Real Estate Regulatory Authority Bill likely to generate heat in Rajya Sabha
May 05, 2015, at 04:42 pm
New Delhi, May 5 (IBNS) The Rajya Sabha is likely to witness fireworks of debates between the opposition and the treasury bench members over the Real Estate Regulatory Authority Bill that is listed for consideration on Tuesday.
Indian engineer, who turned IS activist dies in Syria
May 05, 2015, at 04:36 pm
Hyderabad, May 5 (IBNS) An engineering student from Hyderabad, who had gone to join the Islamic State, has died in the fighting in Syria.
Modi to visit China, Mongolia, South Korea next week
May 05, 2015, at 04:35 pm
New Delhi, May 5 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will tour China, Mongolia, Republic of Korea in another spell of three-nation visit from May 14-19.
Top Maoist leader Roopesh arrested with wife in Tamil Nadu
May 05, 2015, at 04:33 pm
Hyderabad, May 5 (IBNS) Roopesh, one of the top Maoists in the country, has been arrested with his wife Shyna in Tamil Nadu in what is being described as a major breakthrough for the police of four southern states.
Assam CM expresses concern over insurgency problem in NE
May 05, 2015, at 02:32 am
Guwahati, May 4 (IBNS): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday expressed his concern about the insurgency problem in the North Eastern region of the country.
May 05, 2015, at 02:28 am
Guwahati, May 4 (IBNS): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of practicing narrow politics by proposing to exclude Assam from the purview of the Land Boundary Agreement ( LBA), popularly known as Land Swap Deal with Bangladesh.
May 05, 2015, at 01:00 am
Srinagar, May 4 (IBNS) Unidentified armed men with automatic weapons killed a person in Hazratbal area on the outskirts of Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar city, a police official said on Monday.
Kumar Vishwas denies having 'illicit' affair with any AAP female member
May 05, 2015, at 12:59 am
New Delhi, May 4 (IBNS): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Kumar Vishwas on Monday denied allegations of having an illicit relationship with his party's female member.
Nagaland: Rudderless Process, Aimless Violence
May 04, 2015, at 10:05 pm
Research Assistant, Institute for Conflict Management As the violent incidents of last few months suggest, NSCN-K's decision to unilaterally call off the ceasefire, the split within its ranks, and the Union Government's failure to make any progress with regard to talks with NSCN-IM, could lead to greater violence in Nagaland and neighboring northeastern states. SFs, who had enjoyed clear respite from terror, will, in particular, face the brunt of escalating violence, if these developments continue. Intelligence inputs predict a spike in hit-and-run attacks on SFs over the coming days, particularly by NSCN-K militants operating from across the Indo-Myanmar border. SAIR Volume 13, No. 41, April 13, 2015
Balochistan: Shooting the Messenger
May 04, 2015, at 10:01 pm
Research Associate, Institute for Conflict Management One more messenger of peace fell prey to Pakistan's Mullah-military nexus in the night of April 24, 2015, when unidentified assailants shot dead Sabeen Mahmud, a prominent Pakistani women's rights activist, in the Phase-II area of the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh. According to reports, Sabeen, accompanied by her mother, was just returning home after organizing a discussion on 'Unsilencing Balochistan' at 'The Second Floor' (T2F), a café that had been developed as a forum for open debates, of which she was Director. The event, "Un-Silencing Balochistan (Take 2)" was organized after the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) cancelled the talk due to security threats allegedly from Pakistan's intelligence agencies. The panelists in the discussion included 'Mama' Abdul Qadeer Baloch, the President of Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP), who had led a 'long march' to protest forcible disappearances in Balochistan; Baloch activists Farzana Baloch and Mir Muhammad Ali Talpur; and journalists Malik Siraj Akbar and Wusut Ullah Khan.
President condoles Amitabha Chowdhury's death
May 04, 2015, at 09:45 pm
New Delhi, May 4 (IBNS) President Pranab Mukherjee has condoled the passing away of i Amitabha Chowdhury, eminent journalist, writer and scholar.
Maoists kill two tribals in Andhra Pradesh
May 04, 2015, at 09:24 pm
Hyederabad, May 4 (IBNS) Maoists have shot dead two more tribals in Andhra Pradesh suspecting them to be police informers.
Newly formed UNLFW take responsibility of Nagaland attack
May 04, 2015, at 09:19 pm
Guwahati, May 4 (IBNS): The newly formed United National Liberation Front of Western South East Asia (UNLFW) has taken responsibility for the attacked on Assam Rifles troopers in Mon district of Nagaland, along with Myanmar border, on Sunday.
Mamata accepts protocol to receive Modi in Bengal on May 9
May 04, 2015, at 09:17 pm
Kolkata, May 4 (IBNS) In a change from her 'daggers drawn' stance against Narendra Modi, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee will cut short her visit to districts to receive the Prime Minister when he arrives Kolkata on May 9 on a two-day visit.
PM joins Chinese social media platform Weibo
May 04, 2015, at 09:07 pm
New Delhi/ Beijing, May 4 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has joined Chinese social media platform Weibo.
Grand celebrations to mark Modi govt's one year
May 04, 2015, at 07:56 pm
New Delhi, May 4 (IBNS) A grand celebration awaits the completion of Narendra Modi government's one year in power through a series of meetings and programmes.
AAP leader Kumar Vishwas summoned by women's commission
May 04, 2015, at 07:48 pm
New Delhi, May 4 (IBNS) Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) leader Kumar Vishwas got embroiled in another controversy after Delhi Commission for Women(DCW) summoned him over a complaint of a woman member of the party.
Buddha's path can save world from war : Modi
May 04, 2015, at 07:27 pm
New Delhi, May 4 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said treading the path as preached by lord Buddha can save the world from wars.
After Moga another bus molestation allegation in Punjab
May 04, 2015, at 07:08 pm
Khanna, Punjab, May 4 (IBNS) As the incident of death of a teenager girl, who was molested and thrown off a moving bus, another woman was allegedly harassed in a private bus on Sunday.
"Media has taken contract to finish off AAP" : Kejriwal
May 04, 2015, at 06:48 pm
New Delhi, May 4 (IBNS) Launching a tirade against the media, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said the fourth estate has accepted a supari (contract) to finish off his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
Kejriwal and Delhi Lt.Governor head for a collision over authority
May 04, 2015, at 06:45 pm
New Delhi, May 4 (IBNS) Amid a growing bitterness Delhi, Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal appear heading for a collision over the right of primacy of the administration.
Modi to visit the ailing RK Mission head, who rejected him for monk
May 04, 2015, at 05:54 pm
Kolkata, May 4 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit on Saturday next Swami Athmasthananda Maharaj, the head of the Ramakrishna Mission Math and Mission, who has been keeping an indifferent health for some time.
Answer of peace lies in Buddha: Modi
May 04, 2015, at 05:30 pm
New Delhi, May 4 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said in times like now the message of peace will come from the life and words of Lord Buddha.
President condoles the passing away of Shri Baleshwar Ram
May 04, 2015, at 02:49 pm
New Delhi, May 4 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday condoled the passing away of former Union Minister and veteran Congress leader from Bihar Baleshwar Ram.
Militant ambush kills 8 Assam Rifles jawans
May 04, 2015, at 05:01 am
Kohima, May 3 (IBNS) In an ambush by suspected National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) group, at least eight Assam Rifles jawans were killed at Mon district in Nagaland on Sunday, reports said.
PM congratulates Nursultan Nazarbayev
May 04, 2015, at 04:24 am
New Delhi, May 3 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written to Nursultan Nazarbayev, congratulating him on his re-election as the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Swaraj Samwad is a brand of alternative politics: Yogendra Yadav
May 04, 2015, at 04:17 am
Kolkata, May 3 (IBNS) Rebel AAP leader Yogendra Yadav, who is currently busy touring the country, on Sunday said the Swaraj Samwad is a brand of alternative politics that is looking to overturn the ongoing monotony in Indian political scenario.
Moga horror: Family agrees to cremate victim
May 04, 2015, at 12:14 am
Moga, May 3 (IBNS): The family of a teenage girl, who died following molestation and then was pushed off a moving bus in Punjab's Moga district, has decided to cremate her.
May 03, 2015, at 10:58 pm
Kathmandu, May 3 (IBNS) A 'slight' intensity earthquake, measuring 4.3 on the Richter Scale, was felt in Nepal on Sunday, more than an week after a 7.9 quake devastated the Himalayan nation and left more then 7000 people dead, officials said on Sunday.
President greets nation on eve of Buddha Purnima
May 03, 2015, at 08:30 pm
New Delhi, May 3 (IBNS): President of India Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday greeted Indian citizens on the eve of Buddha Purnima.