Balochistan activist Naela Quadri Baloch, who was recently barred from boarding a flight from Montreal to Geneva for participating in a protest on the sidelines of the UNHRC events, said Pakistan is committing genocide and resorting to rape and abductions aided by China which is building an economic corridor through their territory to further their global trade dominance.
India's global profile and prestige has gone up with Modi as PM: Sushma Swaraj
Jul 02, 2018, at 02:51 pm
New Delhi, Jul 2 (IBNS) : External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday has said that the country's profile in the international arena has "gone up significantly" since Narendra Modi took over as Prime Minister.
Shame on trolls: Omar Abdullah in support of Sushma Swaraj
Jul 02, 2018, at 01:07 pm
New Delhi, Jul 2 (IBNS) : Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference chief Omar Abdullah on Monday came out in support of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj against the abusive trolls on Twitter.
PNB scam: Interpol issues red corner notice against Nirav Modi
Jul 02, 2018, at 10:58 am
New Delhi, Jul 2 (IBNS): Accepting the request of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) has issued a red corner notice against fugitive jeweller Nirav Modi, media reports said.
Supreme Court rejects plea seeking quash of CVC appointment
Jul 02, 2018, at 10:54 am
New Delhi, Jul 2 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the appointment of Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC), media reports said.
Narendra Modi, Sushma Swaraj condemn Afghanistan blast
Jul 02, 2018, at 09:19 am
New Delhi, July 2 (IBNS): Indian leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Monday, condoled the loss of lives in the blast which rocked Afghanistan's Jalalabad area on Sunday.