Old guards Advani, Joshi out of BJP parliamentary board
Aug 26, 2014, at 10:36 pm
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IBNS) In a major rejig in the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), patriarchs L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi have been dropped from the party's parliamentary board, the highest decision making body, but they were accommodated as mentors in a new body for the seniors fashion as "Margdarshak Mandal" to guide the ruling outfit.
Sheila Dikshit resigns as Kerala governor
Aug 26, 2014, at 09:53 pm
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IBNS): Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday resigned as the Governor of Kerala, capping speculations about her removal after the new BJP led government changed governors of several states appointed by the previous UPA regime, said media reports.
Advani, Joshi dropped from key BJP body
Aug 26, 2014, at 09:45 pm
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IBNS) BJP patriarchs L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi have been dropped from the party's parliamentary board, the highest decision making body, said reports on Tuesday.
Riot-accused BJP legislator Sangeet Som to get 'Z-security' cover
Aug 26, 2014, at 08:30 pm
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IBNS): Narendra Modi government's decision to provide Z-security cover for riot accused BJP legislator Sangeet Som has sparked a political uproar.
Shah Rukh Khan given additional protection
Aug 26, 2014, at 08:01 pm
Mumbai, Aug 26 (IBNS) Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan has been given enhanced protection by the Mumbai Police following the incident of a firing at the house of his associate and producer Karim Morani allegedly by men of an underworld men.
Modi govt finalises 4 Governors: TV report
Aug 26, 2014, at 07:11 pm
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IBNS): BJP veteran and former Uttar Pradesh CM Kalyan Singh is likely to be the new Governor of Rajasthan, NDTV channel reports said.
Three students expelled from Gwalior’s Scindia School
Aug 26, 2014, at 07:08 pm
Gwalior, Aug 26 (IBNS): Three students of the famous Scindia School in Gwalior were expelled after allegedly ragging a junior student who is now admitted in a Delhi hospital in critical condition.
Sea plane service begins in Mumbai today
Aug 26, 2014, at 07:04 pm
Mumbai, Aug 26 (IBNS): A sea plane service connecting Mumbai to tourist destinations of the Western Ghats was kicked off on Tuesday. The inaugural flight carried nine passengers to the Pavana reservoir near Lonavala from the Juhu aerodrome.
Kashmir journalist alleges harassment by armyman
Aug 26, 2014, at 06:58 pm
Srinagar, Aug 26 (IBNS) A young journalist from Kashmir, who also reports for IBNS news agency, has alleged that he has been harassed by a person who identified as a top ranking Army officer for revealing the sources of his news gathering.
Three passengers from Ebola-hit Liberia taken to Delhi hospital
Aug 26, 2014, at 04:07 pm
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IBNS): Three passengers, transiting through Delhi to Mumbai, were isolated and taken to a government hospital here on Tuesday for tests to determine whether they have Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). The trio was travelling from Ebola-hit Liberia, reports said.
Five militants, three soldiers killed in encounters in Kashmir
Aug 26, 2014, at 03:29 pm
Kupwara, Aug 26 (IBNS): At least three soldiers and five militants were killed in two separate encounters that have been continuing intermittently since August 23 in Kupwara district of north Kashmir, reports said.
Two ULFA(I) militants shot dead in Assam encounter
Aug 26, 2014, at 05:15 am
Guwahati, Aug 25 (IBNS) : Two hardcore militants of United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) were killed in an encounter with security forces in Assam's Goalpara district along Meghalaya border on Monday, police said.
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IAF all women cycle expedition team flagged in today
Aug 26, 2014, at 04:18 am
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IBNS): Air Marshal HB Rajaram, Air Officer-in-charge Administration, Air HQs on Monday flagged in the 'all women cycle expedition' team on their successful completion of the mission 'Kshitij-Se-Pare'.
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Aug 26, 2014, at 04:05 am
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IBNS): The Vice Chief of the Army Staff, Lt Gen Philip Campose, paid tributes to the mortal remains of Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh and Grenadier Rahul Kumar, both residents of Bulandshahar District (UP), who were martyred in the call of duty.
Indo Russian Air Force Exercise commences at Astrakhan
Aug 26, 2014, at 04:03 am
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IBNS): With the aim to bolster ties between the Indian Air Force and Russian Federation Air Force (RFAF), Ex Avia Indra-2014 commenced on Monday at Astrakhan region, near the Caspian Sea in Russia.
Aug 26, 2014, at 03:47 am
Srinagar, Aug 25 (IBNS) One more army soldier was killed and another sustained injuries on Monday in a fresh firing incident as the twin encounters entered second day at Lolab and Keran forests in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
Assam: Two top Karbi militants nabbed
Aug 26, 2014, at 01:45 am
Guwahati, Aug 25 (IBNS) : Two top leaders of newly formed Karbi Land Protection Force (KLPF) were apprehended and huge cache of arms and ammunition were recovered from them by security forces in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district on Monday, police said.
CBI to not file chargesheet in Baduan case
Aug 26, 2014, at 01:42 am
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IBNS): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday said that it will not file any chargesheet against the five accused in the Badaun gangrape and murder case, reports said.
Lalu-Nitish pact registers Bihar big win, BJP fails to shine overall
Aug 26, 2014, at 01:35 am
Patna, Aug 25 (IBNS):The tie-up between Lalu Prasad Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal-United (JD-U) along with Congress worked for the anti-BJP alliance in Bihar as they managed to defeat the BJP and the Modi factor in the state by winning together six out of the 10 Assembly seats that went for bypolls.
Goyal lauds SC order on coal block allocation
Aug 26, 2014, at 12:27 am
​New Delhi, Aug 25 (IBNS)​: Coal & Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court verdict which quashed all coal block allocations from 1993.
Greenpeace welcomes SC verdict cancelling coal block allocation
Aug 26, 2014, at 12:07 am
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IBNS) Greenpeace welcomed the Supreme Court order Monday that deemed all coal block allocations since 1993 as 'illegal' on grounds of arbitrariness, legal flaws lack of transparency, fairness and even application of mind.
American speaker Ben Zeman speaks on gender violence, sexism
Aug 26, 2014, at 12:06 am
Kolkata, Aug 25 (IBNS) The American Center Kolkata hosted Ben Atherton-Zeman, an American educator and public speaker on issues of violence prevention from Aug 20-22.
Sheila Dikshit likely to resign as Kerala Guv?
Aug 25, 2014, at 11:58 pm
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IBNS): With the Narendra Modi government all set finalise the new governors, Kerala Governor Sheila Dikshit is likely to resign on Monday evening, media reports said.
New Indian Army chief visits Northeast
Aug 25, 2014, at 10:47 pm
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IBNS) On taking over as the Army Chief earlier this month, General Dalbir Singh had set forth an agenda of ensuring high levels of preparedness and vigil by own troops along Northern and North-Eastern frontiers at all times. With the month yet to get over, he has already straddled the Eastern and Western frontiers signaling his intent in right earnest.
Supreme Court quashes all coal blocks allocated since 1993
Aug 25, 2014, at 08:09 pm
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IBNS) The Supreme Court on Monday quashed all allocations of coal blocks since 1993, delivering a historic judgement on the coal scam after hearing petitions seeking the scrapping of allocations.
People of Bihar against divisive politics: Nitish
Aug 25, 2014, at 07:50 pm
Patna, Aug 25 (IBNS) Buoyed by the results that went in their favour of the anti-BJP alliance, Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader and former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said the outcome of the bypolls in the state is a clear verdict of people against divisive politics.
Supreme Court to pass verdict on coal scam petitions
Aug 25, 2014, at 07:37 pm
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IBNS) The Supreme Court on Monday is likely to rule on petitions seeking the scrapping of coal block allocations during the previous UPA regime.
Lalu, Nitish gain in Bihar bypolls, BJP trails
Aug 25, 2014, at 07:04 pm
Patna, Aug 25 (IBNS): Lalu Prasad Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal-United (JD-U) combine along with their junior partner Congress in Bihar won four seats and was ahead in most of the 10 assembly seats at noon as counting progressed in 18 seats across four Indian states on Monday.
Aug 25, 2014, at 06:51 pm
Kolkata, Aug 25 (IBNS): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials on Monday questioned West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Ahmed Hasan Imran at their Salt Lake office here in connection with the multi-crore Saradha chitfund scam.
Supreme Court refuses to intervene now in Judicial Appointment Bill
Aug 25, 2014, at 06:04 pm
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IBNS): The Supreme Court has declined to intervene at this stage on petitions challenging the judges' appointment bill that was recently passed recently in Parliament scrapping the collegium of senior apex court judges system.