FIR against Alagiri for encroaching temple land
Aug 28, 2014, at 03:54 pm
Chennai, Aug 28 (IBNS): A First Information Report (FIR) was filed by the Madurai police against DMK chief M Karunanidhi’s son MK Alagiri on charges of grabbing a temple land using forged documents, reports said.
Fresh ceasefire violation in Jammu after Indo-Pak flag meeting
Aug 28, 2014, at 03:36 pm
Jammu, Aug 28 (IBNS): Pakistan troopers targeted three Border Security Force (BSF) posts in the Pargwal sector of Jammu by resorting to unprovoked firing on late Wednesday night, reports said.
J&K: First flight of Kashmiri 'hajis' leaves for Mecca
Aug 28, 2014, at 04:26 am
Srinagar, Aug 27 (IBNS) The first flight that touched the runway of Srinagar airport took off with 270 Haj pilgrims to the holy city of Mecca on Wednesday.
Jaitley reviews progress of indigenous submarine construction
Aug 28, 2014, at 04:24 am
Mumbai, Aug 27 (IBNS): Defence Minister Arun Jaitley, accompanied by Admiral RK Dhowan Chief of the Naval Staff, visited Mazagon Docks Limited in Mumbai on Wednesday and reviewed the progress of the Project 75 (Indigenous submarine construction project) as well as the other ongoing warship building projects including P-15 B class stealth destroyers .
Tata Steel celebrates 155th birth anniversary of Dorabji Tata
Aug 28, 2014, at 04:18 am
Jamshedpur, Aug 27 (IBNS): Tata Steel celebrated 155th birth anniversary of Dorabji Tata at Sir Dorabji Tata Park in Jamshedpur on Wednesday.
Two Garo militants lynched by villagers in Meghalaya
Aug 28, 2014, at 03:04 am
Guwahati, Aug 27 (IBNS) : Two Garo militants were lynched by villagers when they were trying to abduct a trader in West Garo Hills of Meghalaya on Wednesday, the police said.
Cabinet approves swapping of SOS village land with equivalent airport land
Aug 28, 2014, at 02:59 am
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IBNS) The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday gave its approval for swapping of Save Our Soul (SOS) village land measuring 2397 sqm. with Airport Authority of India’s (AAI`s) equivalent airport land measuring 2397 sqm.
PM to launch 'Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana' tomorrow
Aug 28, 2014, at 02:32 am
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) at a function in New Delhi on Thursday.
Aug 28, 2014, at 02:23 am
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IBNS) Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday.
One of four Kalyan boys suspected to have joined ISIS gets killed
Aug 28, 2014, at 01:31 am
Mumbai, Aug 27 (IBNS): One of the four people, from Kalyan in Mumbai, who was suspected of joining the Sunni militant group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Iraq, was killed on Tuesday in the country, media reports said.
PM sets up committee to identify obsolete laws within 3 months
Aug 28, 2014, at 12:54 am
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved the constitution of a committee to carry out a review to identify obsolete laws.
Omar Abdullah bids farewell to Hajis
Aug 28, 2014, at 12:41 am
Srinagar, Aug 27 (IBNS) The first flight that touched the runway of Srinagar airport took off with 270 Haj pilgrims to the holy city of Mecca on Wednesday.
PM wishes ailing Lalu Prasad a speedy recovery
Aug 27, 2014, at 11:39 pm
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed concern over the health of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, who is currently undergoing two major heart surgeries in Mumbai.
Modi defends Rajnath on son row, PMO clears stand
Aug 27, 2014, at 08:30 pm
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi finally decided to put the ongoing controversy over the son of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to rest by issuing a statement on Wednesday defending the senior BJP leader and the key minister in the Modi cabinet.
Rajnath Singh rubbishes "rumours" about his son
Aug 27, 2014, at 07:37 pm
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IBNS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday rubbished some news floating around his son Pankaj Singh after reportedly taking it up with the BJP's ideological patron RSS and at the highest level in the party.
Modi asks government employees to declare assets
Aug 27, 2014, at 06:49 pm
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IBNS): The Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government has ordered all government employees to disclose their assets as part of the anti-corruption Lokpal law enacted in December last year.
Lalu Prasad undergoes heart surgery
Aug 27, 2014, at 06:48 pm
Mumbai, Aug 27 (IBNS): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav is undergoing a major heart surgery in a Mumbai hospital on Wednesday.
Tara Shahdeo's husband arrested for allegedly forcing her to convert
Aug 27, 2014, at 06:37 pm
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IBNS): The husband of national-level champion shooter Tara Shahdeo was arrested near Delhi after she accused him of deceiving her into marriage with a false religious identity, reports said.
Militants gun down teenage girl in Assam before parents
Aug 27, 2014, at 05:48 pm
Guwahati, Aug 27 (IBNS) The banned National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) militants killed a girl by firing at her point blank in front of her parents recently in Assam's Chirang district, media reports said on Wednesday.
SC on 'criminal' ministers: No disqualification can be prescribed
Aug 27, 2014, at 05:22 pm
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to disqualify ministers with criminal cases, leaving the decision to the "Prime Minister's wisdom".
No Ebola case reported in India so far: Harsh Vardhan
Aug 27, 2014, at 04:28 pm
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IBNS): Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has said that there is no suspected case of Ebola in India so far, reports said.
Heaviest cross-border firing since 1971: Pathak
Aug 27, 2014, at 04:49 am
Srinagar, Aug 26 (IBNS): Chief of the Border Security Force DK Pathak has said continuous firing from Pakistan from across the border in Jammu and Kashmir in the past few days is the 'heaviest since 1971'.
India imposes ban on fresh contacts with Finmeccanica
Aug 27, 2014, at 02:59 am
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IBNS): The Indian government on Tuesday banned AgustaWestland's parent company Finmeccanica from any future contracts in the wake of VVIP chopper scam charges, but has allowed it to carry on its ongoing deals in the country, reports said.
Aug 27, 2014, at 02:36 am
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IBNS): Ahead of his visit of Japan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said his visit to the Asian nation will boost relationship between the two nations.
Australian High Commissioner Patrick Suckling calls on Jitendra Singh
Aug 27, 2014, at 02:16 am
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IBNS) Ahead of the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot's first official visit to India next week on Sept 4, the Australian High Commissioner in New Delhi, Patrick Suckling on Tuesday called on Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, MoS in Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Space & Atomic Energy Jitendra Singh and discussed different issues likely to come up during the visit.
Kupwara encounter: Family of slain soldier slams Modi govt
Aug 27, 2014, at 02:14 am
Bulandshahr, Aug 26 (IBNS): The family members of an Indian Army soldier, who was killed while fighting against terrorists in Jammu & Kashmir's Kupwara district on Sunday, slammed the Narendra Modi government for not taking proper precautions to protect the soldiers.
Nariman House reopens after six years
Aug 27, 2014, at 12:41 am
Mumbai, Aug 26 (IBNS) Six years after the Chabad House centre in downtown Colaba, better known as Nariman House, was attacked by terrorists during the 26/11 massacre in Mumbai, reopened on Tuesday.
Modi government appoints four new Governors
Aug 27, 2014, at 12:37 am
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IBNS): The Narendra Modi government on Tuesday announced four new governors for the state of Rajasthan, Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra.
Pakistan crisis: Nawaz Sharif meets Army Chief
Aug 27, 2014, at 12:28 am
Islamabad, Aug 26 (IBNS) Amid political turmoil in Pakistan, country's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif held a meeting with Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif, media reports said.
New body is old age home of BJP: Congress
Aug 26, 2014, at 10:48 pm
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IBNS) After the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in a rejig on Tuesday removed patriarchs L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi from the party's parliamentary board, the highest decision making body, and accommodated them as mentors in a new body for the seniors fashioned as "Margdarshak Mandal" , the opposition Congress ridiculed the move as an old age home for silenced leaders.