This govt is anti-people: Gandhi slams Centre
May 12, 2015, at 10:59 pm
New Delhi, May 12 (IBNS): Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday attacked the Centre over the issue of land acquisition bill and said the government is 'anti- people'.
Nepal: Above 15 killed in fresh quake, tremors felt in India
May 12, 2015, at 10:27 pm
Kathmandu/New Delhi/Kolkata, May 12 (IBNS) More than 15 people have been killed and above 300 others were injured as an earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter Scale hit Nepal on Tuesday.
Five killed in Nepal, one in India in fresh tremor
May 12, 2015, at 09:17 pm
Kathmandu/New Delhi/Kolkata, May 12 (IBNS) At least five people were killed in the earthquake that rattled already devastated Nepal on Tuesday afternoon while one casualty was reported from Bihar in neighbouring India.
Modi sounds alert to authorities following quakes
May 12, 2015, at 08:41 pm
New Delhi, May 12 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked authorities to be on alert as four earthquakes epicentred in Nepal sent tremors across India on Tuesday afternoon, which were felt all the way to Chennai.
Quake, aftershocks hit Nepal, India shaken by tremors
May 12, 2015, at 08:07 pm
Kathmandu/New Delhi/Kolkata, May 12 (IBNS) An already devastated Nepal was hit by a quake of 7.3 magnitude in Richter scale on Tuesday afternoon, followed by three aftershocks triggering panic and causing fresh casualty in the Himalayan nation as India also felt the tremors across the north and east with panic stricken people rushing out homes, offices and stores to gather on streets.
Two quakes hit Nepal, tremors felt in India
May 12, 2015, at 08:05 pm
Kolkata/New Delhi, May 12 (IBNS) Two successive earthquakes shook Nepal on Tuesday afternoon as tremors were felt across India with panic-stricken people in Delhi, Patna, Kolkata and Siliguri rushing out of the buildings to gather on the streets for safety.
Another quake hits Nepal, India shaken by tremors
May 12, 2015, at 07:00 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata, May 12 (IBNS) An earthquake measuring 7.1 in Richter scale hit Nepal around 1235 pm India time on Tuesday as tremors were felt across India with panic-stricken people in Delhi, Patna, Kolkata and Siliguri rushing out of the buildings to gather on the streets for safety.
Earthquake felt in north India, Bihar, West Bengal
May 12, 2015, at 06:28 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata, May 12 (IBNS) Another tremor was felt across north and eastern India on Tuesday around 1235 pm with epicenter of the quake located in already quake devastated Nepal again.
Anti- Gadkari protests in Parliament as Govt. tries to push through key bills
May 12, 2015, at 06:06 pm
New Delhi, May 12 (IBNS) Sloganeering and protests reverberated parliament on Tuesday as the opposition continued its agitation demanding resignation of union minister Nitin Gadkari while the government kept trying to push key bills through.
Youth arrested in Tirupati for creating facebook page for paedophiles
May 12, 2015, at 05:47 pm
Chennai, May 12 (IBNS) A 27-year-old man has been arrested in Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh for allegedly posting peadophilic content on Facebook.
Modi asks BJP MPs to tell people about Govt's "good work" in one year
May 12, 2015, at 05:39 pm
New Delhi, May 12 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked his ministers and BJP MPs to go to the people and communicate to them the "good work" done by the government in the last one year.
Strike by DTC employees in Delhi continues
May 12, 2015, at 05:14 pm
New Delhi, May 12 (IBNS) The strike by Delhi Transport Corporation workers continued on Tuesday in protest against the murder of bus driver Ashok Kumar who was bludgeoned to death by a biker in a road rage incident.
14 injured as bomb explodes in Kolkata local train
May 12, 2015, at 04:42 pm
Kolkata, May 12 (IBNS) At least 14 people were injured on Tuesday morning when a bomb allegedly carried by a passenger exploded in a compartment of a local train at Titagarh near Kolkata.
BJP meeting to finalise programmes on completion of Modi Govt's one year
May 12, 2015, at 04:40 pm
New Delhi, May 12 (IBNS) As the Narendra Modi government goes to complete one year the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is holding its Parliamentary party meeting on Tuesday.
Satyam scam: Hyderabad court grants bail to Raju, others
May 12, 2015, at 06:09 am
Hyderabad, May 11 (IBNS) The sentence of Ramalinga Raju, the founder of Satyam who was sentenced to seven years earlier in the biggest financial scandal of India, got a reprieve when a Hyderabad court suspended his sentences and granted them bail. Nine others convicted in the scam also got bail.
"My visit also reflects the importance that India places on its strategic partnership with Russia"
May 12, 2015, at 01:51 am
Moscow, May 11 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said his visit to Russia reflected the importance that India placed on its strategic partnership with the country.
BSF troops seize 1 kg gold ornaments
May 12, 2015, at 01:28 am
Kolkata, May 11 (IBNS) The Border Security Force on Monday said it seized gold ornaments weighing approx one Kg, under PS-Bagdah area from the bordering area of dist North 24 Pargana on Sunday.
PM expresses grief over the news of bus accident in Udhampur
May 12, 2015, at 01:15 am
New Delhi, May 11 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed grief over the news of bus accident in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district.
President to present National Florence Nightingale Awards tomorrow
May 12, 2015, at 01:08 am
New Delhi, May 11 (IBNS) President Pranab Mukherjee will present the National Florence Nightingale Awards to nursing personnel on Tuesday at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here on the occasion of International Nurses Day.
Murdered DTC driver's family puts cremation on hold
May 11, 2015, at 11:47 pm
New Delhi, May 11 (IBNS): The family of the Delhi Transport Corporation driver, who was beaten to death allegedly by a motorcylist, has has joined the protest by DTC employees.
Militant attack kills 2 CRPF jawans in J&K
May 11, 2015, at 10:50 pm
Srinagar, May 11 (IBNS) A militant attack on a road opening ceremony in Sangam area of south Kashmir's Anantnag district on Monday has killed at least two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) men, officials said.
I express my regret: Bassi on cop attacking woman
May 11, 2015, at 10:44 pm
New Delhi, May 11 (IBNS): Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi expressed his regret over the attack on a woman by a traffic cop in central Delhi on Monday.
J&K: 2 CRPF men killed in militant attack
May 11, 2015, at 10:19 pm
Srinagar, May 11 (IBNS): At least two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) men were killed in an attack by militants in Sangam area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday, police said.
I have emerged like tested pure gold : Jayalalithaa
May 11, 2015, at 09:53 pm
Chenna/Bengaluru, May 11 (IBNS) Having been acquitted of a disproportionate assets case, former Tamil Nadu chief minister and AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa on Monday said the Karnataka High Court verdict has paved way for her to "emerge like tested pure gold."
Delhi Traffic police hits woman with a brick, arrested
May 11, 2015, at 09:49 pm
New Delhi, May 11 (IBNS) A Delhi Police traffic constable has been arrested for attacking a woman with a brick here on Monday, reports said.
16 killed, 20 injured in Kashmir road mishap
May 11, 2015, at 08:50 pm
Srinagar, May 11 (IBNS) At least 16 persons died and 20 others were injured, six of them critically, when a passenger bus in which they were travelling skidded off the road and fell into 400 feet deep gorge on Srinagar Jammu Highway, officials said on Monday.
Jaya to become Tamil Nadu CM again : AIADMK
May 11, 2015, at 08:09 pm
Chennai, May 11 (IBNS) As AIADMK supremo J Jayalalitha was acquitted by the Karnataka High Court in the disproportionate assets case, her party said the "amma" will again be the chief minister of Tamil Nadu.
Rajya Sabha adjourned five times over Gadkari affair
May 11, 2015, at 07:41 pm
New Delhi, May 11 (IBNS) The Rajya Sabha was adjourned five times in less than two hours on Monday as opposition members kept demanding sacking of union minister Nitin Gadkari over an auditor's report that indicts a company linked to him.
Dawood in Pakistan, no stone to be unturned to bring him back : Rajnath
May 11, 2015, at 07:36 pm
New Delhi, May 11 (IBNS) , Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said India has definite information to to prove that underworld don Dawood Ibrahim is in Pakistan and assured the Lok Sabha that all efforts would be made to bring him back.
Wanted LeT operative Irfan arrested
May 11, 2015, at 06:14 pm
New Delhi, May 11 (IBNS) The Delhi police have arrested a wanted Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative from Uttar Pradesh.