Modi's acceptability unmatched, forget about 2019 and concentrate on 2024 LS polls : Omar Abdullah

Mar 11, 2017, at 07:53 pm

Srinagar, Mar 11 (IBNS) : As the Bharatiya Janata Party heads for a landslide victory in Uttar Pradesh, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference President Omar Abdullah on Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces no competition in individual charisma.

Rahul Gandhi to decide on Punjab Chief Minister : Capt Amarinder Singh

Mar 11, 2017, at 07:13 pm

Amritsar, Mar 11 (IBNS): Leading his party to victory in Punjab, Congress state chief Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday said that the party high command and Vice President Rahul Gandhi will decide on Chief Ministership in the state.

India releases and sends home two Pakistani youth

Mar 11, 2017, at 07:11 pm

New Delhi, Mar 11 (IBNS): Two Pakistani youth, Faisal Hussain Awan and Ahsan Khurshid Chaudhry, were handed over to Pakistani officials at the Attari/Wagah border between the two countries, according to media reports on Saturday.

Punjab : Prakash Singh Badal congratulates Congress for victory

Mar 11, 2017, at 06:50 pm

New Delhi, Mar 11 (IBNS) : Outgoing Chief Minister of Punjab, Prakash Singh Badal on Friday congratulated the Congress for its victory in the state, saying it was a defeat of the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal and not of any individual.

Punjab win is a revival of Congress: Navjot Singh Sidhu

Mar 11, 2017, at 06:41 pm

Amritsar, Mar 11 (IBNS): Cricketer- turned politician Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday said the party's victory in Punjab Assembly election is a revival for the organisation.

Sri Lanka releases 77 jailed Indian fishermen so far

Mar 11, 2017, at 06:36 pm

New Delhi, Mar 11 (IBNS): Sri Lankan government has released 77 Indian fishermen and others are expected to be released soon, according to Gopal Baglay, the official spokesperson of India's External Affairs Ministry.

Eleven CRPF men killed in Maoist ambush in Chhattisgarh, Home Minister to visit spot

Mar 11, 2017, at 06:29 pm

Raipur, Mar 11 (IBNS) : Eleven personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were killed when underground Maoists ambushed a Road Opening Party in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Saturday, reports said.

Modi wave sweeps Uttar Pradesh as BJP celebrates early Holi; Cong takes Punjab

Mar 11, 2017, at 06:18 pm

Lucknow, Mar 11 (IBNS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday celebrated Holi a day ahead in Uttar Pradesh as a NaMo wave swept the heartland state in India as the saffron party led in 309 of the state's 403 seats while also taking Uttarakhand even as Congress snatched from the Akalis Punjab despite a prediction of the AAP doing better.

US-bound woman held at Jammu airport

Mar 11, 2017, at 06:04 pm

Srinagar, Mar 11 (IBNS): The anti-hijacking unit at Jammu Airport intercepted a woman carrying 700 gram of gold, police said on Saturday.

Modi's messiah image key to Tectonic shift for BJP in UP : Ravishankar Prasad

Mar 11, 2017, at 05:42 pm

New Delhi, Mar 11 (IBNS) : Reacting to BJP's massive sweep in Uttar Pradesh elections, Union Minister Ravishankr Prasad on Saturday described it as a "tectonic" shift in vote bank and bigger than the party's win in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

Modi is messiah of poor, UP result a tectonic shift: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Mar 11, 2017, at 05:39 pm

New Delhi, Mar 11 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seen as a messiah of the poor now with his measures and the UP poll results are a tectonic shift in Indian politics, said senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday.

We have to build regional leadership: Digvijaya Singh

Mar 11, 2017, at 05:36 pm

New Delhi, Mar 11 (IBNS) Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Saturday said a mandate for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh is what the Opposition has to accept as he emphasised on building young and regional leadership for Congress but ruled out Rahul Gandhi quitting as the Congress vice-president since the Gandhi family is the binding factor in the party.

Goa Chief Minister loses seat, state heading for hung Assembly

Mar 11, 2017, at 05:33 pm

Panaji, Mar 11 (IBNS): Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar has lost his Assembly seat while the recent trend of poll results and the counting trend throw up the possibility of a hung Assembly with the BJP and Congress racing neck and neck.

Credit for win goes to Modi: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Mar 11, 2017, at 05:08 pm

New Delhi, Mar 11 (IBNS): The credit for the massive BJP win in Uttar Pradesh goes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday.

BJP sweeps Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand; Cong to take Punjab

Mar 11, 2017, at 04:19 pm

Lucknow, Mar 11 (IBNS): As counting progressed it is a saffron surge in heartland India with the BJP crossing the halfway mark in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand in a massive show of mandate while Congress is taking over in Punjab where the Akalis are losing badly and AAP emerged as the second force.

Air India plane goes missing for few moments over Hungary

Mar 11, 2017, at 04:34 am

New Delhi, Mar 10 (IBNS): An Air India passenger aircraft on way to London went off the radar for a few moments while flying over Hungary, the airline said on Friday.

French avalanche warning issued in Kashmir

Mar 11, 2017, at 02:53 am

Srinagar, Mar 10 (IBNS): Fresh avalanche warnings on Friday were issued by Kashmir Divisional Administration for next 24-hours for hilly and avalanche prone areas of Kashmir Valley and Kargil district.

Suspected Dhaka terror attack operative booked in Kolkata

Mar 10, 2017, at 11:57 pm

Kolkata, Mar 10 (IBNS): Acting on a tip off, given by Delhi Police, the Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police has nabbed a suspected mastermind of Dhaka terror attack from central Kolkata's Burrabazar area, officials said.

EC website to provide trends and results of Assembly Elections from eight am on Saturday

Mar 10, 2017, at 09:29 pm

New Delhi, Mar 10 (IBNS): The Election Commission (EC) announced on Friday that it has set up a secured infrastructure facility for disseminating trends and results of the General Elections of five state assemblies that went to the polls in Feb/Mar 2017.

Jammu and Kashmir: Protest in valley over Thursday civilian deaths

Mar 10, 2017, at 09:17 pm

Srinagar, Mar 10 (IBNS): Normal life was affected in Kashmir valley of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday due to a strike called by the Kashmir Separatist leadership against the killings of civilians in Pulwama district during a gunfight between militants and forces on Thursday.

King Mswati III of Swaziland calls on Indian President Pranab Mukherjee

Mar 10, 2017, at 08:23 pm

New Delhi, Mar 10 (IBNS): King Mswati III of Swaziland, who is on a eight-day working visit to India until Mar 15, met President Pranab Mukherjee, at Rashtrapati Bhawan, in New Delhi, on Friday.

Another ATM in Delhi dispenses fake Rs. 2000 note

Mar 10, 2017, at 08:20 pm

New Delhi, Mar 10 (IBNS) : Delhi Police have registered a complaint after a customer alleged that he received fake notes from a private bank's ATM in south Delhi's Amar colony area, media reports said.

125 Bengal schools, allegedly linked to RSS, served with Govt notice for religious intolerance

Mar 10, 2017, at 08:10 pm

Kolkata, Mar 10 (IBNS) : The West Bengal Government has served notice to 125 schools, allegedly linked to the Rashtriya Swyam Sevak Sangh, the ideological mentor of the BJP, warning them against promoting religious intolerance, reports said.

New laws to probe assets of people like Vijay Mallya: Arun Jaitley

Mar 10, 2017, at 07:29 pm

New Delhi, Mar 10 (IBNS) : Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said that new laws will be framed to probe assets of people like Vijay Mallya.

Manipur hold repoll in 28 centres on Friday

Mar 10, 2017, at 07:17 pm

Imphal, Mar 10 (IBNS): In Manipur, 28 polling stations across eight assembly segments went for repolling on Friday, according to media reports.

Maruti factory violence case : 31 convicted, 117 acquitted by Haryana court

Mar 10, 2017, at 07:12 pm

Gurgaon, Mar 10 (IBNS) : After nearly five years of legal battle, 31 people were convicted and 117 others acquitted on Friday as a Haryana court gave its verdict on the 2012 Maruti Suzuki Manesar factory violence, reports said.

India holding probe into allegations of firing at the Indo-Nepal border

Mar 10, 2017, at 07:08 pm

New Delhi, Mar 10 (IBNS): The Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday that India's Sahastra Seema Bal has initiated an inquiry into the death of a Nepali citizen in the India-Nepal border.

Court verdict on Haryana's Maruti Suzuki factory violence today

Mar 10, 2017, at 06:35 pm

Gugaon, Mar 10 (IBNS) : A court in Gurgaon in Haryana is expected give verdict on Friday on the 2012 violence in Maurti Suzuki factory in Manesar in which a manager was set on fire in a conference room and a mob ran amok carrying out massive destruction, reports said.

We shall win, Rahul Gandhi claims trashing UP exit poll results

Mar 10, 2017, at 06:01 pm

Lucknow, Mar 10 (IBNS): Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday refused to give credence to the exit poll results for Uttar Pradesh, claiming his party's alliance with the Samajwadi Party is going to win the just concluded Assembly elections.

Indian Navy sailors assault officer on board INS Sandhayak, removed by using helicopter

Mar 10, 2017, at 05:32 pm

New Delhi, Mar 10 (IBNS) : Four sailors of the Indian Navy have been removed from the survey ship INS Sandhayak after they allegedly assaulted an officer on board, NDTV reported.