Death threat to Sourav Ganguly: 1 booked from Midnapore city
Jan 13, 2017, at 10:39 pm
Kolkata, Jan 13 (IBNS): Police on Friday morning arrested one man from Midnapore city in West Bengal's West Medinipur district for sending letter with death threat to former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly, officials said.
Sanitation: Bihar schoolgirl becomes a role model for society
Jan 13, 2017, at 10:28 pm
Patna, Jan 13 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): A 10-year-old schoolgirl has emerged as a role model for the society for her unique sanitation campaign.
Kolkata: Human skulls, bones found in Behala
Jan 13, 2017, at 10:24 pm
Kolkata, Jan 13 (IBNS): Police on Friday recovered few human skulls and bones from a garbage dump at Biren Roy Road (East) area under Behala Police Station limits in Kolkata, reports said.
Efforts to make the Ganga Sagar Mela free of plastic waste
Jan 13, 2017, at 09:29 pm
Gangasagar, South 24 Parganas, Jan 13 (IBNS): Every effort is being made the Ganga Sagar Mela-2017 an example for the entire country so far as cleanliness is concerned.
Union Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot inaugurates silver jubilee celebrations of NBCFDC
Jan 13, 2017, at 09:15 pm
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IBNS): Thaawarchand Gehlot, Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment inaugurated the Silver Jubilee celebrations of National Backward Classes Finance & Development Corporation (NBCFDC), on Friday.
Soldiers with grievances can call me directly : Army chief Bipin Rawat
Jan 13, 2017, at 08:38 pm
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IBNS) : Reacting to the recent viral video posted by a BSF jawan complaining bad food, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Friday said that soldiers must raise their complaints internally and can approach directly to him.
Bihar: Two road construction company employees shot dead by armed criminals
Jan 13, 2017, at 08:09 pm
Patna, Jan 13 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Armed criminals shot dead two employees of a road construction company in Bihar late Thursday night.
SC refuses to pass fresh order to stop cockfights in Andhra, already banned in state
Jan 13, 2017, at 07:56 pm
Hyderabad, Jan 13 (IBNS): The Supreme Court of India, on Friday, refused to pass any fresh order to stop cockfights in Andhra Pradesh, according to media reports.
Cold wave in north India : Two die in HP, Kashmir's Gulmarg at minus 13
Jan 13, 2017, at 07:35 pm
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IBNS) : Two persons died as a severe cold wave continued to sweep north India with the mercury remaining in the sub-zero level in many places of Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh while places like Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab experienced biting cold.
Jan 13, 2017, at 07:16 pm
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IBNS): The Chief Electoral Officer, in a release on Friday, said there are two recognized state parties in Manipur, viz., Naga People’s Front (NPF) and the People’s Democratic Alliance (PDA).
EC to decide on Samajwadi Party symbol today
Jan 13, 2017, at 05:51 pm
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IBNS) : Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav reached the Election Commission office as the poll panel is set to decide on Friday which of the two warring factions of Uttar Pradesh's ruling party will own the election symbol, 'cycle.'
Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal greet nation on Lohri
Jan 13, 2017, at 05:37 pm
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IBNS): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday greeted the nation on the occasion of Lohri.
Tamil Nadu : DMK hit the street for statewide protest over Jallikattu
Jan 13, 2017, at 05:28 pm
Chennai, Jan 13 (IBNS) : A day after the Supreme Court refused to pass a judgment on Jallikattu before Pongal, Dravida Munetra Kazhagam (DMK), the main opposition in Tamil Nadu, called for a state-wide protest on Friday, reports said.
Kashmir: Massive fire guts several buildings
Jan 13, 2017, at 04:48 pm
Srinagar, Jan 13 (IBNS): A massive fire gutted several buildings, including two banks and a post office in Srinagar, reports said.
Ram Vilas Paswan admitted to Patna hospital after complaining breathlessness
Jan 13, 2017, at 04:27 am
Patna, Jan 12 (TheBIharPost/IBNS): Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan was admitted to a hospital in Patna on late Thursday evening after sudden complains of breathlessness.
Denied leave, Indian soldier opens fire on unarmed colleagues, four dead
Jan 13, 2017, at 02:17 am
Patna, Jan 12 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): A paramilitary soldier from country's elite Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) on Thursday shod dead four of his colleagues apparently upset at not being granted leave.
Rose Valley: TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay sent to 14-day judicial custody
Jan 13, 2017, at 01:34 am
Bhubaneswar, Jan 12 (IBNS): A local court in Bhubaneswar on Thursday sent arrested Trinamool Congress (TMC) Parliamentary leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay to judicial custody for 14 days.
Manipur: Civilian killed, three injured in militant attack
Jan 13, 2017, at 01:08 am
Guwahati, Jan 12 (IBNS): Unidentified militants on Thursday evening killed a civilian and injured three in the newly created Noney district of Manipur.
APSC's cash-for-job scam: Police likely to grill former minister, journalists
Jan 13, 2017, at 01:01 am
Guwahati, Jan 12 (IBNS): Assam Police are likely to grill a former minister and journalists after the former Assam Public Service Commission (APCC) chairman Rakesh Paul, who was arrested in the cash-for-job scam, named several high profile personalities and claimed to have paid them in order to keep quiet.
Footage is more important than Mathew Samuel's character: Calcutta HC on Narada case
Jan 13, 2017, at 12:42 am
Kolkata, Jan 12 (IBNS): The Calcutta High Court on Thursday said that the court is more concerned about the Narada sting footage than the character of Narada News's CEO Mathew Samuel.
I-T Department harassing AAP, says Kejriwal
Jan 12, 2017, at 11:24 pm
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IBNS): Delhi Chief Minister and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party of taking bribe while targetting opposition with I-T department.
Calcutta High Court grants conditional permission to organize MP Fair in Asansol
Jan 12, 2017, at 10:55 pm
Kolkata, Jan 12 (IBNS): A division bench of the Calcutta High Court, led by Justice Biswanath Somadder, on Thursday granted conditional permission to host MP Fair (Saansad Mela) in Asansol city of West Bengal's Burdwan district.
Bhilai celebrates Swami Vivekananda's birthday with mass Yoga session
Jan 12, 2017, at 10:37 pm
Bhilai, Jan 12 (IBNS): Over a lakh people celebrated late philosopher and spiritual guru Swami Vivekananda's birthday with a Yoga session.
Grammy winner David Guetta's Bengaluru concert cancelled
Jan 12, 2017, at 09:53 pm
Bengaluru, Jan 12 (IBNS) : French DJ David Guetta’s charity concert of English dance and music, scheduled to be held for Thursday, has been cancelled on the ground of "law and order situation" following the New year's eve molestation incident in the IT city, reports said.
UP police lodge FIR in cabinet minister's name for alleged violation of model code of conduct
Jan 12, 2017, at 09:38 pm
Lucknow, Jan 12 (IBNS): An FIR has been registered against Uttar Pradesh transport minister and Samajwadi Party leader Gayatri Prasad Prajapati and two others for violating the model code of conduct in Fatehpur, according to media reports.
Kharagpur shooting: Police detains 5, TMC accuses BJP
Jan 12, 2017, at 09:10 pm
Kolkata/Kharagpur, Jan 12 (IBNS): Police on Wednesday midnight detained five people in connection with a deadly shooting in Kharagpur town in West Bengal's West Medinipur district, reports said.
Bihar : CISF jawan goes berserk, kills two colleagues
Jan 12, 2017, at 09:04 pm
Aurangabad, Bihar, Jan 12 (IBNS) : Two Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel were shot dead on Thursday and as many injured after a CISF jawan went berserk, firing on his colleagues in Aurangabad of Bihar, reports said.
Three NSCN (IM) men arrested in Manipur
Jan 12, 2017, at 08:33 pm
Imphal, Jan 12 (IBNS) : Three members of the underground NSCN (IM) and a sympathiser of the insurgent group have been apprehended by security forces during search operations in different parts of Thoubal district, reports said.
Bihar government says doctors in Naxal-hit areas to get special allowance
Jan 12, 2017, at 08:20 pm
Patna, Jan 12 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): The state government in Bihar has planned to grant special allowance to doctors posted in the Maoist-affected areas.
Kolkata: Woman goes missing after giving birth, later found injured near railway tracks
Jan 12, 2017, at 08:12 pm
Kolkata, Jan 12 (IBNS): A 23-year-old woman who reportedly went missing days after giving birth to her child, was rescued in an unconscious state beside railway tracks in south Kolkata on Wednesday night, reports said.