Centre laundering country's internal security details to China firm: Mamata Banerjee
Dec 31, 2016, at 12:28 am
Kolkata, Dec 30 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday alleged that the BJP-ruled NDA government in Centre is forwarding information, relating to country's internal security, to a Chinese company.
Dec 31, 2016, at 12:26 am
Bengaluru, Dec 30 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the Sri Shankara National Centre for Cancer Prevention & Research and Adamya Chetana Seva Utsav-2017 on Friday at Bengaluru.
Mulayam Singh Yadav expels Akhilesh Yadav, Ram Gopal Yadav for 6 years
Dec 31, 2016, at 12:22 am
Lucknow, Dec 30 (IBNS): The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Friday expelled leader Ram Gopal Yadav and UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav from the party for six years.
SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav issues show-cause notice to Akhilesh Yadav
Dec 31, 2016, at 12:01 am
Lucknow, Dec 30 (IBNS): Troubles grew within the Samajwadi Party as party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav issued a show-cause notice to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and leader Akhilesh Yadav, media reports said.
Whole exercise was undertaken without forethought and planning: Congress on currency ban
Dec 30, 2016, at 11:30 pm
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IBNS): Attacking the Centre on its cash ban move, the Congress on Friday said whole exercise was undertaken without forethought and planning.
Tapas Pal arrest: TMC attacks Centre
Dec 30, 2016, at 10:33 pm
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IBNS): The Trnamool Congress on Friday alleged that the arrest of its MP Tapas Pal is connected with the party's stand against the Centre's move of currency ban.
BHIM App will be simple to use: Modi
Dec 30, 2016, at 10:08 pm
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched mobile app which will aim at making digital payments easier at Digi-Dhan Mela here.
CBI arrests Tapas Pal in connection with Rose Valley chit fund scam
Dec 30, 2016, at 10:00 pm
Kolkata, Dec 30 (IBNS): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday arrested actor-turned-Trinamool Congress (TMC) Lok Sabha MP Tapas Pal in connection with multi-crore Rose Valley financial scam, officials said.
Rose Valley chit fund scam probe: TMC MP Tapas Pal arrested
Dec 30, 2016, at 09:59 pm
Kolkata, Dec 30 (IBNS): Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Pal has been arrested in connection with the Rose Valley chit fund scam.
India's first transgender principal Manobi Bandyopadhyay resigns
Dec 30, 2016, at 08:57 pm
Kolkata, Dec 30 (IBNS): India's maiden transgender principal of Krishnanagar Women's College in West Bengal's Nadia district, Manobi Bandyopadhyay, resigned from her post, just one year six months after her appointment, reports said on Friday.
Nine bodies recovered, all 10 mining equipment extracted from Jharkhand coalmine
Dec 30, 2016, at 08:48 pm
Ranchi/New Delhi, Dec 30 (IBNS): The central Ministry of Coal has said in an afternoon update that nine bodies have been recovered and 10 mining equipment extracted from the ill-fated ECL Rajmahal Coal Mine in Jharkhand.
Villagers rush in to loot banned currency dumped in field
Dec 30, 2016, at 07:16 pm
Patna, Dec 30 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Villagers scrambled to loot banned Indian currency notes after they were found dumped in an open field in Bihar.
PM Modi condoles loss of lives in Jharkhand mine collapse
Dec 30, 2016, at 07:01 pm
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IBNS): Prime Minster Narendra Modi on Friday condoled the loss of lives in the Jharkhand mine collapse.
Arunachal : PPA calls emergency meeting after suspending CM Khandu and six other MLAs
Dec 30, 2016, at 06:12 pm
Guwahati, Dec. 30 (IBNS) : The ruling People's Party of Arunachal (PPA) called an emergency meeting on Friday after the party suspended its seven legislators, including Chief Minister Pena Khandu and Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein.
West Bengal: Foggy weather leads to bus accident, 40 hurt
Dec 30, 2016, at 05:17 pm
Kolkata, Dec 30 (IBNS): At least 40 people were injured when a bus smashed into a standing truck on NH-6 in West Bengal in the wee hours of Friday, reports said.
Jharkhand: Mine collapses in Lalmatia, traps over 40
Dec 30, 2016, at 05:06 pm
Ranchi, Dec 30 (IBNS): At least 40 people are feared to be trapped inside a mine after it collapsed in Jharkhand's Lalmatia, reports said.
Dec 30, 2016, at 03:04 pm
Pune, Dec 30 (IBNS): Fire broke out at 'Bakes and Cakes' bakery in Pune city has left at least six people kille on Friday, media reports said.
People for Better Treatment activists walk to demand justice for medical negligence victims
Dec 30, 2016, at 09:19 am
Kolkata, Dec 29 (IBNS): People for Better Treatment (PBT), a Kolkata-based patients' organisation to fight for a better healthcare system, on Thursday held a rally in the city, seeking justice for the victims of medical negligence.
Drunk driving: Police to cancel license on spot, says Bengal Transport Minister
Dec 30, 2016, at 05:15 am
Kolkata, Dec 29 (IBNS): West Bengal Transport Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday said that state police have been ordered to take strictest action against drink-n-drive.
RSS likely to hold march-past in Kolkata on Jan 14
Dec 30, 2016, at 04:23 am
Kolkata, Dec 29 (IBNS): When few parts of West Bengal have been hit by communal clashes, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s ideological fountainhead Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is planning to hold a march-past in Kolkata on January 14, where organization's chief Mohan Bhagwat would be present, RSS sources said.
Assam govt decides to rename Assam Secretariat as Janata Bhavan
Dec 30, 2016, at 03:14 am
Guwahati, Dec 29 (IBNS): The Assam government has decided to re-name Assam Secretariat as 'Janata Bhavan'.
J&K: Hours after his release, police re-arrest separatist leader Masrat Aalam
Dec 30, 2016, at 02:50 am
Jammu, Dec 29 (IBNS): Masrat Alam, senior separatist leader and close associate of Syed Ali Shah Geelani, was released from Kathua jail on Thursday and later re-arrested as he has numerous PSA cases against him.
Dec 30, 2016, at 02:31 am
Kolkata, Dec 29 (IBNS): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigators on Wednesday late evening recovered few precious gems, including diamonds and rubies, and several other jewelleries from a nationalized bank's locker of arrested hawala trader Parasmal Lodha in Kolkata, officials said on Thursday.
Assam govt sets time line for exhibition of Brindabani Bastra in Guwahati
Dec 30, 2016, at 02:28 am
Guwahati, Dec 29 (IBNS): The Assam government has undertaken the necessary steps for exhibition of the Brindabani Bastra, the rare piece of textile reflecting some important aspects of the Vaishnavite traditions in the State.
Bihar official taking bribe in a cigarette packet arrested
Dec 30, 2016, at 01:41 am
Patna, Dec 29 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Vigilance sleuths in Bihar arrested an official who was taking the bribe money concealed inside a cigarette packet.
Freedom to dispute intellectually must be protected: President
Dec 30, 2016, at 01:26 am
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 29 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday inaugurated the 77th Session of Indian History Congress at Thiruvananthapuram where he urged citizens to be more tolerant and said freedom to doubt, disagree as well as dispute intellectually must be protected as an essential pillar of democracy.
West Bengal govt forms new intelligence bureau to counter militant infiltration
Dec 30, 2016, at 01:10 am
Kolkata, Dec 29 (IBNS): With Bangladesh-based militant group JMB (Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh), middle-east's terrorist group ISIS and Pakistan's ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence) modules busted in West Bengal, the state government has set up a new intelligence agency to counter terrorism, bust terror modules and invigilate suspicious movements in Bengal and also to foil militant infiltration into the state, reports said.
Slain Bihar journalist’s wife files case after threats to withdraw case against Shahabuddin
Dec 29, 2016, at 11:23 pm
Patna, Dec 29 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Slain journalist Rajdeo Ranjan’s widow Asha Ranjan has registered a case after she received a murder threat from an unknown caller.
Assam: Grenade hurled at Union MOS for Railways Rajen Gohain’s residence
Dec 29, 2016, at 11:19 pm
Guwahati, Dec 29 (IBNS) : Unidentified miscreants hurled a grenade at the house of Union Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain in the middle of Assam's Nagaon town on Wednesday night.
Minor allegedly gang-raped in West Bengal, 2 held
Dec 29, 2016, at 11:09 pm
Kolkata, Dec 29 (IBNS): Police on Wednesday midnight arrested two men for allegedly gang-raping a minor girl next door at Thakurbari area under Chandrakona Town Police Station limits in West Medinipur district of West Bengal, reports said.