SC wants transparent, foolproof rules for inter-country adoptions
Mar 15, 2016, at 04:43 pm
New Delhi, Mar 15 (IBNS) To restrict child trafficking and abuse, the Supreme Court on Monday directed the central government to make foolproof and transparent rules for inter-country adoptions, giving it three month's time to come up with a brand new set of regulations, according to reports.
JNU panel recommends rustication of Kanhaiya Kumar, 4 others
Mar 15, 2016, at 05:48 am
New Delhi, Mar 14 (IBNS): An inquiry panel, which was set up by the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), on Monday recommended rustication of student leader Kanhaiya Kumar and four others for the Feb 9 incident in the university campus where anti-national slogans were allegedly raised.
ED arrests NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal in money laundering case
Mar 15, 2016, at 05:08 am
New Delhi, Mar 14 (IBNS): The Enforcement Directorate on Monday evening arrested former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and senior NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal in a money laundering case connected to the Maharashtra Sadan construction scam, media reports said.
Rahul's 'Fair and Lovely' remark shows racist mindset: Jaitley
Mar 15, 2016, at 04:49 am
New Delhi, Mar 14 (IBNS): Slamming Rahul Gandhi for his 'Fair and Lovely' jibe at the government, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said the Congress Vice President's comments showed a "racist mindset".
Powerful bomb recovered in middle Assam town
Mar 15, 2016, at 04:37 am
Guwahati, Mar 14 (IBNS) : Ahead of the assembly polls in Assam, security forces on Monday evening recovered a powerful bomb from middle Assam town Morigaon, police said.
Mar 15, 2016, at 03:24 am
On February 25, 2016, Meghalaya Government launched the third phase of Operation Hill Storm (OHS) against Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) militants in the Garo Hills region of the State. The Garo Hills region comprises five Districts - West Garo Hills, East Garo Hills, South West Garo Hills, South Garo Hills and North Garo Hills.
Mar 15, 2016, at 03:23 am
At least 21 alleged terrorists were killed in airstrikes by the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) and in ground operations in the Shawal Valley of North Waziristan Agency (NWA) in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). The strikes began in the night of March 7, 2016, and continued till March 8, 2016.
Narada News sting shows top TMC leaders taking bribes, party denies
Mar 15, 2016, at 03:23 am
New Delhi/Kolkata, Mar 14 (IBNS): A newly launched news portal- Narada News- on Monday morning released a video in New Delhi, where some top leaders of West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) were shown taking bribes, prompting the Opposition to demand resignation of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee even as the ruling party rubbished the footage as a politically motivated move to discredit it ahead of polls.
Honour killing: NHRC issues notice to Tamil Nadu govt
Mar 15, 2016, at 03:20 am
New Delhi, Mar 14 (IBNS) The National Human Rights Commission on Monday said it has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports alleging honour killing of a young Dalit man, who married a girl of upper caste, in Udumalaipett, District Thiruppur, Tamil Nadu on Sunday.
INDO- Indonesia joint training exercise Garuda Shakti IV continues at Magelang
Mar 15, 2016, at 01:50 am
New Delhi, Mar 14 (IBNS) The fourth edition of the Indo-Indonesia Joint Training Exercise Garuda Shakti IV , scheduled from Mar 10 to 23 is under progress at Magelang, Indonesia.
SP to contest 37 seats in Assam assembly poll
Mar 15, 2016, at 01:05 am
Guwahati, Mar 14 (IBNS): The Samajwadi Party (SP), headed by Mulayam Singh Yadav, will be contesting in 37 seats in the Assam assembly polls, scheduled to be held on April 4 and April 11.
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Modi to kick start poll campaign in Assam on Mar 25
Mar 15, 2016, at 12:45 am
Guwahati, Mar 14 (IBNS) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will kick start poll campaign in Assam on Mar 25.
I won't chant Bharat Mata Ki Jai: Asaduddin Owaisi
Mar 14, 2016, at 11:10 pm
Mumbai, Mar 14 (IBNS): Triggering a controversy, AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi has said he will never chant 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai'.
Revised Pensionary benefits under OROP released to over two lakh Defence Pensioners
Mar 14, 2016, at 11:03 pm
New Delhi, Mar 14 (IBNS) The Defence Pension Disbursing Offices (DPDOs) functioning under Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA) in the Ministry of Defence have released revised pensionary benefits to 2,21,224 Defence pensioners drawing service or disability pension.
BJP calls for Mysore bandh following party worker's death
Mar 14, 2016, at 09:57 pm
Mysore, Mar 14 (IBNS) Prohibitory orders have been imposed across Mysore after the BJP called a bandh in the city on Monday to protest the the murder of a party worker on Sunday, according to media reports.
Minister informs Lok Sabha about satellite mapping of ASI monuments
Mar 14, 2016, at 09:48 pm
New Delhi, Mar 14 (IBNS) Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge) and Minister of State for Civil Aviation Dr. Mahesh Sharma in a written reply in Lok Sabha on Monday said, that the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Remote Sensing Centre, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for preparation of satellite based maps for the protected monuments.
Nuclear-capable Agni-I successfully test fired on Monday
Mar 14, 2016, at 07:46 pm
Balasore/Bhubaneswar, Mar 14 (IBNS) India successfully test-fired an indigenously built nuclear-capable Agni-I missile on Monday from a launch pad of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast.
Reservation policy to continue: Jaitley
Mar 14, 2016, at 07:29 pm
New Delhi, Mar 14 (IBNS) A after the Rashriya Swyam Sevak Sangh (RSS) called upon the affluent to give up reservation facility in jobs and education, the Government said there is no rethink over the present policy and it will continue, reports said.
Rajat Gupta, former director of Goldman Sachs, released from jail
Mar 14, 2016, at 06:59 pm
New York, Mar 14 (IBNS) Rajat Gupta, the former director of Goldman Sachs, who was found guilty of insider trading and was serving a two-year prison term, was released on Mar 11, according to media reports.
Kolkata witnesses two-day taxi strike
Mar 14, 2016, at 06:53 pm
Kolkata, Mar 14 (IBNS): The city life has been party disrupted due to the two-day long taxi strike beginning in Kolkata on the week's first working day.
Will deal with it: Rahul on notice on British citizenship controversy
Mar 14, 2016, at 06:51 pm
New Delhi, Mar 14 (IBNS) Served with a notice by the Parliamentary ethics committee to explain whether he had once declared himself a British citizen, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said, "we will deal with that."
Vijay Mallya a double NRI : Congress
Mar 14, 2016, at 06:36 pm
New Delhi, Mar 14 (IBNS) Sharpening its attack on the BJP-led NDA Government allegedly for shielding Vijay Mallya, the Congress on Monday alleged that the liquor baron has become a 'Double NRI'.
Money laundering : Chaggan Bhujbal appears before ED
Mar 14, 2016, at 05:57 pm
Mumbai, Mar 14 (IBNS) Former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Nationalist Congress Party supremo Chaggan Bhujabal reached the Enforcement Directorate office in Mumbai on Monday to appear before the agency in connection with the money laundering case filed against his family.
BJP throws tantrums over alleged Azad remark on RSS, Cong leader denies
Mar 14, 2016, at 05:32 pm
New Delhi, Mar 14 (IBNS) The Rajya Sabha was rocked on Monday as BJP members fiercely came down on Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad allegedly for comparing the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) with ISIS.
There’s no greater violence than to deny the quest of children : Kailash Satyarthi
Mar 14, 2016, at 05:08 pm
Kolkata, March 14 (IBNS): Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi on Saturday said that there is no greater violence on the Earth than to deny the quest of children.
Rahul asked to explain British citizenship charge by Parliamentary panel
Mar 14, 2016, at 04:55 pm
New Delhi, Mar 14 (IBNS) Causing embarrassment to Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, the Parliamentary ethics committee has asked him to clarify whether he once declared himself a British citizen on the legal papers of a UK company.
Three-year-old girl raped, survives slit throat in Punjab
Mar 14, 2016, at 04:35 pm
Ludhiana, Mar 14 (IBNS) In a macabre incident a three-year-old girl was first raped and then her throat was slit by a man in Punjab's Ludhiana, reports said.
Dalit man killed for marrying upper-caste girl in Tamil Nadu
Mar 14, 2016, at 04:18 pm
Tiruppur/Chennai, Mar 14 (IBNS) A dalit man was reportedly hacked to death for marrying a higher caste girl in Tamil Nadu's Tipuppur district on Sunday, according to reports.
Modi condemns attacks in Ivory Coast, Ankara city
Mar 14, 2016, at 02:39 pm
New Delhi, Mar 14 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday condemned the militant attacks in Ivory Coast and Ankara city.
Amit Shah praises Sri Sri Ravi Shankar over World Cultural Festival success
Mar 14, 2016, at 05:13 am
New Delhi, Mar 13 (IBNS): BJP President Amit Shah on Sunday congratulated spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar for successfully conducting the World Cultural Festival here.