CBI to exhume Badaun rape victims' bodies

Jul 19, 2014, at 11:00 pm

New Delhi, July 19 (IBNS) Amid fears that the rising waters of Ganga will wash away the graves and evidences, the CBI is likely to exhume the bodies of two sisters of Badaun in Uttar Pradesh where allegedly raped and then hanged from a tree.

Life crippled in Jammu by shutdown

Jul 19, 2014, at 10:46 pm

Jammu, July 19 (IBNS) Normal life in Jammu in Jammu and Kashmir was crippled on Saturday by a shutdown to protest against Friday’s clashes in Baltal base camp of the Hindu pilgrimage Amarnath Yatra.

Mulayam courts controversy over UP rape percentage remark

Jul 19, 2014, at 06:35 pm

Lucknow, July 19 (IBNS): Uttar Pradesh’s ruling Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh triggered fresh controversy with his remark that the percentage of rape in the state is much less as compared to its population.

Jayalalithaa against Sanskrit week celebrations, writes to PM

Jul 19, 2014, at 05:41 pm

Chennai, July 19 (IBNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi against the direction by the centre's Ministry of Human Resource Development urging Chief Secretaries of all States to celebrate Sanskrit week August 7 to 13 and instead organize a Classical Language Week in keeping with each state's linguistic heritage.

Angry parents protest Bangalore minor girl rape

Jul 19, 2014, at 04:52 pm

Bangalore, July 19 (IBNS) Hundreds of parents in Bangalore hit the streets on Saturday protesting the alleged rape of a six-year old girl in an international school.

Autopsy: NHRC issues notice to MP govt

Jul 19, 2014, at 04:13 am

New Delhi, July 18 (IBNS) National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday said it has issued notice to the Madhya Pradesh government over reports that autopsies were being done in an open room of a collapsed building of the Government Hospital at Garhakota town of Sagar district in the state.

UP: Rape victim gets monetary relief from state govt

Jul 19, 2014, at 04:12 am

New Delhi, July 18 (IBNS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday said the Uttar Pradesh government has paid Rs.3 lakh as monetary relief to a rape victim in the state.

MH17: PM Modi writes to Netherlands PM

Jul 19, 2014, at 03:48 am

New Delhi, July 18 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday wrote to Prime Minister of Netherlands Mark Rutte to express his condolences on the loss of lives on board MH17.

Those responsible must be held to account: UK PM on MH17

Jul 19, 2014, at 03:23 am

london, July 18 (IBNS):British Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday said 'those responsible' for the shooting down of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17, which killed 298 people on board, must be held to account.

Kejriwal hits out at Jaitley's Delhi Budget

Jul 19, 2014, at 02:53 am

New Delhi, July 18 (IBNS): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Friday slammed the Delhi Budget present by Union Fiance Minister Arun Jaitley and said the ruling party has taken a "U-turn" on almost all the promises it had made ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.

Indian prisoners in Saudi Arabia return home

Jul 19, 2014, at 02:34 am

New Delhi, July 18 (IBNS): Forty Indian people, who were languishing in a Saudi Arabia jail, returned to India on Friday.

Surat twin blasts: SC acquits all accused

Jul 19, 2014, at 02:33 am

New Delhi, July 18 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Friday quashed TADA court judgement and acquitted all the accused, who were convicted, in connection with the 1993 twin blasts in Surat.

PIL filed against Vaidik over his meeting with Saeed

Jul 19, 2014, at 01:07 am

New Delhi, July 18 (IBNS): A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Delhi High Court against journalist and Ramdev aide Ved Pratap Vaidik over his meeting with India's most wanted terrorist Hafiz Saeed in Pakistan during a trip of journalists to that country.

Fire fighter dies in Mumbai high-rise blaze

Jul 18, 2014, at 09:41 pm

Mumbai, July 18 (IBNS) Navy choppers were pressed into service to rescue firemen while one fire personnel died as a major blaze swept through the top floors of a 22--storey Mumbai high-rise building, which also houses offices of Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan and other showbiz people, in the Andheri suburb on Friday.

MH17: Modi condoles death of 298 people on board

Jul 18, 2014, at 08:39 pm

New Delhi, July 18 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday condoled the death of 298 people on board a Malaysian Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that was downed by suspected Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine.

Fire guts top floors of Mumbai high-rise

Jul 18, 2014, at 08:30 pm

Mumbai, July 18 (IBNS) A major fire broke out in a Mumbai high-rise building, which also houses offices of Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan and other showbiz people, in the Andheri suburb on Friday.

Amarnath Yatra base camp clash injures 24

Jul 18, 2014, at 08:26 pm

Srinagar, July 18 (IBNS) At least 24 people were injured when clashes broke out in Baltal base camp of Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday.

Australian PM blames Russia-backed rebels for MH17 crash

Jul 18, 2014, at 07:22 pm

Melbourne, July 18 (IBNS) Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott Friday said Russian backed rebels shot down the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 killing 298 people on board, including many Australians.

Odisha's top Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda arrested

Jul 18, 2014, at 07:11 pm

Bhubaneswar, July 18 (IBNS) Top Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda has been arrested from Odisha’s Ganjum district in the wee hours of Friday, police sources said.

Fire breaks out at Mumbai high-rise

Jul 18, 2014, at 07:06 pm

Mumbai, July 18 (IBNS) A major fire broke out at a high-rise building in the Andheri suburb of Mumbai on Friday.

Jaitley to present Delhi budget today

Jul 18, 2014, at 05:24 pm

New Delhi, July 18 (IBNS): Union finance minister Arun Jaitley will present the much-awaited Delhi budget in parliament on Friday, amid expectation of power subsidy to consumers.

Russia rebel military chief claims shooting down MH17

Jul 18, 2014, at 05:21 pm

Kiev, July 18 (IBNS) Russia backed anti-Ukraine rebel military chief Igor Strelkov has posted in social media that they have shot down the Malaysian Airlines plane with 295 people on board in eastern Ukraine.

MH17: Malaysian PM assures full effort to ascertain cause of crash

Jul 18, 2014, at 04:40 pm

Kuala Lumpur, July 18 (IBNS) Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on Friday said his government would find out the reason behind downing of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine.

MH17 was downed by missile, international probe demanded

Jul 18, 2014, at 04:33 pm

Kiev/Washington, July 18 (IBNS) The Malaysian plane MH17 with 295 people on board which crashed in eastern Ukraine on Thursday was shot down with a a surface-to-air missile, reports emerging out from the global community said now, amid a clamour for a full international investigation by various countries.

Malaysian airliner with 295 people onboard crashes in Ukraine

Jul 18, 2014, at 04:54 am

Kiev, July 17 (IBNS): A Malaysian passenger airliner with 295 people onboard crashed in Ukraine on Thursday amid fears that it was shot down, reports said.

BSF seizes FICN worth Rs. 9 lakhs

Jul 18, 2014, at 03:43 am

Kolkata, July 17 (IBNS): The Border Security Force (BSF) on Thursday said that it has foiled a smuggling activity in West Bengal and recovered Rs. nine lakhs from the smugglers.

PM speaks to German Chancellor Angela Merkel over phone

Jul 18, 2014, at 02:19 am

New Delhi, July 17 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a fruitful telephonic conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on his arrival in Frankfurt on Thursday, while returning to Delhi after the BRICS Summit in Brasilia, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said in a statement.

Jaitley to present Delhi Budget tomorrow

Jul 18, 2014, at 02:04 am

New Delhi, July 17 (IBNS): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will present the Budget for NCT of Delhi for the financial year 2014-15 in Parliament on Friday.

USINPAC to help tap NRIs to boost Indian infrastructure sector

Jul 18, 2014, at 01:04 am

New Delhi, July 17 (IBNS): US India Political Action Committee (USINPAC), a leading voice of the Indian American community urged the Narendra Modi government to issue infrastructure bonds for the NRI community in New Delhi.

Kashmir: 7 persons including a pregnant lady die in accident

Jul 18, 2014, at 01:03 am

Srinagar, July 17 (IBNS) : In a tragic road accident, seven persons including a pregnant lady was killed on Wednesday due to head on collision between an Army recovery van and a Tavera passenger vehicle near Shah Villayat Colony Omar Abad area of Zainakot in Srinagar.