Delhi assembly to discuss MCD's progress next week
Jun 04, 2016, at 07:01 pm
New Delhi, Jun 4 (IBNS) Firing a fresh salvo at the BJP, Chief Minister and AAP top brass, Arvind Kejriwal blamed his opponents for mismanagement of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), which was looked after by the BJP, before it conceded a defeat to the AAP and Congress in the MCD polls.
West Bengal: TMC union's hawkers demonstrate, hurl bombs at Baruipur rail station
Jun 04, 2016, at 06:23 pm
Kolkata/South 24 Parganas, Jun 4 (IBNS): During a protest against the Railway Protection Force (RPF), a large number of hawkers, under the banner of Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s labour wing INTTUC, allegedly threw at least 14 crude bombs at Baruipur Railway Station premises in West Bengal's South 24 District on Saturday, reports said.
Kashmir :Two policemen killed in second militant attack in 24 hours
Jun 04, 2016, at 06:12 pm
Srinagar, June 4 (IBNS) In another attack in Jammu and Kashmir, the second in 24 hours, suspected Militants struck in Anantnag town on Saturday, killing two members of the Jammu and Kashmir police force.
Maharashtra Minister Eknath Khadse resigns over scandal uproar
Jun 04, 2016, at 06:02 pm
Mumbai, June 4 (IBNS) Eknath Khadse, the senior most minister in the Maharashtra government, has resigned following twin scandals over an illicit land deal and his cellphone allegedly appearing in the call records of most-wanted gangster Dawood Ibrahim.
Modi begins his five-nation tour, to inaugurate Afghan Friedndship dam today
Jun 04, 2016, at 05:30 pm
New Delhi, June 4 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate Afghan-India Friendship Dam in Herat, the first stopover of his five-nation tour that begins on Saturday.
Kashmir :Mehbooba condemns militant attack on BSF convoy
Jun 04, 2016, at 05:27 pm
Srinagar, June 4 (IBNS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti has strongly condemned the militant attack on a BSF vehicle in Bijbehara of South Kashmir's Anantnag district in which three security personnel were killed.
Boxing Legend Muhammad Ali passes away, aged 74
Jun 04, 2016, at 04:41 pm
Phoenix, Arizona, Jun 4 (IBNS) Boxing legend Muhammad Ali, who had proclaimed himself as "The Greatest" of all time and was a powerful symbol of civil rights movement for the black in USA during the 1960s and 1970s, breathed his last on Friday, following a bout with health problems, his family sources said.
Kolkata: SRFTI's Director and Registrar resign
Jun 04, 2016, at 05:46 am
Kolkata, Jun 3 (IBNS): The Director and Registrar of Kolkata's prestigious Satyajit Roy Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) resigned from there posts on Friday.
Any global forum which does not include India has limited relevance: VP
Jun 04, 2016, at 04:21 am
Tunis, June 3 (IBNS): Vice President of India M. Hamid Ansari on Friday said that any global forum which does not include India has limited relevance.
West Bengal: Class V student raped and killed in Birbhum
Jun 04, 2016, at 04:15 am
Kolkata/Birbhum, June 3 (IBNS): A minor girl was allegedly raped and then murdered on Thursday midnight at Rambhadrapur village under Tarapith Police Station limits in West Bengal's Birbhum district, reports said.
PM Modi to inaugurate Afghan-India Friendship Dam
Jun 04, 2016, at 03:57 am
New Delhi, June 3 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will jointly inaugurate the Afghan-India Friendship Dam (Salma Dam) with President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani in Herat province in Western Afghanistan on Friday.
India, USA can transform world with trade and trust: Rajnath Singh
Jun 04, 2016, at 03:34 am
Hyderabad, June 3 (IBNS): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said that India and USA are natural allies and could transform the world with trade and trust.
PM Modi to visit Afghanistan, Qatar, Switzerland, USA and Mexico
Jun 04, 2016, at 03:18 am
New Delhi, June 3 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Afghanistan, State of Qatar, Switzerland, United States of America and Mexico from Saturday to June 8.
17 killed in Tamil Nadu road mishap
Jun 04, 2016, at 02:56 am
Chennai, June 3 (IBNS): At least 17 people were killed as a bus, a lorry and a car collided in Melumalai in Tamil Nadu's Krishnagiri district on Friday, reports said.
Bokaro River Drinking Water Project based on Rainwater Harvesting inaugurated
Jun 04, 2016, at 02:46 am
Bokaro, June 3 (IBNS): The Bokaro River Drinking Water Project based on Rainwater Harvesting in the State of Jharkhand was inaugurated at West Bokaro on Friday.
Assam CM directs state forest department to set up a permanent PCCF office at Kaziranga
Jun 04, 2016, at 02:14 am
Guwahati, June 3 (IBNS): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday directed the state Environment and Forest Department to set up a permanent office of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forest at Kaziranga.
BSF jawans deaths: Former J&K CM Omar Abdullah condoles
Jun 04, 2016, at 01:53 am
Srinagar, June 3 (IBNS): Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday mourned the death of BSF personnel in suspected militant attack on their convoy.
Mathura violence: Death toll touches 24
Jun 04, 2016, at 01:16 am
Mathura, June 3 (IBNS) The death toll in the violence that hit Uttar Pradesh's Mathura area has touched 24, forcing Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to order probe into the incident.
President attends the Golden Jubilee Convocation of Indira Gandhi Medical College
Jun 03, 2016, at 11:29 pm
New Delhi, June 3 (IBNS) President Pranab Mukherjee attended the Golden Jubilee Convocation of Indira Gandhi Medical College on Friday in Shimla.
J&K: BSF convoy attacked by suspected militants, 2 jawans killed
Jun 03, 2016, at 11:14 pm
Srinagar, June 3 (IBNS) At least 2 BSF personnel, including a Head Constable, were killed and 4 others were injured in an attack carried out by suspected militants on their convoy near Goriwan in Bijbehara town of south Kashmir’s on Friday,reports said.
Army join hands with Tata Motors for training to Kashmiri youth
Jun 03, 2016, at 10:29 pm
Srinagar, June 3 (IBNS) As part of Army initiative to ameliorate the unemployed youth, an event was flagged off from Udhampur by Lt Gen DS Hooda, Army Commander, Northern Command, wherein, 29 youth from Kashmir were selected for training at Tata Motors as part of a joint initiative between the Indian Army and TATA motors.
Rajasthan Government sacks 500 striking resident doctors
Jun 03, 2016, at 10:08 pm
Jaipur, June (IBNS) Going tough on the striking resident doctors, the Rajasthan government has decided to terminate the services of 500 of them, reports said.
UP govt orders high level inquiry into Mathura's park-encroachment clash
Jun 03, 2016, at 09:59 pm
Mathura, Jun 3 (IBNS) Around 366 people have been arrested following the clash between police and the people encroaching Mathura's Jawahar Bagh park, a 260-acre facility, which resulted in the death of 22 people (24 according to some), including two police personnel, the media reported on Friday.
Metro House fire: Cooling operations on at Mumbai's iconic building
Jun 03, 2016, at 09:57 pm
Mumbai, Jun 3 (IBNS) Cooling operations continue on Friday after a fire engulfed large portion of Metro House located on Mumbai's Colaba Causeway on Thursday, according to media reports.
Police bust kidney racket gang in Delhi
Jun 03, 2016, at 08:23 pm
New Delhi, Jun 3 (IBNS) South Delhi's multi-speciality Indraprastha Apollo Hospital said on Friday that it is co-operating with the police and providing them with all information required to hold an inquiry into the alleged kidney sale racket.
Modi to meet Obama for seventh time in two years
Jun 03, 2016, at 08:17 pm
New Delhi, June 3 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit America next week as a part of his five-nation tour that begins on Saturday.
Sarkar, the LA gunman, who killed his professor, was from West Bengal
Jun 03, 2016, at 07:25 pm
Kolkata, June 3 (IBNS) Mainak Sarkar, the gunman who shot dead the University of California-Los Angeles professor, William Klug and a woman, believed to be his own wife, was originally a resident of West Bengal.
Three IIT students detained in Italy, released after India's intervention
Jun 03, 2016, at 05:48 pm
New Delhi, June 3 (IBNS) Three IIT students who had travelled to Italy for the weekend from France, were detained for hours by the Italian Police before being released following intervention by the Indian mission.
PM Modi to visit Afghanistan-first stop in his five-nation trip
Jun 03, 2016, at 05:31 pm
New Delhi, June 3 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Afghanistan on Saturday-for the second time in six months- to hold talks with President Ashraf Ghani and inaugurate the Afghan-India Friendship Dam in Herat province.
Mathura anti-encroachment drive: At least 21 killed as clash intesifies
Jun 03, 2016, at 04:17 pm
Mathura, Jun 3 (IBNS) At least 21 people, including two policemen, lost their lives as agitations intensified following an anti encroachment drive in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh on Friday, reports said.