Afghanistan earthquake: Death toll nears 300
Oct 27, 2015, at 03:18 pm
Kabul/Islamabad/New Delhi, Oct 27 (IBNS): The death toll int he earthquake that hit Afghanistan on Monday has touched nearly 300, media reports said on Tuesday.
Geeta meets PM Narendra Modi on return from Pakistan
Oct 27, 2015, at 05:12 am
New Delhi, Oct 26 (IBNS) Geeta, the differently-abled girl who had accidentally crossed over into Pakistan many years ago, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday.
PM Modi calls Nawaz Sharif, expresses his condolences on loss of lives due to earthquake
Oct 27, 2015, at 04:56 am
New Delhi, Oct 26 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday spoke to Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif and expressed his condolences on the loss of lives due to the quake.
Assam Police official held on charge of looting bank money
Oct 27, 2015, at 04:47 am
Guwahati, Oct 26 (IBNS) : An Assam police official was arrested on Monday on the charge of hatching a conspiracy of looting a private banks money, which transported to an ATM last week.
Centre yet to release Rs 1233 cr of FMP schemes in Assam
Oct 27, 2015, at 03:40 am
Guwahati, Oct 26 (IBNS) : An Assam MP on Monday said the union government is yet to release Rs 1233 crores of Flood Management Programme (FMP) schemes under 11th and 12th plan to Assam.
Odisha Tourism Road Show in Guwahati, to attract domestic tourists
Oct 27, 2015, at 03:19 am
Guwahati, Oct 26 (IBNS) : The Department of Tourism (DoT), Odisha government, in it’s bid to attract domestic tourists from an important source city like Guwahati is organising its road show on Monday in Guwahati, the gateway to north-east.
Gogoi slams Centre’s decision to remove Nehru's name from Fulbright scholarship vindictive
Oct 27, 2015, at 02:00 am
Guwahati, Oct 26 (IBNS): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday castigated the BJP-led NDA Government at the Centre for the decision to remove former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s name from the India-US Fulbright scholarship programme.
Free speech an aid to good governance: Arun Jaitley
Oct 27, 2015, at 01:34 am
New Delhi, Oct 26 (IBNS) Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs and Information and Broadcasting Arun Jaitley on Monday said that free speech is an aid to good governance in view of the changes taking place in the media landscape and the scope and content of issues related to Right to freedom of Speech and Expression.
PM Modi's message on need to forge unity not loud and clear: Assam CM
Oct 27, 2015, at 01:24 am
Guwahati, Oct 26 (IBNS): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s message on unity in diversity against the backdrop of incidents of growing intolerance and hatred in the country has not been loud and clear.
Oct 27, 2015, at 01:20 am
Guwahati, Oct 26 (IBNS): A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Assam government and Australia on 'Cross-cultural Analysis and Capacity Building in Construction Management Practices' will be signed soon.
Over 130 killed as 7.5 earthquake hits Afghanistan, tremors felt in Pakistan, north India
Oct 27, 2015, at 01:11 am
New Delhi/Islamabad/Kabul, Oct 26 (IBNS): A massive earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter Scale hit Afghanistan on Monday with its tremors being felt in Pakistan and Afghanistan, leaving more than 130 people dead and scores others injured.
Oct 26, 2015, at 11:39 pm
Research Assistant, Institute for Conflict Management On October 14, 2015, at least seven people, including three contestants of the upcoming Local Government Elections (LGEs), were killed and 13 were injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the camp office of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Member of National Assembly (MNA) Sardar Amjad Khosa in the Taunsa Sharif city of Taunsa tehsil (revenue unit) in Dera Ghazi Khan District, Punjab Province. Jama'at-ul-Ahrar (JuA, Group of the Free), a breakaway faction of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack. JuA 'spokesman' Ehsanullah Ehsan, in an email statement, vowed that TTP-JuA attacks would continue until Sharia'h (Islamic) law was fully implemented in Pakistan: "We want to make it clear to the Pakistani rulers that your policies and military operations can't weaken our determinations, rather our firm determination helps us in achieving and attacking our targets."
Redrawing Battle Lines in the Northeast
Oct 26, 2015, at 11:35 pm
Research Associate, Institute for Conflict Management The Myanmar Government signed a Nationwide Ceasefire Accord (NCA) with eight ethnic armed groups on October 15, 2015, enhancing prospects of ending a majority of the country's long-running internal conflicts. President U Thein Sein hailed the signing of the Accord as a "historic" event. The signing ceremony was witnessed by international observers including representatives from India, Thailand, Japan, China, the United Nations and the European Union. Fifteen armed groups were invited to take part in negotiations that lasted almost two years, with eight groups finally agreeing to sign the NCA, while seven groups chose to stay away. Acknowledging that the ethnic Kachin and Wa - with tens of thousands of soldiers - are still determined to fight, President Thein Sein pledged to "try harder to gain agreement with other groups".
7.5 earthquake rocks Afghanistan, tremors felt in Pakistan, India
Oct 26, 2015, at 11:05 pm
New Delhi/Islamabad/Kabul, Oct 26 (IBNS): A massive earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter Scale rocked Afghanistan, leaving 52 dead in Pakistan and tremors being felt in several parts of India including Delhi, Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab.
Gangster Chhota Rajan arrested in Bali
Oct 26, 2015, at 10:30 pm
New Delhi/Bali, Oct 26 (IBNS) Gangster Chhota Rajan has been arrested in Indonesia's Bali city, Indian government confirmed on Monday.
Geeta returns to India from Pak after over a decade, doesn't recognise her "family"
Oct 26, 2015, at 10:03 pm
New Delhi, Oct 26 (IBNS): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said Geeta, who returned to India after been stuck in Pakistan for over a decade, could not recognise her "family" from Bihar on Monday, that claimed she was their lost daughter.
Strong quake hits Afghanistan, tremors felt in India, PM Modi seeks urgent assessment
Oct 26, 2015, at 09:28 pm
New Delhi, Oct 26 (IBNS): As the northern part of India was jolted on Monday by a strong earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter Scale, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked for an urgent assessment of the same while stating that the country is ready to provide assistance to the neighbouring affected Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Earthquake measuring 7.7 magnitude hits North India, epicentre in Afghanistan
Oct 26, 2015, at 09:04 pm
Nw Delhi, Oct 26 (IBNS): A strong earthquake measuring 7.7 on Richter Scale hit north India on Monday with major tremors felt in Delhi, Kashmir, Haryana and Punjab, media reports said.
OROP notification will be issued after Bihar polls: Manohar Parrikar
Oct 26, 2015, at 08:08 pm
New Delhi, Oct 26 (IBNS): Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday said the notification to clarify the modalities of One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme will be issued after the Bihar Assembly elections.
Bihar: Rahul takes dig at PM Modi, asks him to stop lying and start working
Oct 26, 2015, at 07:51 pm
Motihari, Bihar, Oct 26 (IBNS): Taking a dig at Narendra Modi, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, who addressed a rally in poll-bound Bihar's Motihari town, on Monday said the Prime Minister wears bright, costly suits and travels across the world but do not get time to meet poor farmers.
Geeta returns to India from Pak after 15 yrs, Sushma Swaraj welcomes her
Oct 26, 2015, at 07:27 pm
New Delhi, Oct 26 (IBNS) In an emotional and historic homecoming, speech and hearing impaired Geeta, who got stuck up in Pakistan for some 15 years, returned to India on Monday.
Farmer's daughter commits suicide, urges bank to not bother her father for money
Oct 26, 2015, at 07:11 pm
Mumbai, Oct 26 (IBNS): With no money left with her parents to pay for her bus ride pass to school, a Class 11 student in Maharashtra's Latur has committed suicide, leaving a suicide note for a bank and private money lenders to not bother her father, reports said.
PM Modi, Amit Shah, Rajnath and Rahul to campaign in Bihar today
Oct 26, 2015, at 06:15 pm
Patna, Oct 26 (IBNS) As campaign reaches a crescendo for Bihar's third phase polling scheduled to be held on October 28, the top guns of the Bharatiya Janata Party, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will be campaigning across the state on Monday.
Geeta, the Indian girl, returns from Pakistan after 15 years
Oct 26, 2015, at 04:52 pm
New Delhi, Oct 26 (IBNS) Some 15 years after she strayed across the border and got stuck up in Pakistan, speech and hearing impaired Geeta came back to India on Monday morning to be reunited with her family.
Dalit man in Haryana commits suicide after alleged police harassment
Oct 26, 2015, at 04:37 pm
Hisar, Haryana, Oct 26 (IBNS) A 40-year-old Dalit man who was witness to the alleged murder of his nephew was found hanging on Friday at his home in Hisar in Haryana, reports said.
Pakistani troops fire all night on 30 Indian border posts IN J & K
Oct 26, 2015, at 04:22 pm
Jammu, Oct 26 (IBNS) Pakistani troops resorted to heavy shelling on 30 Indian posts and several villages along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba and Kathua districts in overnight firing reportedly injuring some villagers.
Geeta to return home today from Pakistan after 15 years
Oct 26, 2015, at 04:09 pm
Karachi, Oct 26 (IBNS) More than 15 years after she accidentally crossed the border and got stuck in Pakistan, Indian woman Geeta will return home on Monday.
Madras HC suggests Centre to consider castration of child rapists
Oct 26, 2015, at 03:09 pm
Chennai, Oct 26 (IBNS): In a bid to end the menace of child rape, the Madras High Court has recently suggested the Centre to consider castration as punishment for such offenders.
Atmosphere is not conducive for India, Pakistan series: Anurag Thakur
Oct 26, 2015, at 03:48 am
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IBNS): BCCI Secretary Anurag Thakur on Sunday said the atmosphere to play cricket match between India and Pakistan is not 'conducive'.
JFA condemns journalist killing in Bihar
Oct 26, 2015, at 02:31 am
Guwahati, Oct 25 (IBNS): Guwahati: Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) condemned the killing of journalist in poll-bound Bihar and reiterated its demand for a national policy for justice to all slain media persons across the country.