Rafale will be a game changer: Air Force Chief
Oct 03, 2018, at 03:07 pm
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IBNS): Defending the Rafale deal over a massive political row, Air Force Chief Birender Singh Dhanoa on Wednesday said the Rafale fighter jets will be a game changer, media reports said.
West Bengal CID takes over investigation into Kolkata blast
Oct 03, 2018, at 02:55 pm
Kolkata, Oct 3 (IBNS): The West Bengal government on Wednesday handed over to the state Criminal Investigation Department (CID) the probe into the low intensity explosion that left a minor boy dead and several others injured in Kolkata's suburb Dumdum area on Tuesday morning, officials said.
Sabarimala case: Kerala government won't file review plea on SC's verdict allowing women's entry
Oct 03, 2018, at 02:48 pm
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 3 (IBNS): Amid protests against the top court's decision, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday said the LDF government in the state won't file a review plea on the Supreme Court's verdict, which thrown open gates of Sabarimala Temple for all menstruating women, media reports said.
PM Modi receives UN Champions of the Earth Award
Oct 03, 2018, at 02:23 pm
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday received the United Nations' highest environmental honour, the 'United Nations Champions of the Earth’ award, here.
Justice Ranjan Gogoi swears in as 46th CJI of India
Oct 03, 2018, at 11:45 am
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IBNS): Justice Ranjan Gogoi on Wednesday was sworn-in as the 46th Chief Justice of India (CJI).
Ranjan Gogoi swears in as new Chief Justice of India
Oct 03, 2018, at 10:53 am
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IBNS): Justice Ranjan Gogoi on Wednesday sworn-in as the new Chief Justice of India (CJI).
Kisan rally: Agitating farmers call off protest after midnight march in Delhi
Oct 03, 2018, at 10:39 am
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IBNS): The agitating farmers have called off their protest after they were allowed to march to the national capital to press for their demands at midnight, media reports said.
Oct 03, 2018, at 09:53 am
Kolkata, Oct 3 (IBNS): A major fire broke out at Calcutta Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) in central Kolkata's College Street area on Wednesday morning, triggering panic among the patients and their family members, reports said.
UN chief commends India’s progress towards Sustainable Development Goals
Oct 03, 2018, at 09:35 am
New York, Oct 3 (IBNS): UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday praised India’s progress on implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular the pursuit of Sanitation for All and Affordable and Clean Energy, which featured heavily during day-two of his official visit to the country.
Oct 03, 2018, at 09:10 am
New York, Oct 3 (IBNS): On Tuesday, as part of his official visit to India this week, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres laid a wreath in honour of Mahatma Gandhi, at the Raj Ghat Memorial, in New Delhi. Describing him as “the greatest soul that ever lived”, the UN chief said that Gandhi’s example “demonstrates that the way to reach objectives, is through non-violence.”
Protesting farmers end march in Delhi
Oct 03, 2018, at 09:02 am
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IBNS): Farmers ended their protest after they were allowed to enter the national capital Delhi on Wednesday, reports said.
Oct 02, 2018, at 09:38 pm
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IBNS): Several thousands of farmers, who were marching to the national capital to press for their demands and were stopped by police near Delhi, have refused to call off their protests despite the Centre's assurance, media reports said.
Rose Valley: ED summons TMC MPs Tapas Pal, Sudip Bandyopadhyay
Oct 02, 2018, at 08:48 pm
Kolkata, Oct 2 (IBNS): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned two Trinamool Congress (TMC) parliamentarians, Tapas Pal and Sudip Bandyopadhyay, in connection with its ongoing probe into multi-crore Rose Valley chit fund scam, officials said on Tuesday.
Narendra Modi highlights importance of '4 Ps' in making world clean
Oct 02, 2018, at 06:54 pm
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention (MGISC) in New Delhi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Antonio Guterres
Oct 02, 2018, at 06:41 pm
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and called it 'wonderful'.
Farmers now cannot come to Delhi to express their grievances: Rahul Gandhi
Oct 02, 2018, at 05:23 pm
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IBNS): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government after thousands of marching farmers were stopped by the police from entering New Delhi and said even the peasants could not express their anguish in the country now.
PM Modi to receive UNEP Champions of the Earth Award on Oct 3
Oct 02, 2018, at 04:59 pm
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will receive the United Nations' highest environmental honour, the ‘UNEP Champions of the Earth’ award at a special ceremony in Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra, New Delhi on Oct 3.
Air Marshal Amit Dev VSM takes over as the Director General Air (OPS)
Oct 02, 2018, at 04:14 pm
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IBNS): Air Marshal Amit Dev VSM, graduated from National Defence Academy in December 1981 and was commissioned in the Indian Air Force, in the fighter stream of Flying Branch, on 29 Dec 1982.
IBSAMAR-VI kicks off at Simons Town, South Africa
Oct 02, 2018, at 04:12 pm
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IBNS): The sixth edition of IBSAMAR, a joint Multi – National Maritime Exercise between the Indian, Brazilian and South African Navies, is being held at Simons Town, South Africa from 01 – 13 Oct 18.
Kolkata: Child killed, several injured in suspected 'socket bomb' explosion
Oct 02, 2018, at 03:49 pm
Kolkata, Oct 2 (IBNS): An eight-year-old boy lost his life, three days before his birthday, and at least nine other persons sustained serious injuries in a suspected low intensity socket bomb blast at Nagerbazar's congested Kajipara area under Dumdum Police Station limits in Kolkata's neighbourhood South Dumdum on Tuesday morning, police officials said.
Kolkata: Explosion in Nagerbazar claims life of a child; five injured
Oct 02, 2018, at 01:43 pm
Kolkata, Oct 2 (IBNS): An explosion in front of a multi-storey building at Kolkata's Nagerbazar area claimed a child's life and injured five others on Tuesday, media reports said.
Oct 02, 2018, at 01:22 pm
In an audacious attack, on September 23, 2018, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres gunned down Kidari Sarveswara Rao, a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Siveru Soma, a former MLA, also belonging to TDP, near Livitiput village in Dumbriguda mandal (administrative sub-division) in the agency area of Visakhapatnam District. More than 50 armed Maoists targeted the duo when they were travelling in two cars to the village to have a meeting with the girijans(the tribals of the Agency area) who were agitating to press their demand for the closure of mines at Araku, allegedly obtained by MLA Rao in the name of his brother-in-law B. Rajendra. The tribals claimed that the mines were contaminating water resources in the region. According to the Police, both Rao and Soma had received threats from the Maoists in the past. With a clear plan, Maoists surrounded the duo when they were going towards the village with little security and killed them.
Oct 02, 2018, at 01:20 pm
On September 30, 2018, a Policeman was killed and his rifle was snatched when suspected Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) militants attacked Police Station Shopian in Shopian District The slain Policeman, identified as Saqib Mohiudin, was manning the entry gate of the Police Station when the attack took place at around 6 am [IST].
Delhi is for all, can't stop farmers from entering national capital: Arvind Kejriwal
Oct 02, 2018, at 01:06 pm
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IBNS): Reacting strongly to police's attempt to stop several thousands of farmers, who were marching to the national capital to press for their demands, from entering Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the peasants can't be denied an entry to the city, which is for all.
Rahul, Sonia in Maharashtra, to hold Congress rally at Wardha
Oct 02, 2018, at 12:26 pm
Rahul, Sonia in Maharashtra, to hold Congress rally at Wardha
Oct 02, 2018, at 12:25 pm
Nagpur/Wardha, Oct 2 (IBNS): Congress' former and present presidents, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, respectively, reached Maharashtra as they will hold a rally in Wardha on Tuesday.
Kisan rally turns violent as farmers-police clash at Delhi-UP border
Oct 02, 2018, at 11:56 am
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IBNS): After being stopped at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border, several farmers, who were marching to the national capital to press for their demands, clashed with police, turning the Kisan rally violent on Tuesday, media reports said.
PM Modi pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on birth anniversary at Rajghat
Oct 02, 2018, at 11:24 am
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid his tribute to the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, on the latter's birth anniversary, also known as Gandhi Jayanti, at Rajghat in the national capital on Tuesday.
Kisan rally: Around 20,000 farmers to march to Delhi with several demands today
Oct 02, 2018, at 10:49 am
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IBNS): Nearly 20,000 farmers will march to the national capital on Tuesday to press for their demands, prompting the police to set up tight security measures across east and northeast Delhi, media reports said.
On International Day of Non-Violence, UN chief calls for world to follow Gandhi’s example
Oct 02, 2018, at 09:38 am
New York, Oct 2 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called on the world to follow the “enduring vision and wisdom of Mahatma Gandhi” on the International Day of Non-Violence, which falls on 2 October - the birthday of the iconic leader who led India to independence, and inspired civil rights movements across the globe.