India, Pakistan offer to help each other over flood
Sep 08, 2014, at 02:59 am
Islamabad, Sept 7 (IBNS): Negating all differences, both India and Pakistan have offered to 'help' each other as flood hit the life of large number of people in both the neighbouring nations.
Shah slams Mamata on Saradha scam
Sep 08, 2014, at 02:41 am
Kolkata, Sept 7 (IBNS) BJP president Amit Shah on Sunday slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and said her associates were involved in the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam.
Kashmir flood a national disaster: Narendra Modi
Sep 07, 2014, at 11:51 pm
Srinagar, Sept 7 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who visited Jammu and Kashmir to survey the flood situation, on Sunday called the natural calamity a national level disaster and assured to stand by the people of the region even as the situation worsened from the fury of the nature that is worst since 1957, claiming 160 lives so far.
Modi holds high-level meeting to assess J&K flood situation
Sep 07, 2014, at 07:47 pm
Jammu, Sept 7 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is in Jammu and Kashmir to survey the flood situation, on Sunday held a high-level meeting in Jammu to assess the relief work and the damage that has been caused due to the massive floods in the state.
Death toll reaches 110 in J&K floods: Omar
Sep 07, 2014, at 07:26 pm
Srinagar, Sept 7 (IBNS): As the state of the Jammu and Kashmir is battling against massive floods, creating havoc here, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday said that over 110 people have lost their lives so far while appealing to the people to remain calm.
J&K floods: IAF continues rescue operations
Sep 07, 2014, at 07:19 pm
New Delhi, Sept 7 (IBNS): The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Sunday said it has airlifted a total of 850 personnel so far in the flood affected regions of Jammu and Kashmir.
Sep 07, 2014, at 06:24 pm
New Delhi, Sept 7 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday greeted the people on Onam.
Air India Chicago-Delhi flight makes emergency landing in Toronto
Sep 07, 2014, at 06:05 pm
Toronto, Sept 7 (IBNS): Air India flight AI-126 carrying 342 passengers, which was on its way from Chicago to Delhi-Hyderabad made an emergency landing in Toronto after the pilot got a low engine oil pressure warning, media reports said.
Mamata benefitted most from the Saradha scam: Kunal Ghosh
Sep 07, 2014, at 05:36 pm
Kolkata, Sept 7 (IBNS): Suspended Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh has now accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of having benefitted the most from the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam.
PM greets Brazilians on Brazil's Independence Day
Sep 07, 2014, at 04:52 pm
New Delhi, Sept 7 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday greeted the people of Brazil on Brazil's Independence Day.
PM congratulates Sania for winning US Open Mixed Doubles title
Sep 07, 2014, at 04:16 pm
New Delhi, Sept 7 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated Tennis star Sania Mirza for winning the US Open Mixed Doubles title.
Modi to visit flood-hit J&K today
Sep 07, 2014, at 03:46 pm
New Delhi, Sept 7 (IBNS): With massive floods ravaging the state of Jammu and Kashmir and claiming over 107 lives, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the calamity-hit state on Sunday to personally assess the gravity of the situation.
Army, IAF, NDRF continue JK flood rescue
Sep 07, 2014, at 07:02 am
Jammu, Sept 6 (IBNS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Sunday said that 8 NDRF teams are operating in flood affected Jammu and Kashmir for carrying out rescue and relief operations even as reports are circulating that Prime Minister Narendra Modi could visit the calamity hit areas on Sunday as the state reels under power cut and breakdown of communication system in many parts.
IAF swings into relief operations in J&K
Sep 06, 2014, at 11:14 pm
New Delhi, Sept 6 (IBNS): Lending a helping hand in rescue and relief operations in the flood ravaged Jammu & Kashmir, Indian Air Force on Saturday mounted IL-76 sorties and pressed into action two AN-32 aircraft to airlift NDRF teams and equipment from Bhatinda to Srinagar and Jammu Air Force Bases.
VK Singh indicted in Sukna scam, former Army chief bemused
Sep 06, 2014, at 09:56 pm
New Delhi, Sept 6 (IBNS): General (Retired) VK Singh was left bemused after the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) said that the former Army chief had violated rules, influenced a military court and harassed senior officers for "vengeance," reports said.
Rajnath, Omar hold meeting over Kashmir flood
Sep 06, 2014, at 09:19 pm
Srinagar, Sept 6 (IBNS ) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday reviewed the prevailing flood situation in the state at a high level meeting here and took stock of the rescue and relief measures put in place to provide necessary succor to the flood-hit population.
German Foreign Minister comes to India
Sep 06, 2014, at 07:38 pm
New Delhi, Sept 6 (IBNS) German Foreign Minister Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier will be visiting New Delhi from Sept 6 to 8.
India, Australia come together to collaborate on skill development
Sep 06, 2014, at 07:33 pm
New Delhi, Sept 6 (IBNS) : National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and Australia’s Department of Industry, signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding and committed to strengthen their already strong bilateral relationship in the area of technical vocational education and training (TVET).
9 Army jawans washed away in J&K flood fury
Sep 06, 2014, at 07:19 pm
Jammu, Sept 6 (IBNS): Nine Army jawans are reported to have been washed away while carrying rescue operations in the flood-hit state of Jammu & Kashmir, even as Union Home Minister arrived in the state to take stock of the situation that turned grim.
Suspected IM operative arrested from western UP
Sep 06, 2014, at 05:52 pm
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IBNS): A suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative was arrested from Saharanpur in western Uttar Pradesh by sleuths of the Delhi Police’s special cell late Friday night, police said.
Kejriwal to meet President Pranab Mukherjee today
Sep 06, 2014, at 05:29 pm
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IBNS): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Chief Arvind Kejriwal is scheduled to meet President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday amid reports of Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung’s recommendation to invite Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the single largest party, to form government in Delhi.
Army tribunal finds VK Singh guilty of violating rules
Sep 06, 2014, at 04:43 pm
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IBNS): The Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) said former Army chief and now a minister in the Narendra Modi-led Union cabinet General (retired) VK Singh violated rules, influenced a military court and harassed senior officers for "vengeance," reports said.
Sep 06, 2014, at 03:59 pm
Srinagar, Sep 6 (IBNS): Over 100 people died in rain-hit Jammu and Kashmir, the region that is witnessing its worst flood in nearly six decades, reports said.
Marking International Day, UN chief urges people to 'act on charitable impulse'
Sep 06, 2014, at 03:33 pm
New York, Sept 6 (IBNS) Marking the International Day of Charity, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday called on people everywhere "to act on the charitable impulse that resides in every human being – to start giving and to keep on giving."
J&K flood: Army continues relief operations
Sep 06, 2014, at 04:29 am
Udhampur, Sept 5 (IBNS): In the last 72 hours, with no letup in the huge down pour and inclement weather in the far reaches of Jammu Division, the Army in coordination with Civil Authorities under Operation Megh Rahat has been able to rescue, as the reports last came in, about 1100 civilians, large no of live stock from the wrath of the huge deluge engulfing the entire area.
Army hosts technical symposium in Kashmir
Sep 06, 2014, at 04:17 am
Udhampur, Sept 5 (IBNS): A symposium-cum-exhibition titled "North Technical-2014" was organized at Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, under the aegis of Headquarters Northern Command.
Modi calls signing of nuclear deal as 'historic milestone'
Sep 06, 2014, at 02:58 am
New Delhi, Sept 5 (IBNS): Prime Minister Naredra Modi on Friday called the signing of the much anticipated civilian nuclear deal with Australia as a 'historic milestone'.
Australian PM calls on Pranab Mukherjee
Sep 06, 2014, at 02:56 am
New Delhi, Sept 5 (IBNS): Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott called on Indian President Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Friday.
Modi stresses on skill development in his Teachers' Day address
Sep 06, 2014, at 02:25 am
New Delhi, Sept 5 (IBNS): This year it was not a usual celebration of Teachers' Day in schools as India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself added the fervour by addressing students and teachers across the nation on Friday from Manekshaw Auditorium in the capital, with a full house in attendance.
Mehbooba Mufti urges Union govt to declare J&K floods as 'national calamity'
Sep 06, 2014, at 02:24 am
Srinagar, Sept 5 (IBNS) Urging to declare the Jammu and Kashmir floods as 'national calamity', Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti on Friday took up the issue of rescue and relief operations in the state with the Union government and urged it to intervene in a big way.