How free are our children in independent India
Sep 08, 2015, at 08:29 pm
Every day, as the dawn breaks at the small village of Shivnagar, a small hamlet in Bihar, Nutan has to get up from bed with reddened, puffy eyes still half-closed with sleep. Within half an hour she has to get ready and trot along with her parents to the brick kiln near their village. Nutan can’t think of going to school even in her remotest dreams, as no one from her family had ever made it to. Hailing from the extremely poor Mahato community at the furthest corner of the district of Munger, this 12 year old girl has to work at the brick kiln 12 hours a day, while most of her friends go to school every day. As the evening comes, back home she finds herself doing the dishes and helping her mother in every day family chores, till her wobbly legs ache in pain and eyes are swollen with deep slumber.
K M Birla sets up a new record, secures Jatia House for Rs 425 crores
Sep 08, 2015, at 08:26 pm
Mumbai, Sept 8 (IBNS) Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman of Aditya Birla Group, has set up a new record on Tuesday by securing the iconic Jatia House in Malabar Hill in Mumbai by bidding a whooping Rs. 425 crores for the bungalow.
President to present Gandhi Peace Prize 2014 to ISRO
Sep 08, 2015, at 08:24 pm
New Delhi, Sept 8 (IBNS) President of India Pranab Mukherjee will present the Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2014 to Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on Wednesday at a function at Rashtrapati Bhavan here, officials said on Tuesday.
Sep 08, 2015, at 08:21 pm
New Delhi, Sept 8 (IBNS): Congress supremo Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said the promises that he had made before the 2014 Lok Sabha polls were nothing more than 'hawa baazi' (empty talks).
Mumbai top cop Rakesh Maria promoted amid Sheena murder investigation
Sep 08, 2015, at 07:35 pm
Mumbai, Sept 8 (IBNS) Amid the ongoing investigation into the sensational Sheena Bora murder case Mumbai Police chief Rakesh Maria has been replaced, though with a promotion as Director General of Home Guards, Maharashtra, reports said.
Bhopal gas victims urge PM to grant brief meeting during his visit to city
Sep 08, 2015, at 07:02 pm
Bhopal, Sept 8 (IBNS): Leaders of the five organisations of survivors of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal on Tuesday expressed hope that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the disaster site and surrounding contaminated area and meet with the representatives of survivors' organisations during his maiden visit to the city.
Seven Indians make it to Forbes Asia's Heroes of Philanthropy List
Sep 08, 2015, at 06:02 pm
Houston/Singapore, Sept 8 (IBNS) A list published by Forbes Asia on August 27 featured seven Indians in its annual philanthropy list from the world’s biggest continent.
PM Modi's flip-flops create confusion on what he stands for : Sonia Gandhi
Sep 08, 2015, at 05:48 pm
New Delhi, Sept 8 (IBNS) Launching a scathing attack on Narendra Modi, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday said the Prime Minister "has been reduced to unedifying flip-flops creating confusion on what he really stands for".
Sheena Bora murder :Sanjiv Khanna's lawyers likely to seek his release
Sep 08, 2015, at 05:33 pm
Mumbai, Sept 8 (IBNS) A day after he was taken to Kolkata in connection with the probe in the Sheena Bora murder case, Sanjiv Khanna's lawyers are likely to move application saying his detention over the last 24 hours was illegal.
Bihar poll announcement this week, likely in five to seven phases
Sep 08, 2015, at 04:12 pm
New Delhi, Sept 8 (IBNS) The Election Commission of India is likely to announce Bihar poll dates this week.
PM Modi to meet India Inc today
Sep 08, 2015, at 03:37 pm
New Delhi, Sept 8 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will captains of industry and leading economists on Tuesday to discuss the global economic scenario and the opportunities India can take out of it, reports said.
Machil fake encounter case: Army court confirms life sentences of 6 personnel
Sep 08, 2015, at 04:45 am
Srinagar, Sept 7 (IBNS): The Indian Army confirmed the life sentences of six army personnel including two army officers in the 2010 Machil fake encounter on Monday, army official said.
Saradha: CBI arrests businessman Ramesh Gandhi
Sep 08, 2015, at 04:34 am
Kolkata, Sep 7 (IBNS): The Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) on Monday evening arrested businessman Ramesh Gandhi from Kolkata in connection with the Saradha financial scam.
Rajnath Singh holds delegation level talks with visiting Russian Interior Minister
Sep 08, 2015, at 04:14 am
New Delhi, Sept 7 (IBNS): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh held a meeting with the visiting Russian delegation headed by Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Minister of Interior of Russian Federation on Monday.
Centre gives exemptions to minority community nationals from Bangladesh, Pakistan
Sep 08, 2015, at 04:11 am
New Delhi, Sept 7 (IBNS): The Central Government has decided, on humanitarian considerations, to exempt Bangladeshi and Pakistani nationals belonging to minority communities who have entered into India on or before Dec 31, 2014 from the relevant provisions of rules and order made under the Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920 and the Foreigners Act, 1946, in respect of their entry and stay in India without such documents or after the expiry of those documents, as the case may be.
Assam CM directs to reach out to the flood victims with relief and rehabilitation measure
Sep 08, 2015, at 04:06 am
Guwahati, Sept 7 (IBNS) : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday directed all the Deputy Commissioners (DC’s) to ensure that there is no shortfall of food, medicines and other essentials for the flood victims areas and asked the respective departmental heads of the district to report to the administration of any shortfall for the administration to act hurriedly.
Sep 08, 2015, at 03:47 am
New Delhi, Sept 7 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday attended a special session at the National Meet on Promoting Space Technology based Tools and Applications in Governance and Development in New Delhi.
Assam CM urges Centre to fully implement OROP to the satisfaction of the war heroes
Sep 08, 2015, at 02:22 am
Guwahati, Sept 7 (IBNS) : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday urged the Centre to fully concede to the demands of the war heroes of the armed forces in implementing One Rank One Pension.
Assam legislator booked in rape case
Sep 08, 2015, at 01:47 am
Guwahati, Sept 7 (IBNS) : An Assam legislator was booked in connection with the rape of his domestic help, police said.
PM Narendra Modi to chair high-level meeting on global economic scenario tomorrow
Sep 08, 2015, at 01:39 am
New Delhi, Sept 7 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be holding a high level consultative meeting on 'Recent Global Events: Opportunities for India,' in New Delhi on Tuesday, officials said on Monday.
India-Maldives conduct joint military exercise
Sep 08, 2015, at 01:08 am
New Delhi, Sept 7 (IBNS) The sixth Indo-Maldives joint Training Exercise commenced on 31 Aug 2015 with an impressive opening ceremony at Pangode Military Station in Trivandrum.
Grenade lobbed at Kashmir railway track, 2 injured
Sep 08, 2015, at 12:16 am
Srinagar, Sept 7 (IBNS): Two Railway police personnel were injured as militants lobbed a grenade towards railway track close to Malangpora area of Awantipora town in south Kashmir on Monday.
Sheena Bora murder: Sanjeev Khanna brought to Kolkata from Mumbai for further investigations
Sep 07, 2015, at 11:59 pm
Kolkata, Sep 7 (IBNS): A team of the Mumbai Police on Monday came to Kolkata along with Sanjeev Khanna, the first husband of ex-Star India Chief Peter Mukerjea's wife Indrani Mukerjea, for further investigations into the Sheena Bora murder case, reports said.
DNA tests on skeletal remains found in Raigad confirm it to be Sheena Bora's
Sep 07, 2015, at 11:34 pm
Mumbai, Sept 7 (IBNS) In a new development in the murder case which led to the arrest of former media executive Indrani Mukherjea, DNA tests have confirmed that the skeletal remains found in Raigad close to Mumbai city have been established as that of Sheena Bora, media reports said on Monday.
J&K: One year after floods, victims cry for relief and rehabilitation
Sep 07, 2015, at 11:12 pm
Srinagar, Sept 7 (IBNS) Ravaged by the floods last year, people of Kashmir are slowly trying to recover from the devastation they had witnessed and return to previous glory even as the victims of the natural calamity still waits for trillion corer package announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government.
Floods: Mufti Muhammad Sayeed expresses his commitment to rehabilitate the victims
Sep 07, 2015, at 10:07 pm
Srinagar, Sept 7 (IBNS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed on Monday expressed his commitment to fully rehabilitate the victims of September 2014 deluge and reconstruct the flood-ravaged infrastructure.
Sheena Bora murder: Indrani Mukherjea, driver Shyam Rai sent to judicial custody
Sep 07, 2015, at 10:00 pm
Mumbai, Sept 7 (IBNS) A court here sent Indrani Mukherjea, the prime accused in the murder of her daughter Sheena Bora, and driver Shyam Rai to 14 days judicial custody on Monday.
Sep 07, 2015, at 09:49 pm
Research Associate, Institute for Conflict Management On September 2, 2015, four eminent personalities, including Chittagong District Court's Additional Public Prosecutors Ashok Kumar Das and Chandan Bishwas; the Vice-Chancellor of Premier University, Chittagong, Dr. Anupam Sen; and International Crime Tribunal's Prosecutor Rana Dasgupta received death threats in the form of SMS text messages from the banned terrorist formation, Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT, Volunteer of Allah Bangla Team).
Assam: NDFB-IKS: Caught in a Vice
Sep 07, 2015, at 09:45 pm
Research Assistant, Institute for Conflict Management On September 3, 2015, a cadre of the IK Songbijit faction of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-IKS), identified as Bhaigo Boro alias B. Bilaigra, was killed in an encounter with the Security Forces (SFs) at Saumukhi Nala near Diglipara village in Kokrajhar District. He was reportedly involved in the December 23, 2014,massacre of Adivasis (the "tea tribes" from Central India, who were brought into the Northeast to work on plantations by the British prior to India's independence) in which 69 people were killed at several places in the Chirang, Sonitpur and Kokrajhar Districts.
Eleven people allegedly sexually assault teenage girl in Jaipur
Sep 07, 2015, at 08:48 pm
Jaipur, Sept 7 (IBNS) A teenage girl in Jaipur alleged on Monday that she was sexually assaulted by 11 people last week, reports said.