Rape incidents have reduced in WB: Mamata
Aug 30, 2014, at 05:18 am
Kolkata, Aug 29 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said the number of rape incidents in her states have reduced by 12 percent.
Assam govt constituted One man Inquiry Commission for Golaghat incident
Aug 30, 2014, at 03:39 am
Guwahati, Aug 29 (IBNS) : The Assam State Government on Friday had constituted a One Man Inquiry Commission headed by Justice (Retd.) BP Katakey, retired Judge of Gauhati High Court to inquire into the Golaghat incident on Aug 20.
ULFA(I) militant nabbed, arms-ammo recover
Aug 30, 2014, at 02:11 am
Guwahati, Aug 29 (IBNS) : Security forces have nabbed a militant of United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) and recovered arms and ammunition in Assam’s Goalpara district on Friday, police said.
Assam : NDFB(S) militant attacked on army camp, 1 jawan injured
Aug 30, 2014, at 02:00 am
Guwahati, Aug 29 (IBNS) : An Army jawan was injured in Assam’s Chirang district, when suspected National Democratic Front of Bodoland (Sangbijit faction) militants had attacked on a camp of 18 Mahar Regiment on the wee hours on Friday, police said.
Meghalaya militant group uses minors to smuggle arms
Aug 30, 2014, at 01:49 am
Guwahati, Aug 29 (IBNS) : The newly floated militant group of Meghalaya Achik National Cooperation Army (ANCA) has used minors to smuggle arms and it had came to light after police apprehended five militants of the rebel group on Thursday.
Will accelerate unfinished agenda of projects with Japan: Modi
Aug 30, 2014, at 01:25 am
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IBNS) Ahead of his visit to Japan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he will try to accelerate progress on the unfinished agenda of projects and initiatives that two countries have embarked upon.
Aircel-Maxis Case: CBI charges Dayanidhi Maran, his brother
Aug 29, 2014, at 11:48 pm
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IBNS): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday filed a chargesheet in the Aircel-Maxis deal case in a special 2G court.
CBI drops charges against Kumar Mangalam Birla in "Coalgate" case
Aug 29, 2014, at 11:15 pm
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IBNS) Prominent industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla breathed a sigh of relief on Friday after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) decided to drop charges against him in the infamous "Coalgate" scandal.
Rs 6,000 cr chopper deal scrapped: media reports
Aug 29, 2014, at 10:42 pm
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IBNS) The Centre on Friday scrapped a tender to procure 197 Light Utility Helicopters (LUH), media reported.
Difficult to block porn sites: Centre to Supreme Court
Aug 29, 2014, at 07:12 pm
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IBNS) The central government has told the Supreme Court that it is difficult to block the porn sites because of the sheer presence of around four crore of them and if one is blocked another came popping up.
Modi to learn from Kyoto for Varanasi in Japan visit
Aug 29, 2014, at 06:17 pm
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will learn from the historic city of Kyoto in Japan during his visit to the Asian nation beginning on Aug 30 so that the ideas can be used for betterment of Varanasi, the holy city in Uttar Pradesh on the banks of river Ganga that voted him to power.
SC stays functioning of panel to probe sexual harassment of woman judge
Aug 29, 2014, at 05:39 pm
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IBNS):The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the functioning of a panel that was set up to probe the allegations of a woman judge in Gwalior that she was sexually harassed by a senior judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.
Najma Heptullah clarifies her stand on Hindi-Hindu confusion
Aug 29, 2014, at 05:37 pm
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IBNS) Union Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptullah, who was slammed by Opposition for endorsing the RSS view on India as a nation of Hindus by culture and national identify, has now clarified her position saying she meant Hindi and not Hindu while speaking on the issue.
Saradha: CBI raids 21 locations in three states
Aug 29, 2014, at 05:40 am
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IBNS): The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday said it has conducted searches in 21 locations across several states in connection with its probe into the multi-crore Saradha chitfund scam.
Aug 29, 2014, at 04:45 am
Jammu, Aug 28 (IBNS): At least eight passengers were killed when a Tata Sumo in which they were travelling skidded off the road and rolled down into a 500 feet deep gorge near Nachlana curve in Banihal town of Ramban district on Thursday.
Rajasthan: 8-yr-old girl dies after being allegedly beaten by teacher
Aug 29, 2014, at 03:22 am
Dausa, Rajasthan, Aug 28 (IBNS): In a shocking incident, an eight-year-old schoolgirl lost her life on Thursday after being allegedly beaten up by her teacher in Dausa in Rajasthan, reports said.
Govt to provide cashless treatment for road accident victims
Aug 29, 2014, at 02:53 am
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IBNS): Union Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has signed Memorandum of Understanding for two more pilot projects for Cashless Treatment Road Accident Victims-one on Vadodara-Mumbai stretch of NH-8 and the other on Ranchi-Rargaon-Mahulia (Jamshedpur) stretch of NH-33.
'Eminent Freedom Fighters Committee' to meet at Port Blair
Aug 29, 2014, at 02:51 am
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IBNS): The Committee of Eminent Freedom Fighters under the Chairmanship of Kiren Rijiju, Minister of State for Home Affairs is scheduled to meet at Port Blair on Sept 3.
Saradha scam : CBI raids 14 locations in Assam
Aug 29, 2014, at 01:59 am
Guwahati, Aug 28 (IBNS): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday had carried out search operation in 14 locations in Assam, including the homes of two former ministers of the state government, one former DGP of Assam police and a filmmaker, in connection with its probe into the multi-crore Saradha chitfund scam.
Anantha Kumar launches Jan-Dhan Yojna in Bangalore
Aug 29, 2014, at 12:32 am
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IBNS): Launching the Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (Financial inclusion) programme at a function in Bangalore on Thursday, Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers Anantha Kumar said that after long experience, thinking, interaction and consultation the project of financial inclusion was evolved by the Indian government with an objective of bringing the entire financially excluded population to the main path of growth.
Manipur : 2 Assam Rifles jawans killed in bomb explosion
Aug 29, 2014, at 12:30 am
Imphal, Aug 28 (IBNS) : Two jawans of Assam Rifles were killed and another was injured in a powerful bomb explosion at a remote area in Manipur on Wednesday, police said on Thursday.
Pre-marital clinical tests can avoid impotency, STDs: Madras HC
Aug 29, 2014, at 12:03 am
Madurai, Aug 28 (IBNS): The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court on Thursday suggested that prospective couples should undergo pre-marital clinical examinations to avoid impotency and sexually transmitted diseases (STD), which may spoil marital relations.
"Excited to meet PM Shinzo Abe": PM tweets in Japanese
Aug 28, 2014, at 11:15 pm
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IBNS) Ahead of his Japan visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has tweeted in Japanese for the first time, to talk to the people of Japan directly in Japanese.
Modi launches scheme to ensure bank account for everyone
Aug 28, 2014, at 11:13 pm
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched his pet project for financial inclusion of the poor in India by unveiling a scheme that would ensure a bank account for every Indian household.
Aseemanand gets bail in Samjhauta Express blast case
Aug 28, 2014, at 10:14 pm
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IBNS) Swami Aseemanand, a former RSS activist who is facing trial in the 2007's Samjhauta Express, Hyderabad's Mecca Masjid (May 2007) and Ajmer Dargah blasts linked to saffron terrorism, has got bail in the case of the Samjhauta Express by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday.
Trinamool MLA slammed for terming rape as inevitable
Aug 28, 2014, at 09:00 pm
Kolkata, Aug 28 (IBNS) A ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) legislator has invited a wave of condemnation after he said rape is inevitable and would continue so long the earth exists.
BJP faces flak over Yogi Adityanath as UP poll campaigner
Aug 28, 2014, at 07:42 pm
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IBNS): The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the centre is sucked in a controversy over making its MP Yogi Adityanath as their star campaigner in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh byelections amid a video circulating in media on his "hate" speech where he spoke of communal revenge by Hindus.
Law will take its own course: Sadananda Gowda on charge against son
Aug 28, 2014, at 06:38 pm
Bangalore, Aug 28 (IBNS): After an FIR alleging rape was lodged by an actress against Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda’s son Karthik hours after he got engaged here on Wednesday, the union minister said the law would take its own course in the case.
BJP minister attends prayer meeting in Muzaffarnagar
Aug 28, 2014, at 05:00 pm
Muzaffarnagar, Aug 28 (IBNS): Amid tight security arrangements, Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Sanjeev Baliyan attended a prayer meeting in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district on Thursday, reports said.
Actress files FIR against Sadananda Gowda's son
Aug 28, 2014, at 04:24 pm
Bangalore, Aug 28 (IBNS): An FIR was lodged by an actress against Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda's son Karthik hours after he got engaged here on Wednesday, reports said.