Encourage indigenous language in primary education: Arunachal Pradesh Guv tells teachers
May 05, 2017, at 04:05 am
Guwahati, May 4 (IBNS): Arunachal Pradesh Governor P.B. Acharya on Thursday called upon the teachers, particularly those tutors at primary levels to use and promote indigenous languages.
Militants attack army party in Kashmir, 2 soldiers injured, civilian killed
May 05, 2017, at 03:14 am
Srinagar, May 4 (IBNS): A civilian was killed and two soldiers injured after suspected militants attacked an army party in Shopian district of South Kashmir.
Another Assam cop suspended for Facebook post
May 05, 2017, at 03:06 am
Guwahati, May 4 (IBNS): Another Assam police has been suspended after he made a post against Prime minister and other dignitaries in social media.
Assam govt to recommend to Centre disqualification of MLAs, MPs for violating two-child norms
May 05, 2017, at 02:51 am
Guwahati, May 4 (IBNS): the BJP-led Assam state government will recommend to the Union government disqualification of MLAs and MPs of the state who don’t adhere the new two child family planning norms.
Assam: Two injured in suspected militants grenade attack
May 05, 2017, at 02:41 am
Guwahati, May 4 (IBNS): At least two persons of a family were injured following grenade attack hurled by suspected ULFA (I) militants in upper Assam’s Tinsukia district on Thursday evening, officials said.
NSDC plans to fast track its Center Accreditation and Affiliation process
May 05, 2017, at 02:35 am
New Delhi, May 4 (IBNS): Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), the flagship outcome-based scheme of Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE), aims to deliver high quality training and improve the placement opportunities for the candidates.
Assam govt to provide interim pension to divorced women under triple talaq provision
May 05, 2017, at 01:14 am
Guwahati, May 4 (IBNS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led Assam state government will provide interim pension for the women who have been divorced under the provision of triple talaq.
PM Modi congratulates the top 10 cleanest Indian cities
May 04, 2017, at 11:17 pm
New Delhi, May 4 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday congratulated the top 10 cleanest cities in India, hours after the list was declared by Union Urban Minister M Venkaiah Naidu.
Telengana police files criminal case against Digvijay Singh
May 04, 2017, at 10:09 pm
Hyderabad, May 4 (IBNS) : Telangana police on Thursday registered a criminal case against AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh following a complaint on his tweets that Telangana police hosted a fake ISIS website to radicalize Muslim youth, The Hindu reported.
May 04, 2017, at 09:11 pm
New Delhi, May 4 (IBNS) : The CBI on Thursday registered a case against Dr. Tarun Seem, a former health secretary of Delhi Government for wrongful engagement of private firms for providing security in emergency ward of seven hospitals, the Hindustan Times reported.
Indore cleanliest city of India, Gonda diretiest
May 04, 2017, at 08:42 pm
New Delhi, May 4 (IBNS) : Indore in Madhya Pradesh has been adjudged the cleanest city in India while Bhopal from the same state comes second in a survey conducted under the Centre's "Swachh Survekshan 2017" programme, Union Minister Venkiah Naidu announced on Thursday.
Four suspected Maoists arrested in connection with the Sukma attack on CRPF
May 04, 2017, at 07:19 pm
New Delhi, May 4 (IBNS) : Nearly ten days after 25 CRPF jawans were killed in a deadly ambush by Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Sukma, four people, believed to be involved in the attack, have been arrested, media reports said.
Bombay High Court denies death penalty for Bilkis Bano rape-murder convicts, upholds life sentenche
May 04, 2017, at 07:16 pm
Mumbai, May 4 (IBNS) : The Bombay high court on Thursday upheld the life imprisonment of 11 convicts in the gang-rape and murder of Bilkis Bano, committed during the post-Godhra Gujarat pogrom while rejected their death penalty as demanded by the CBI, media reports said.
Alert sounded along Indo-Myanmar border as 100 militants take shelter to carry out attacks
May 04, 2017, at 05:52 pm
Guwahati, May 4 (IBNS) : Security has been beefed up along the Indo-Myanmar border following intelligence reports about probable militant attacks on security forces.
Kashmir: Security forces cordon off over 20 villages in Shopian
May 04, 2017, at 05:16 pm
Srinagar, Apr 4 (IBNS) : Security forces on Thursday morning cordoned off more than 20 villages in Shopian of South Kashmir as part of a major crackdown following spurt in militant activities, police said.
Punjab: Police lands search for three suspicious men near international border
May 04, 2017, at 03:45 pm
Amritsar, May 4 (IBNS): The Punjab Police has sounded a high alert after three men jumped a signal and sped away under suspicious circumstances near Baharampur sector, reports said.
West Bengal college principal says he was threatened with beheading for failing student
May 04, 2017, at 05:27 am
Kolkata, May 3 (IBNS): Principal of a West Bengal college on Wednesday alleged that he has received beheading threat and was pressured to promote an unsuccessful student, according to reports.
APSC cash-for-job scam: Police arrests three ACS officers
May 04, 2017, at 03:39 am
Guwahati, May 3 (IBNS): Police on Tuesday night arrested three Assam Civil Service (ACS) officers in connection with cash-for-job in the Assam Public Service Commission (APSC).
WB: TMC allegedly hijacks Naxalbari couple who offered lunch to Amit Shah
May 04, 2017, at 02:33 am
Kolkata, May 3 (IBNS): A Dalit couple of Naxalbari area in West Bengal's Darjeeling district, at whose house BJP president Amit Shah had lunch weeks ago, joined state's ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday, reports said.
Minister of Railways inaugurates two-day global technology conference
May 04, 2017, at 01:21 am
New Delhi, May 3 (IBNS): Railway Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu inaugurated the two-day Global Technology Conference for Leveraging World Class Technology (International Conference on Development & Adaptation of Advance Technology for Railways) here today.
Prakash Javadekar meets J&K Education Minister
May 04, 2017, at 01:11 am
New Delhi, May 3 (IBNS): A high level meeting between Union Minister of Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar and Jammu & Kashmir State Education Minister Altaf Bukhari was held on Wednesday here in New Delhi over Education related matters in the state.
Kill 'corrupt' politicians, not our jawans, Bihar MP suggests Maoists
May 04, 2017, at 01:07 am
Patna, May 3 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Controversial parliamentarian Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav has suggested the Maoist rebels to kill “corrupt†politicians, instead of security personnel.
Two launches in a row with precise hit of Brahmos Block 3
May 04, 2017, at 12:07 am
New Delhi, May 3 (IBNS): South Western Command’s Corps ‘Strike One’ successfully carried out the firing of the advanced BRAHMOS Block III land attack cruise missile system in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands on May 3 for the second consecutive day, official said.
West Bengal: TET candidates block rail tracks at Barasat, clash with police, commuters
May 04, 2017, at 12:00 am
Kolkata, May 3 (IBNS): Demanding an immediate recruitment, Primary Teachers' Eligibility Test (TET) candidates, who successfully passed the exam in 2009, blocked railway tracks near Barasat railway station in Kolkata's neighbouring North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Wednesday afternoon, hitting train service for hours, reports said.
Suspected militants loot cash from bank
May 03, 2017, at 11:41 pm
Srinagar, May 3 (IBNS): Suspected armed militants barged into a bank at Pulwama district in south Kashmir on Wednesday and looted a cash of around Rs 3 lakhs.
PM offers prayers at Kedarnath Temple in Uttarakhand
May 03, 2017, at 10:33 pm
New Delhi, May 3 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Uttarakhand on Wednesday.
Another bank looted in Kashmir
May 03, 2017, at 10:24 pm
Srinagar, May 3 (IBNS): Suspected armed militants looted five lac cash from a bank in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday.
Supreme Court upholds death sentence for convict in rape and murder of four-year-old
May 03, 2017, at 10:22 pm
New Delhi, May 20 (IBNS) : The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the death sentence awarded to a man for raping and murdering a four-year-old girl child in 2008, reports said.
Bulandshahr man allegedly lynched by Hindu Yuva Vahini
May 03, 2017, at 10:15 pm
Bulandshahar,Uttar Pradesh, May 3 (IBNS) : A 62-year-old man was lynched in ttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr on Tuesday by a group of men on Tuesday allegedly looking for his young neighbor, who had eloped with a girl from a different community, NDTV reported.
PM Modi offers prayers at Kedarnath temple
May 03, 2017, at 09:41 pm
Dehradun, May 3 (IBNS) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday visited the Kedarnath temple to be the first person to offer prayers after the doors of the shrine were thrown open for devotees after a six-month winter break, reports said.