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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx captures new Earth-Moon image

Feb 15, 2018, at 10:25 pm

Washington, Feb 15 (IBNS): As part of an engineering test, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft captured this image of the Earth and Moon using its NavCam1 imager on January 17 from a distance of 39.5 million miles (63.6 million km).

BJP will form Govt in two more states : Amit Shah at Haryana rally

Feb 15, 2018, at 10:11 pm

Jind, Haryana, Feb 15 (IBNS) :  BJP chief Amit  Shah on Thursday claimed that the party will form governments in two more states  in the next two elections.

Nirmala Sitharaman blames UPA government for PNB scam

Feb 15, 2018, at 10:05 pm

Shillong, Feb 15 (IBNS): Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman blamed the former UPA government for the alleged Punjab National Bank scam.

PNB Scam: Congress President Rahul Gandhi, Mamata Banerjee slam PM Modi

Feb 15, 2018, at 08:49 pm

New Delhi/Kolkata, Feb 15 (IBNS): Congress President Rahul Gandhi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and other opposition leaders targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government over the alleged  Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam on Thursday.

PNB CEO Sunil Mehta says bank is capable of coming out of the situation, needs breathing time

Feb 15, 2018, at 08:45 pm

New Delhi, Feb 15 (IBNS): Punjab National Bank (PNB) finally came out with their version of the Nirav Modi scam on Thursday with the bank's Chief, Sunil Mehta, addressing a media conference.

Kerala : Pregnant woman kicked in stomach allegedly by Left activists, loses baby

Feb 15, 2018, at 08:11 pm

Kozhikode, Feb 15 (IBNS) :  A pregnant woman lost her baby after she was kicked in the stomach allegedly by Left activists  in Kerala's Kozhikode last month, NDTV reports.

North Bengal residents can now go to Siliguri PSK for passport issuance and related issues

Feb 15, 2018, at 07:58 pm

Kolkata/Siliguri, Feb 15 (IBNS): Siliguri, the gateway to the northern parts of West Bengal, will get its own Passport Seva Kendra (PSK) on Saturday.

PM says happy to visit Arunachal Pradesh, will also address election rally in Tripura

Feb 15, 2018, at 07:55 pm

Itanagar, Feb 15 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Dorjee Khandu State Convention Centre in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, on Thursday, during his visit to the state.

Haryana : BJP's mega youth rally; Amit Shah to reach venue riding motorbike

Feb 15, 2018, at 07:39 pm

Jind, Haryana, Feb 15 (IBNS) : BJP President Amit Shah will  lead  a  mega-rally in Haryana's Jind on Thursday to kickoff campaign for next year's state Assembly elections  as about  one lakh youth bikers are expected to participate in the ‘Yuva Hunkar’ programme, said to have been designed to consolidate BJP's hold on the state's political nerve centre, media reports said.

ED raids Nirav Modi offices, showrooms in relation to the PNB scam; famous jeweler likely in Switzerland say reports

Feb 15, 2018, at 07:03 pm

Mumbai, Feb 15 (IBNS): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided the home, offices and showrooms of Nirav Modi, the globally acclaimed diamond jeweler, with regard to the alleged Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam, according to media reports on Thursday.

Hindu Samhati hosts religious conversion programme in Kolkata, thrashes media personnel during coverage

Feb 15, 2018, at 02:02 am

Kolkata, Feb 14 (IBNS): Several media persons were assaulted by the activists of Bengal-based Hindutva outfit, Hindu Samhati, on Wednesday during the coverage of an event in central Kolkata where a 'religious conversion camp' was being hosted in broad daylight, reports said.

Delhi Police arrest Indian Mujahideen terrorist Ariz Khan

Feb 15, 2018, at 01:30 am

New Delhi, Feb 14 (IBNS): In a major development, one of the key Indian Mujahideen terrorists, who was present at Batla House during the 2008 encounter, has been arrested by the  Delhi Police’s Special Cell.

President of India Kovind in Kanpur; inaugurates international conference ‘Agricon 2018’ and ‘Agriexpo 2018’

Feb 15, 2018, at 12:06 am

New Delhi, Feb 14 (IBNS): President of India Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the international conference ‘Agricon 2018’ and ‘Agriexpo 2018’ at Chandrashekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology (CSAUT), Kanpur on Wednesday.

Indian Mujahideen terrorist Arij Khan arrested by Delhi Police

Feb 14, 2018, at 10:45 pm

New Delhi, Feb 14 (IBNS): The Delhi Police have arrested an Indian Mujahideen terrorist named Arij Khan alias Junaid.

Inauguration of Post Office Passport Seva Kendra at Malda on February

Feb 14, 2018, at 10:11 pm

Kolkata, Feb 14 (IBNS): A Post Office Passport Seva Kendra will be inaugurated at Mukdumpur Post Office, Maldah on Feb 23, 2018. 

Wanted IM terrorist arrested in Delhi

Feb 14, 2018, at 08:35 pm

New Delhi, Feb 14 (IBNS) : Delhi police on Wednesday arrested a most-wanted Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorist, involved in several blast cases, media reports said.

Main accused in the killing of Allahabad law student arrested

Feb 14, 2018, at 07:12 pm

Lucknow, Feb 14 (IBNS) :  Four days after a 26-year-old law student was beaten to death at a restaurant in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad, the main accused, Vijay Shankar Singh, has been arrested, NDTV said.

Two die of asphyxiation while cleaning septic tank in Bengaluru

Feb 14, 2018, at 06:31 pm

Bengaluru, Feb 14 (IBNS) :  Two labourers were suffocated to death while cleaning a clogged drain of a restaurant in Bengaluru’s HAL area, News 18 reported.

AAP completes three years in office in Delhi

Feb 14, 2018, at 05:18 pm

New Delhi, Feb 14 (IBNS): The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday completed its third year in the office of Delhi government.

PM Modi wishes External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on birthday

Feb 14, 2018, at 04:50 pm

New Delhi, Feb 14 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has wished External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj as she turned 66 on Wednesday.

Peace process in Myanmar will benefit North Eastern states: India

Feb 14, 2018, at 05:23 am

New Delhi, Feb 13 (IBNS): The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday said India supports Myanmar's peace process and that the national reconciliation in the neighbouring country will also be conducive for the peace and prosperity of the North Eastern states of India. 

R.K. Singh inaugurates International Conference on Operations and Maintenance

Feb 14, 2018, at 03:05 am

New Delhi, Feb 13 (IBNS): Union Minister of State (IC) for Power and New and Renewable Energy R.K. Singh inaugurated the ‘Indian Power Stations 2018’ - three-day International Conference on Operations and Maintenance, here on Tuesday.

Kuchina Foundation join hands with Prabha Khaitan Foundation to distribute text books to children in Kolkata

Feb 14, 2018, at 01:53 am

Kolkata, Feb 13 (IBNS): Prabha Khaitan Foundation (PKF) in association with Bharat Relief Society (BRS) and supported by Kuchina Foundation recently distributed school text books to the needy children at a function called Gyan Yagna Vidya Dan Samaroh at the Maheshwari Sadan in central Kolkata.

NSCN (R) militant nabbed with two AK series rifles in Nagaland

Feb 14, 2018, at 01:49 am

Dimapur (Nagaland), Feb 13 (IBNS): The troops of Assam Rifles and Nagaland Police apprehended a NSCN (R) militant and recovered huge cache of arms and ammunition including two AK series rifles in Nagaland’s Dimapur area on Monday evening, officials said.

Funny, oddly voter names emerge in Meghalaya village

Feb 14, 2018, at 01:04 am

Shillong, Feb 13 (IBNS): Argentina, Indonesia, Sweden, Italy are not only country names, these are also names of some voters who will exercise their franchise in the upcoming assembly polls in Meghalaya.

Beneficiaries of Ujjwala Yojana interact with PM Narendra Modi

Feb 14, 2018, at 12:30 am

New Delhi, Feb 13 (IBNS): Over 100 beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, on Tuesday interacted with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at his residence.

Rebuffed by RJD, Pappu announces to contest all Lok Sabha, assembly seats in Bihar

Feb 14, 2018, at 12:29 am

Patna, Feb 13 (TheBiharPost): Jan Adhukar Party (JAP) chief Pappu Yadav on Tuesday announced to contest all the 40 Lok Sabha seats and 243 assembly seats in the next elections in Bihar.

Officers must come up with out of the box ideas to ensure proper delivery of services: Vice President Naidu

Feb 14, 2018, at 12:05 am

New Delhi, Feb 13 (IBNS): Vice President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu has asked officers and civil servants to come with out of the box ideas to ensure proper delivery of services.

President of India Ram Nath Kovind hosts ‘LPG Panchayat’ at Rashtrapati Bhavan

Feb 13, 2018, at 11:57 pm

New Delhi, Feb 13 (IBNS): President of India Ram Nath Kovind hosted an‘LPG Panchayat’ on Tuesday at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Law and order situation in UP is under control: Yogi Adityanath

Feb 13, 2018, at 11:57 pm

Agartala, Feb 13 (IBNS): Campaigning in poll-bound Tripura, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said law and order in the state is under control.