Ola, Wigdor LLP slam Uber for obtaining rape survivor's medical reports

Jun 09, 2017, at 04:42 pm

New Delhi/New York, Jun 09 (IBNS): Indian ride hailing app Ola and New York-based law firm Wigdor LLP have in separate statements slammed car hailing service Uber, after reports of a sacked former company executive belonging to the latter seeking confidential medical reports of a Delhi woman raped by an Uber driver during a ride, did the rounds.

Telangana youth shot in California departmental store over argument

Jun 09, 2017, at 04:17 am

California, June 8 (IBNS): A Telangana man who stays in California was shot at a departmental store four days back over an argument, which had again raised the question of security of Indians on foreign soil, media reports.

AASU office ransacking incident: Crime branch arrests NIBBUSS general secretary

Jun 09, 2017, at 04:02 am

Guwahati, June 8 (IBNS): The crime branch of Guwahati city police on Thursday arrested the general secretary of Nikhil Bharat Bangali Udbastu Samanvay Samiti (NIBBUSS) in the capital city of Assam in connection with the All Assam Students Union (AASU) office attack incident in Dhemaji district on March 6.

Major David Manlun laid to rest with full military honour

Jun 09, 2017, at 03:28 am

Guwahati, June 8 (IBNS): A day of gloom set over Shillong as Major David Manlun, 164 Infantry Battalion (Territorial Army) (PU-2 Naga Regt), who got martyred while battling the dreaded ULFA (I) and NSCN (K) insurgents at Mon District (Nagaland) on Wednesday, was laid to rest on Thursday.

Over 100 youths missing from Assam, IB warns

Jun 09, 2017, at 03:08 am

Guwahati, June 8 (IBNS): Assam police headquarter has directed all districts police to collect information about the missing youths of the state, who went to South India and gulf nations for working purpose.

Army starts patrolling in violence-hit Darjeeling

Jun 09, 2017, at 02:56 am

Darjeeling, June 8 (IBNS): Army was called out in Darjeeling at the request of the West Bengal government to control the situation arising out of a violent protest by the Gorkha Jamukti Morcha on Thursday, media reports.

Amit Shah reaches Chhattisgarh to strengthen the state organisation of the party

Jun 09, 2017, at 01:29 am

Raipur, June 8 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah, who had been touring different states recently, on Thursday reached Chhattisgarh for a three-day visit to strengthen the party's organisation in the state.

Rahul Gandhi meets Mandsaur farmers' kin, Union agriculture minister in Yoga camp

Jun 09, 2017, at 12:14 am

New Delhi, Jun 8 (IBNS): The Madhya Pradesh government allowed Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, on Thursday, to meet family members of the farmers who had died in police firing recently in Mandsaur, media reported.

West Bengal govt seeks Army help to control Darjeeling situation

Jun 08, 2017, at 11:37 pm

Darjeeling/Kolkata, June 08 (IBNS) Amid violent protest and arson in the hills of Darjeeling by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was chairing a state cabinet meeting, the state government has sought Army help to control the situation.

Police arrest Bhim Army chief in Himachal Pradesh, a main accused in Saharanpur violence

Jun 08, 2017, at 10:29 pm

New Delhi, Jun 8 (IBNS): The leader of Bhim Army, a Dalit-rights group, was arrested from Dalhousie in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday, according to media reports.

Congress and BJP trade charges over MP farmer protest, Rahul Gandhi arrested

Jun 08, 2017, at 09:55 pm

New Delhi, Jun 8 (IBNS): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi was arrested on Thursday after being taken in preventive custody by the police when he attempted to visit Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh, according to media reports.

Police and GJM protesters clash in Darjeeling, CM chairs cabinet meeting

Jun 08, 2017, at 09:51 pm

Darjeeling, Jun 8 (IBNS): Police had to resort to lathi-charge to disperse Gorkha Janmukti Morcha protesters in Darjeeling on Thursday when protesters allegedly set fire to three police vehicles, according to media reports.

Abducted Delhi-based tea estate manager released after a week

Jun 08, 2017, at 08:40 pm

Guwahati, June 8 (IBNS) : Suspected militants released kidnapped Superintendent Manager of Maijonga tea estate in Assam's Kokrajhar district on Wednesday night, according to police reports.

Narada sting: CBI serves notice to Kolkata Deputy Mayor Iqbal Ahmed

Jun 08, 2017, at 07:40 pm

Kolkata, Jun 8 (IBNS): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday summoned the deputy mayor of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), Iqbal Ahmed, in connection with its ongoing probe into Narada sting operation, sources confirmed.

Rahul Gandhi stopped from entering MP, in preventive custody

Jun 08, 2017, at 07:33 pm

New Delhi/Bhopal, June 8 (IBNS): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi was stopped at the Madhya Pradesh border on Thursday and stopped from entering the state when he tried to visit Mandasaur, according to media reports.

London attack mastermind Khuram Shazad Butt was radicalized despite UK upbringing

Jun 08, 2017, at 07:19 pm

London, June 08 (IBNS) Khuram Shazad Butt, the Pakistani origin attacker who is now believed to be the mastermind behind the London attack, had imbibed the extremist Sunni ideology of his country of origin despite growing up in the liberal environment of Britain.

PM Narendra Modi visiting Kazakhstan for Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit

Jun 08, 2017, at 06:27 pm

New Delhi, Jun 8 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Thursday, left New Delhi for Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, to participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit to be held over June 8 and 9, according to media reports.

We help even if you are stuck on Mars : Sushma Swaraj's jocular tweet goes viral

Jun 08, 2017, at 06:24 pm

New Delhi, June 8 (IBNS) : A tweet by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj went viral on Thursday as she said in a lighter vein that even if an Indian citizen is stuck up in the space, the Government is there to reach with assistance.

Youth hacked to death, shot six times in Bihar at Panchayat orders

Jun 08, 2017, at 06:01 pm

Patna, June 8 (IBNS) : A youth was hacked to death and shot six times at the orders of a village Panchayat in Bihar for marrying a girl from his own neighbourhood, CNN-News 18 reported.

PM expresses sadness over Myanmar military plane crash

Jun 08, 2017, at 05:39 pm

New Delhi, June 8 (IBNS) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed sadness over the Myanmar military transport plane crash.

Three militants killed, one jawan martyred as the Army foil infiltration in Kashmir

Jun 08, 2017, at 05:18 pm

Srinagar, June 8 (IBNS) : A soldier lost his life while three militants were killed as the Indian Army foiled an infiltration attempt in the Naugam sector of Jammu and Kashmir early on Thursday, officials said.

Top Uber executive fired for obtaining medical records of 2014 Delhi cab rape victim

Jun 08, 2017, at 05:14 pm

New Delhi, June 08 (IBNS) A top executive of cab hailing company Uber who had obtained medical records of a woman who had been raped during a ride in New Delhi in 2014 has been fired, according to media reports.

Rahul Gandhi heads for Mandasaur to meet agitating farmers

Jun 08, 2017, at 03:12 pm

Mandasaur, Madhya Pradesh, June 08 (IBNS) : Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has headed for Mandasaur in Madhya Pradesh where during a farmers' protest five were killed in police firing two days ago, triggering a tensions and prompting imposition of curfew.

CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury attacked during press conference, trespassers detained

Jun 08, 2017, at 05:19 am

New Delhi, June 7 (IBNS): CPI(M) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sitaram Yechury was attacked on Wednesday by two men during a press conference at the national capital, according to media reports.

Guarded Progress

Jun 08, 2017, at 03:15 am

On May 14, 2017, after an interregnum of 20 years, the first round of local level elections were conducted in 34 Districts of Province Nos. 3, 4 and 6, to elect representatives in 283 local level institutions, including four metropolitan cities, one sub-metropolitan city, 92 municipalities and 186 rural municipalities. 71 per cent voters took part in these elections. The last local elections in Nepal were held in May 1997.

Northeast: Persistent Anxieties

Jun 08, 2017, at 03:12 am

In the Northeast Security Review meeting, presided over by Union Home Minister (UHM) Rajnath Singh, held at New Delhi on May 16, 2017, security agencies demanded a greater presence of intelligence and Security Force (SF) personnel in five contiguous Districts of Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland along the Indo-Myanmar border. An unnamed official who participated in the meeting disclosed, "We have apprised the Home Minister of the security situation in the Northeast and informed him that all militant activities are being controlled from Arunachal's Tirap, Changlang and Longding Districts; and Nagaland's Mon and Tuensang Districts,". During the meeting it was emphasized that these five districts had emerged as the hub of the 'last remaining militants' in the Northeast.

Madhya Pradesh cracker factory fire claims 20 lives

Jun 08, 2017, at 02:45 am

Bhopal, June 7 (IBNS): A fire broke out in a cracker factory at Bhatan village in the Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday which killed at least 20 people, reports said.

APSC cash-for-job scam : More officials likely to be summoned, police seized 1265 answer scripts

Jun 08, 2017, at 02:30 am

Guwahati, June 7 (IBNS): After summoned to 25 Assam Civil Service (ACS), Assam Police Service (APS) and other associate services officials, the Dibrugarh police would likely to summon more officials in connection with the cash-for-job scam of Assam Public Service Commission (APSC).

HADR exercise gets underway at HQ Eastern Command Air Command

Jun 08, 2017, at 02:03 am

Kolkata, June 7 (IBNS): A three-day Exercise on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) termed as 'Nabhas Rahat', hosted by HQs Eastern Air Command, got underway at Upper Shillong on on Tuesday.

Sushma Swaraj condemns Tehran attacks

Jun 08, 2017, at 01:17 am

New Delhi, June 7 (IBNS): External Affairs Ministr Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday condemned the attacks in Tehran.