Rival 'Amma' teams to clash with 'Hat and 'Electric Pole' symbols for Jayalalithaa seat
Mar 23, 2017, at 08:22 pm
Chennai, Mar 23 (IBNS): The 'Hat' and the 'Electricity Pole' are gearing for what could be a close contest for Tamil Nadu's RK Nagar Assembly constituency, which goes for the bypoll on April 12, 2017.
UP CM Yogi Adityanath makes surprise visit to police station
Mar 23, 2017, at 07:55 pm
Lucknow, Mar 23 (IBNS) : Only a few days after he took over and ordered police to be 'vigilant' against crimes and lawlessness, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday made a surprise visit to a police station in the state capital to inspect their preparedness, media reports said.
Babri Demolition : SC adjourns hearing for two weeks, asks parties to file written submissions
Mar 23, 2017, at 07:23 pm
New Delhi, Mar 23 (IBNS) : The Supreme Court on Thursday once again adjourned the hearing of the Babri Masjid demolition case for two weeks and asked BJP leaders L K Advani, M M Joshi and other accused to give their written submissions, reports said.
Bombay HC asks agitating docs to resume work as protest enters fourth day
Mar 23, 2017, at 07:18 pm
Mumbai/New Delhi, Mar 23 (IBNS): As talks between agitating junior doctors of Maharashtra and the government failed, the protest is heading for a likely pan-India strike as doctors from the Indian Medical Association and from Delhi expressed their support for the agitating doctors, according to media reports.
President Pranab Mukherjee mourns loss of lives in London terror attack
Mar 23, 2017, at 06:58 pm
New Delhi, Mar 23 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said he was shocked to hear about the terrorist attack which hit London on Wednesday.
Ratnagiri Gas and Power Ltd on the path of revival says Minister Piyush Goyal
Mar 23, 2017, at 06:52 pm
New Delhi, Mar 23 (IBNS): Steps have been taken for revival of Ratnagiri Gas and Power Ltd said Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy and Mines on Thursday.
President to visit Bihar tomorrow
Mar 23, 2017, at 06:46 pm
New Delhi, Mar 23 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee will visit Bihar (Patna) on Friday.
R K Nagar bypoll: I support no one, Rajinikanth tweets
Mar 23, 2017, at 04:34 pm
Chennai, Mar 23 (IBNS): Tamil superstar Rajinikanth has preferred a role of a mute spectator in the upcoming R K Nagar bypoll.
Senior mission leaders train at Manekshaw Centre
Mar 23, 2017, at 03:51 pm
New Delhi, Mar 23 (IBNS): Senior Mission Leaders (SML) Course started in the year 2005 and is the highest recognised course in the UN system. Centre for United Nations Peacekeeping (CUNPK) under MEA is conducting present course from 20-31 Mar 2017.
Suresh Prabhu greets Smriti Irani on birthday
Mar 23, 2017, at 03:03 pm
New Delhi, Mar 23 (IBNS): Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Thursday greeted Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani on her birthday.
PM Modi pays tribute to Ram Manohar Lohia
Mar 23, 2017, at 02:34 pm
New Delhi, Mar 23 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tributes to Ram Manohar Lohia on the latter's birth anniversary.
PM Modi pays tribute to Bhagat Singh on martyrdom day
Mar 23, 2017, at 02:28 pm
New Delhi, Mar 23 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tributes to Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev on their martyrdom day.
Britain terror attack: Narendra Modi condemns
Mar 23, 2017, at 02:16 pm
New Delhi, Mar 23 (IBNS): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday condemned the terror attack in Britain which killed at least five people.
Four killed, 20 wounded in UK Parliament terror attack in London
Mar 23, 2017, at 07:51 am
London, Mar 22 (IBNS): At least four people were killed and 20 others were wounded in a terror attack near UK's parliament building on Wednesday afternoon, police said.
EC freezes AIADMK party symbol ahead of by-election
Mar 23, 2017, at 05:22 am
New Delhi, Mar 22 (IBNS): The Election Commission has frozen the party symbol of AIADMK over the dispute between Sasikala and Paneerselvam camps ahead of by-election in late former CM J Jayalalitha's constituency, media reports on Wednesday.
Kolkata: BJP activists hold protest march over Narada issue, scuffle with police
Mar 23, 2017, at 04:48 am
Kolkata, Mar 22 (IBNS): Demanding an immediate action against the Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader-ministers, who were seen taking money in Narada sting tapes, the Kolkata unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hosted a protest rally in the city on Wednesday.
Non-bailable case registered against poet Srijato for his FB post "hurting religious feelings"
Mar 23, 2017, at 04:29 am
Kolkata, Mar 22 (IBNS): A non-bailable case has been registered against eminent Bengali poet Srijato Bandyopadhyay in a Siliguri court in north Bengal on Wednesday for allegedly hurting religious sentiment through a Facebook post, officials said.
Assam govt signs MoU with SBI to provide housing, educational loan at subsidised interest rates
Mar 23, 2017, at 04:05 am
Guwahati, Mar 22 (IBNS): To provide housing loan and educational loan at subsidised interest rates to the employees of the state government, a MoU was signed on between the Assam government and State Bank of India on Wednesday.
Assam multi crore scam: V&AC sleuths raid at social welfare office in Dispur Janata Bhawan
Mar 23, 2017, at 02:56 am
Guwahati, Mar 22 (IBNS): The sleuths of Assam police Vigilance and Anti Corruption (V&AC) on Wednesday raided the Social Welfare department office in Dispur Janata Bhawan in connection with the Rs 2250 crore scam in the department.
UP list of ministers: CM Yogi Adityanath to keep home ministry
Mar 23, 2017, at 01:45 am
Lucknow, Mar 22 (IBNS): Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik released the list of ministers of its state on Wednesday, which includes 22 cabinet ministers with Chief Minister Yodi Adityanath as the home minister, media reports said.
Mar 23, 2017, at 12:23 am
New Delhi, Mar 22 (IBNS): The new Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, must publicly withdraw his previous inflammatory statements against Muslims and other religious minorities, Amnesty International India has said.
Former Congress veteran S M Krishna joins BJP
Mar 23, 2017, at 12:06 am
New Delhi, Mar 22 (IBNS): Former Congress veteran S M Krishna, who earlier served various government posts, formally joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday.
Pranab Mukherjee wishes Pakistan on National Day eve
Mar 22, 2017, at 11:13 pm
New Delhi, Mar 22 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday extended his greetings and felicitations to the Government and people of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on the eve of their National Day.
Mar 22, 2017, at 11:02 pm
New Delhi, Mar 22 (IBNS): Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here.
S Harpal Singh assumes office of Director General (Inspection and Safety)
Mar 22, 2017, at 10:33 pm
New Delhi, Mar 22 (IBNS): Air Marshal S Harpal Singh AVSM VM has assumed office of Director General (Inspection and Safety) on Mar 21.
West Bengal: Family of seven killed in road mishap on Durgapur Expressway
Mar 22, 2017, at 10:18 pm
Kolkata, Mar 22 (IBNS): At least seven persons, including three children and two women, of a same family were killed as a tar-filled tanker overturned and fell on a private car on Durgapur Expressway (NH2) near Rathtala area in Burdwan district of West Bengal on Wednesday morning, reports said.
Currency ban: SBI officials held for violating RBI guidelines
Mar 22, 2017, at 09:22 pm
New Delhi, Mar 22 (IBNS): The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday said it has registered a case against Senior Special Assistant and Deputy Manager (Operations) of State Bank of India, Buchireddypalem Branch, Nellore district for misappropriating funds of around Rs 12.40 lakh by violating the RBI guidelines imposed during the period of currency ban last year.
Maharashtra govt warns agitating docs
Mar 22, 2017, at 09:17 pm
Mumbai, Mar 22 (IBNS): As the agitation through mass leave by a section of doctors in Maharashtra entered into its third day on Wednesday, the state government has warned them saying they stand to lose six months' salary unless they join work by eight pm, media reported.
BSF claims over 3400 Bangladesh based JMB, Huji militants entered India in past three years
Mar 22, 2017, at 09:03 pm
Guwahati, Mar 22 (IBNS) : Over 1500 militants from the Jamat-Ul-Mujahideen of Bangladesh (JMB) and Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (Huji) have infiltrated Assam from Bangladesh since 2014.
CM Yogi Adityanath bans use of chewing tobacco in UP govt offices
Mar 22, 2017, at 08:57 pm
Lucknow, Mar 22 (IBNS): Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, on Wednesday has banned paan masala and gutka, the two common forms of chewing tobacco, fro all government offices in the state, according to media reports.