Pakistan postpones SAARC summit
Oct 01, 2016, at 03:01 am
Islamabad, Sept 30 (IBNS): Pakistan on Friday postponed the 19th SAARC Summit which was scheduled to be held in the country in November,media reports said.
No one will be allowed to cast an evil eye on Pakistan: Sharif
Oct 01, 2016, at 02:52 am
Islamabad, Sept 30 (IBNS):As India announced it carried out surgical strikes crossing the Line of Control (LoC) into Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif has warned India by saying that 'no one will be allowed to cast an evil eye' on his nation.
Rumour on Jayalalithaa's health: FIR filed against a woman
Oct 01, 2016, at 01:01 am
Chennai, Sept 30 (IBNS): The AIADMK on Friday said an FIR has been filed against a woman for spreading rumour against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and party supremo J Jayalalithaa's health.
Bengal should be the front runner in development: Suresh Prabhu
Oct 01, 2016, at 12:18 am
Kolkata, Sep 30(IBNS): Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said that he wants Bengal to be a front runner in the development of India, while attending the infrastructure summit organised by the Bengal Chamber on Thursday.
Rajnath Singh reviews ITBP issues today
Oct 01, 2016, at 12:05 am
New Delhi, Sept 30 (IBNS): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh reviewed the issues of Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) in a meeting held here on Friday.
India's relations with Africa not a transactional partnership: Vice President
Sep 30, 2016, at 11:52 pm
New Delhi, Sept 30 (IBNS): Vice President of India M. Hamid Ansari on Friday said that India's relations with Africa was not a transactional partnership.
Vice President to visit Kolkata on Sunday
Sep 30, 2016, at 11:37 pm
Kolkata, Sept 30 (IBNS): Vice President of India M. Hamid Ansari will be coming to Kolkata on Sunday on a two-day visit.
Vice President to visit Kolkata on Sunday
Sep 30, 2016, at 11:36 pm
Kolkata, Sept 30 (IBNS): Vice President of India M. Hamid Ansari will be coming to Kolkata on Sunday on a two-day visit.
Director General Border Roads visits Arunachal Pradesh
Sep 30, 2016, at 11:35 pm
New Delhi, Sept 30 (IBNS): Director General Border Roads (DGBR) Lt Gen Suresh Sharma concluded his five-day visit to Arunachal Pradesh, on Friday.
Sep 30, 2016, at 11:19 pm
New Delhi, Sept 30 (IBNS): The 8th batch of 25 declassified files relating to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose were released online on web portal www.netajipapers.gov.in. on Friday by N.K. Sinha, Secretary, Ministry of Culture.
M. Venkaiah Naidu to felicitate winners of Swachh Bharat Short Film Festival on Oct 2
Sep 30, 2016, at 11:14 pm
New Delhi, Sept 30 (IBNS): M. Venkaiah Naidu, Minister of Information and Broadcasting, will be felicitating the winners of the Swachh Bharat Short Film Festival in a special felicitation programme to be held in New Delhi on Oct 2.
One lakh villages will become ODF on Oct 2:Tomar
Sep 30, 2016, at 10:47 pm
New Delhi, Sept 30 (IBNS): Union Minister for Rural Development, Drinking Water & Sanitation and Panchayati Raj Narendra Singh Tomar said that by Oct 2, this year, one lakh villages will become Open Defecation Free.
Park Street rape: Prime accused Kader Khan sent to police custody till Oct 14
Sep 30, 2016, at 10:33 pm
Kolkata, Sept 30 (IBNS): Kader Khan and Ali Khan, who were arrested on Thursday night in connection with Suzette Jordan's gang-rape case, were produced in a local court in Kolkata on Friday afternoon and sent to police custody for 14 days.
PM delivers inaugural address at INDOSAN
Sep 30, 2016, at 09:45 pm
New Delhi, Sept 30 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday delivered the inaugural address at INDOSAN – the India Sanitation Conference – in New Delhi.
Surgical strikes: Rahul Gandhi supports PM
Sep 30, 2016, at 09:34 pm
New Delhi, Sept 30 (IBNS): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Friday said his party is supporting Prime Minister Narnedra Modi's move to carry out the surgical strikes crossing the Line of Control (LoC) into Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
Cauvery water dispute : SC pulls up Karnataka asks to release water to avoid wrath of law
Sep 30, 2016, at 09:08 pm
New Delhi, Sept 30 (IBNS) : The Supreme Court on Friday passed a fresh order to Karnataka for releasing 6000 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu till Coctober six, reports said.
BJP's L Ganeshan files nomination for lone RS seat from Madhya Pradesh
Sep 30, 2016, at 09:01 pm
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP’s) L Ganeshan filed nomination for the Rajya Sabha bypoll from Madhya Pradesh on Friday. according to media reports.
My supporters will teach the govt a lesson in next polls: Mohammad Shahabuddin
Sep 30, 2016, at 08:51 pm
Patna, Sept 30 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): RJD politician Mohammad Shahabuddin on Friday said his supporters would serve a befitting reply to the ruling Nitish Kumar government in the next elections.
PM Narendra Modi inaugurates India Sanitation Conference INDOSAN
Sep 30, 2016, at 08:08 pm
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the India Sanitation Conference (INDOSAN), in New Delhi on Friday.
Patna High Court terms Bihar government's total liquor prohibition as illegal
Sep 30, 2016, at 07:45 pm
Patna, Sept 30 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): The Patna High Court struck down the Bihar government’s order imposing total prohibition in the state, terming it as “illegalâ€, on Friday.
Park Street rape case: Main accused Kader Khan arrested from UP
Sep 30, 2016, at 07:36 pm
Kolkata, Sept 30 (IBNS): Nearly four years and eight months after a middle-aged woman- Suzette Jordan- was gang-raped in Kolkata's Park Street area, the Kolkata Police on Thursday night arrested Kader Khan- the main accused in the case- from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, officials said.
Patna HC quashes Bihar government's Prohibition of Liquor Act
Sep 30, 2016, at 07:34 pm
Patna, Sep 30 (IBNS): The Patna High Court on Friday quashed Bihar government's Prohibition of Liquor Act, calling it 'illegal', according to media reports.
Supreme Court cancels Shahabuddin's bail, sends him back to jail
Sep 30, 2016, at 07:30 pm
New Delhi, Sept 30 (IBNS) : The Supreme Court on Friday cancelled the bail of controversial Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Mohammad Shahabuddin,sending him back to jail, reports said.
Major fire in Bihar education department office, documents destroyed
Sep 30, 2016, at 06:35 pm
Patna, Sept 30 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): A major fire broke out in the office of the education department in Bihar early Friday morning, destroying many important files.
Efforts being made to free the captured Indian solider in Pakistan : Rajnath Singh
Sep 30, 2016, at 06:24 pm
New Delhi, Sept 30 (IBNS) : Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday that all attempts are being made to free the Indian soldier, who was captured after "inadvertently straying" into Pakistan.
Uri attack toll rises to 19, one more soldier succumbs to injuries
Sep 30, 2016, at 06:13 pm
New Delhi, Sept 30 (IBNS) : The toll in the Uri terror attack rose to 19 as another solider succumbed to his injuries in a hospital in Delhi a day after the Indian Army's surgical strikes on terror launch pads across the Line of Control, reports said.
PM Modi to hold CCS meeting to review border situation after India's surgical strikes
Sep 30, 2016, at 06:08 pm
New Delhi, Sept 30 (IBNS) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to hold a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security on Friday to review the situation along India's border with Pakistan and at the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir after the Indian Army's "surgical strikes" against terrorists across the border,NDTV reports.
Kolkata's Scottish Church College closed indefinitely due to students' unrest
Sep 30, 2016, at 03:17 pm
Kolkata, Sept 30 (IBNS): Kolkata's prestigious Scottish Church College has been closed for an indefinite period since Wednesday due to an alleged students' unrest, reports said.
India-US ICT working group met in Delhi
Sep 30, 2016, at 03:12 am
New Delhi, Sept 29 (IBNS): The United States-India Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Working Group, which promotes development of the ICT sector, met in New Delhi.
Mehbooba Mufti pitches for dialogue instead war
Sep 30, 2016, at 02:35 am
Srinagar, Sept 29 (IBNS): Expressing grave concern over the escalation of the situation along the borders in Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said the confrontation could lead to a disaster of epic proportions if urgent steps are not taken to bring down the heightened tensions in the region.