Stop Mehul Choksi's movement by air, land or sea, India requests Antigua
Jul 30, 2018, at 10:32 pm
New Delhi, July 30 (IBNS): The Indian government on Monday requested the Antigua authorities to stop fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi from travelling by air, land or sea, media reports said.
Literacy gives greater freedom to participate in society more actively: Venkaiah Naidu
Jul 30, 2018, at 08:55 pm
New Delhi, July 30 (IBNS): Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that literacy gives greater freedom to participate in society more actively and access better learning and earning opportunities.
Karunanidhi stable, says TN CM Palaniswami after visiting him at hospital
Jul 30, 2018, at 07:50 pm
Chennai, July 30 (IBNS): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami and his deputy O Panneerselvam met M Karunanidhi at Kauvery hospital in Chennai on Monday and offered the latter medical assistance as the DMK chief is ailing for months.
Rahul Gandhi urges Congress men to help people whose names not included in Assam's NRC draft
Jul 30, 2018, at 07:41 pm
New Delhi, July 30 (IBNS): Congress president Rahul Gandhi has urged all his party workers to help people whose names were not included in the second and final draft of Assam's National Register of Citizens (NRC), which was released on Monday.
BJP men threatening journalists for reporting on Rafale deal, alleges Rahul Gandhi
Jul 30, 2018, at 07:10 pm
New Delhi, July 30 (IBNS): Launching an attack against Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Rafale deal, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that journalists are receiving threats from people belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which rules the Centre, for reporting on the deal of buying fighter jets from France.
NRC : Assam CM appeals all sections of society to maintain peace and tranquillity
Jul 30, 2018, at 06:41 pm
Guwahati, July 30 (IBNS): After publishing the complete draft of the updated National Register of Citizens (NRC) on Monday, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said that it is only a draft and peace and tranquility should be maintained in the state.
Man allegedly commits suicide over demands of quota for Marathi community
Jul 30, 2018, at 06:02 pm
Mumbai, July 30 (IBNS): A 35-year old man allegedly committed suicide by jumping in front of a moving train in Aurangabad as a protest for quota in government jobs and educational institutions in Maharashtra, media reports said.
PM Modi interacts with Table Tennis Medal winners of Commonwealth Games- 2018
Jul 30, 2018, at 05:57 pm
New Delhi, July 30 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday interacted with the Commonwealth Games 2018 medal winners in Table Tennis.
BT opens new global cyber security operations centre in India
Jul 30, 2018, at 05:48 pm
New Delhi, July 30 (IBNS): Dominic Asquith, British High Commissioner to the Republic of India, has inaugurated BT’s new Cyber Security Operations Centre (Cyber SOC) in Gurugram India.
Four million excluded from citizenship in India's Assam, move sparks tension, protest
Jul 30, 2018, at 05:18 pm
New Delhi, July 30 (IBNS): Sparking fears of deportation and a law and order crisis, India on Monday announced exclusion of about four million people from citizenship in the northeastern state of Assam, bordering Bangladesh, after a draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) was published.
Supreme Court pulls up CBI for not arresting Manipur fake encounter accused
Jul 30, 2018, at 04:40 pm
New Delhi, July 30 (IBNS) : The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the Central Bureau of Investigation for not arresting the accused in the alleged extra-judicial killings and fake encounters by the army, Assam Rifles and police in Manipur, NDTV reported.
PM Modi interacts with TT medal winners in Commonwealth Games, congratulates
Jul 30, 2018, at 04:30 pm
New Delhi, July 30 (IBNS) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday interacted with the Commonwealth Games 2018 medal winners in Table Tennis.
Maran bothers must face trial in telephone exchange case: Supreme Court
Jul 30, 2018, at 03:50 pm
New Delhi, July 30 (IBNS) : Upholding the Madras High Court's directive, the Supreme Court on Monday said former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran and his brother Kalanithi must face trial in the illegal telephone exchange case.
Bengalis, Bihari's being made refugees, Mamata on Assam NRC
Jul 30, 2018, at 03:45 pm
Kolkata, July 30 (IBNS) : Going ballistic against the Centre for the exclusion of over four million names from Assam's draft National Register of Citizens (NRC), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday alleged that it is a "game plan" to throw out Bengalis and Biharis and render them as refugees in their own country.
Rajya Sahha adjourned over NRC draft in Assam
Jul 30, 2018, at 02:49 pm
New Delhi, July 30 (IBNS): The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the second time till 2 pm on Monday, as the Opposition kicked up an uproar over publication of Assam's National Register of Citizens (NRC). The NRC contains names of Indian citizens of Assam and it was first prepared in 1951, after 1951 Census of India.
More than 4 million names not in complete NRC draft for Assam
Jul 30, 2018, at 01:36 pm
Guwahati, July 30 (IBNS) : In what could spell political ramifications around 40 lakh people in Assam have been left out of the complete NRC draft released on Monday, virtually refusing to recognise them as Indian nationals till they are able to prove their citizenship, reports said.
Andhra woman surrenders to police after setting ablaze lover during bondage sex
Jul 30, 2018, at 01:32 pm
Hyderabad, July 30 (IBNS): Killing her lover by setting him afire during bondage sex, a woman in Andhra Pradesh has surrendered to police, reports said on Monday.
Kashmir: CRPF jawan killed at home in Pulwama
Jul 30, 2018, at 12:24 pm
Srinagar, July 30 (IBNS): A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan, who was on leave, has been shot dead by terrorists at his home in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, media reports said.
Railway hotel case: Delhi court summons Lalu Prasad and his family
Jul 30, 2018, at 11:32 am
Patna/New Delhi, July 30 (IBNS): A Delhi court has summoned former Bihar Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad, his wife Rabri Devi and younger son Tejashwi Yadav, in connection to the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Cooperation (IRCTC) scam case, media reports said.
Around 40 lakh people find no place in final draft of Assam's NRC
Jul 30, 2018, at 10:46 am
Dispur, July 30 (IBNS): Names of around 40 lakh (4 million) people have found no place in the second and final draft of Assam's National Register of Citizens (NRC), which was released on Monday, media reports said.
Karunanidhi suffers transient setback: Hospital
Jul 29, 2018, at 10:40 pm
Chennai, July 29 (IBNS): The hospital where southern politician M Karunanidhi is undergoing treatment on Sunday said the ex-Tamil Nadu Chief Minister suffered "transient setback".
DMK chief Karunanidhi's health critical, security beefed up outside hospital
Jul 29, 2018, at 09:45 pm
Chennai, July 29 (IBNS): Condition of M Karunanidhi, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, is said to be critical, reports said on Sunday.
Jul 29, 2018, at 09:19 pm
New Delhi, July 29 (IBNS): In a fresh development, an audio record has surfaced where a priest and a nun could be heard speaking corroboratiing the allegation that the Catholic Church is attempting to silence sexual harassment complaints against the Bishop of Jalandhar, Franco Mulakkal, media reports said.
Gujarat: Mob beats up man to death over suspicion of theft
Jul 29, 2018, at 08:22 pm
Ahmedabad, July 29 (IBNS): In another shocking incident of lynching, a mob has beaten to death a man in Gujarat's Dahod area, reports said on Sunday.
Assam Rifles seized drugs worth of Rs 1.29 crore in Manipur
Jul 29, 2018, at 08:00 pm
Guwahati, July 29 (IBNS): The troops of Assam Rifles have seized huge quantity of contraband drugs worth Rs 1.29 crore in the international market in Manipur’s Moreh town area.
Petrol bomb hurled outside T.T.V. Dhinakaran's residence in Chennai
Jul 29, 2018, at 06:09 pm
Chennai, July 29 (IBNS): A petrol bomb was hurled outside the residence of Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam general secretary T.T.V. Dhinakaran at Adyar area in Chennai on Sunday, reports said.
PM Modi attends groundbreaking ceremony of various projects in Uttar Pradesh
Jul 29, 2018, at 05:49 pm
Lucknow, July 29 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday visited Lucknow.
On eve of final draft of NRC publication, 52 Bangladeshi nationals pushed back from Assam
Jul 29, 2018, at 05:45 pm
Guwahati, July 29 (IBNS): A day before the publication of complete draft of the updated National Register of Citizens (NRC) on July 30 to detect illegal foreigners residing in Assam, India pushed back 52 Bangladeshi nationals to Bangladesh who entered the country without valid documents.
Pregnant goat dies after allegedly raped by 8 men in Haryana, people express shock on social media
Jul 29, 2018, at 05:09 pm
Mewat, Haryana, July 29 (IBNS): In a shocking tale of animal abuse, a pregnant goat died after it was allegedly raped by eight men in Haryana's Mewat district, triggering indignation and shock across the social media platforms.
36 students of Pune Madrassa sexually abused, Maulana arrested
Jul 29, 2018, at 02:39 pm
Pune, July 29 (IBNS): In a shocking case that follows close on the heels of a Bihar episode, 36 students of a Madrassa in Pune were alleged victims of sexual assault, said police who rescued the girls on Friday.