No place for 'dons' in state says Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar
Sep 27, 2016, at 09:25 pm
Patna, Sept 26 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar said there is no place for “dons†in the state.
SC rejects Karnataka plea for relief, directs to release more water for two days
Sep 27, 2016, at 08:57 pm
New Delhi/Bengaluru, Sept 27 (IBNS) : In a setback for Karnataka, the Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the state Government to release 6,000 cusecs of water from the Cauvery to neighbouring Tamil Nadu for two days, reports said.
Supreme Court issues notice to Azam Khan for comment on Bulandshahr gang-rape incident
Sep 27, 2016, at 08:46 pm
New Delhi, Sept 27 (IBNS) : The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the CBI to issue notice to Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan for calling the Bulandshahr gangrape a political conspiracy, reports said.
Ruckus over Mahanadi water continues in Odisha Assembly
Sep 27, 2016, at 08:45 pm
Bhubaneswar, Sep 27 (IBNS): The ruckus in the Odisha Assembly and halting of proceedings continued on Tuesday over the Mahanadi water issue, according to media reports.
Haryana CM greets nation on World Tourism Day, urges tourists to visit state
Sep 27, 2016, at 07:44 pm
Chandigarh, Sept 27 (IBNS): Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday greeted the nation on the occasion of World Tourism Day.
Rashtrapati Bhavan to open new museum for public from Oct 2
Sep 27, 2016, at 06:57 pm
New Delhi, Sept 27 (IBNS): The Rashtrapati Bhavan announced on Tuesday that it will open a new museum complex for public viewing from Oct 2.
Declare Pakistan sponsor of terrorism : White House website gets massive support to campaign
Sep 27, 2016, at 06:49 pm
New Delhi, Sept 27 (IBNS) : A petition on the White House website asking for Pakistan to be declared as a state sponsor of terrorism has drawn huge support from netizens, The Times of India reported.
Envoys of five nations present credentials to President Pranab Mukherjee
Sep 27, 2016, at 06:46 pm
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IBNS): Envoys of five nations to India presented their credentials to President Pranab Mukherjee at a ceremony held in Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday, the President's Secretariat announced on Tuesday.
Supreme Court to hear Cauvery water issue, prohibitory orders in parts of Karnataka
Sep 27, 2016, at 06:27 pm
Bengaluru, Sept 27 (IBNS) : Bengaluru and the rest of the Cauvery basin of Karnataka have been placed under prohibitory orders as the contentious issue of sharing river water with Tamil Nadu will be heard in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, reports said.
PM Modi calls meeting on Thursday to review the Most Favoured Nation status to Pakistan
Sep 27, 2016, at 05:59 pm
New Delhi, Sept 27 (IBNS) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called a meeting on Thursday to review the 'most favoured nation' status in the wake of the Uri terror attack, reports said.
100-year-old woman found murdered in Punjab village, family claims she was raped
Sep 27, 2016, at 05:36 pm
Patiala, Sept 27 (IBNS): A centenarian woman was found murdered in a paddy field near Patiala in Punjab on Monday as her family alleged that she was raped before being killed, media reports said.
Sep 27, 2016, at 05:08 pm
New Delhi, Sept 27(IBNS): Former bureaucrat B K Bansal, accused of corruption, has committed along with his son, two months after his wife and daughter hanged themselves, reports said.
Delhi: Teacher dies after students stab him for complaint
Sep 27, 2016, at 04:07 pm
New Delhi, Sept 27 (IBNS): A school teacher in Delhi succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday morning after being stabbed by class 12 students for complaint against them, reports said.
Abandon the dream as J&K will remain integral part of India, Sushma tells Pakistan at UNGA
Sep 27, 2016, at 03:32 am
New York, Sept 26 (IBNS): As the tension between India and Pakistan is escalating, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday issued a strong note of warning to her neighbouring country, saying that Islamabad should "abandon the dream" of using terror to obtain authority in Jammu and Kashmir.
UNGA speech: Narendra Modi appreciates Sushma Swaraj
Sep 27, 2016, at 02:02 am
New Delhi, Sept 26 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday appreciated External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for her 'firm, effective & fine articulation' of a wide range of global issues at the ongoing United Nations General Assembly.
Sep 27, 2016, at 01:51 am
New Delhi, Sept 26 (IBNS): Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Radha Mohan Singh on Monday inaugurated the four day Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Krishi Unnati Mela – 2016, in Mathura.
PSLV-C35 successfully launches eight satellites into two different orbits in a single flight
Sep 27, 2016, at 01:38 am
New Delhi, Sept 26 (IBNS): In its thirty seventh flight (PSLV-C35), ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle successfully launched the 371 kg SCATSAT-1 Satellite along with seven co-passenger satellites on Monday from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.
High level meeting held in Tezpur after Chinese incursion
Sep 27, 2016, at 01:35 am
Guwahati, Sept 26 (IBNS): A high level meeting was held in Assam's Tezpur based Army 4 corps headquarter on Monday in presence of MOS Defence Subhash Ramrao Bhamre and MOS Home Kiren Rijiju following Chinese troops incursion into Arunachal Pradesh.
J&K is an integral part of India: Sushma Swaraj tells Pakistan at UNGA
Sep 27, 2016, at 01:26 am
New York, Sept 26 (IBNS): Amid heightened tension between India and Pakistan since the militant attack in Uri town which left 18 soldiers martyred, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday sent out a tough message to Pakistan as she said that Kashmir is an integral part of India and will always 'remain so'.
Central team visits Assam to access flood damages
Sep 27, 2016, at 01:12 am
Guwahati, Sept 26 (IBNS): A high level team comprising Central and State Governments led by the advisor of Union Finance Ministry Dina Nath visited Assam on a two day visit to carry out an inspection on the ground to assess the extent of damages caused by floods and erosion in Assam.
Afghanistan explosion injures four Romanian soldiers
Sep 27, 2016, at 12:29 am
Kabul, Sept 26 (IBNS): In an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion, at lesat four Romanian soldiers were injured in Afghanistan, media reports said on Monday.
Irom Sharmila meet Arvind Kejriwal
Sep 26, 2016, at 11:35 pm
New Delhi, Sept 26 (IBNS): Peace activist Irom Sharmila on Monday met Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal here.
Sep 26, 2016, at 11:19 pm
Tokyo, Sept 26 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter Scale hit Okinawa-honto Kinkai region of Japan on Monday, officials said.
Rahul Gandhi blames RSS-BJP for shoe attack
Sep 26, 2016, at 11:00 pm
New Delhi, Sept 26 (IBNS): Hours after a person hurled a shoe at Rahul Gandhi during his roadshow in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress vice-president blamed the BJP and the RSS for the attack.
6 JMB activists held from West Bengal, Assam sent to police custody till Oct 6
Sep 26, 2016, at 10:35 pm
Kolkata/Guwahati, Sept 26 (IBNS): Six leader-activists of the banned Bangladesh-based extremist organisation Jamaat ul Mujahideen-Bangladesh (JMB), who were arrested from several locations in West Bengal and Assam, were produced in a local court in Kolkata on Monday and sent to police custody till Oct 6.
Brus: Still Delayed Homecoming
Sep 26, 2016, at 10:32 pm
On September 20, 2016, Lalbiakzama, Additional Secretary, Mizoram Home Department, disclosed that the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA), had approved 'Road Map-V' for Bru repatriation, proposed to commence from the first week of November 2016, and would soon release funds for expenses for the process. Though the expenditure for this phase was not projected, Lalbiakzama stated that the total proposed expenses for the repatriation was earlier estimated at INR 680 million in the 'Roadmap-IV' of which over INR 97 million was released by the Centre in 2015. "We have spent around Rs. One lakh [100,000] during the proposed repatriation in 2015," he said, adding, the State Government would ask more fund in case of further requirement. The effort to repatriate Bru families during June to September in 2015 had failed as not a single Bru came forward in their respective relief camps before the Mizoram officials, to be identified as bona fide residents of Mizoram.
Sep 26, 2016, at 10:30 pm
In the latest terrorist attack on immunisation teams in Pakistan, Doctor Zakaullah Khan, a senior member of the polio vaccination campaign, was shot dead by unidentified motorcycle borne terrorists near his house in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), on September 11, 2016. Jama'at-ul-Ahrar (JuA), a breakaway faction of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), claimed responsibility for the attack. TTP-JuA 'spokesman' Ehsanullah Ehsan, while claiming responsibility, vowed to carry out more such attacks.
Shoe thrown at Rahul Gandhi in UP during Kisan Yatra
Sep 26, 2016, at 09:26 pm
Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh, Sept 26 (IBNS) : A shoe was thrown at Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Monday during his roadshow in Uttar Pradesh, though it missed him narrowly, reports said.
Five CRPF men injured in Kashmir grenade blast
Sep 26, 2016, at 09:12 pm
Srinagar, Sept 26 (IBNS) : Five CRPF men were wounded in a grenade blast in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday, police said. . "Militants lobbed a grenade at an army vehicle on the Srinagar-Jammu highway in the Wanpoh area of Anantnag and five CRPF men, stationed nearby, were wounded in the blast," a police official said.
Prime Minister Modi addresses many issues in his Mann ki Baat programme
Sep 26, 2016, at 08:56 pm
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IBNS): The Prime Minister's Office on Monday released the English translation of the text of Narendra Modi's ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme on All India Radio on September 25, 2016.