West Bengal: Youth sentenced to death for raping and killing a minor
Sep 07, 2016, at 02:40 am
Kolkata/Birbhum, Sept 6 (IBNS): A West Bengal court on Tuesday awarded a youth death penalty for raping and killing a 5-year-old girl, reports said.
Kashmir violence: Mehbooba calls for solution
Sep 07, 2016, at 02:39 am
Srinagar, Sept 6 (IBNS): Maintaining that shutting the doors for emissaries of dialogue is not going to help anyway, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said by spurning the parleys, the separatist leadership is not facilitating the solution of the problem, but only holding up the resolution process in Jammu and Kashmir.
No decision yet on Modi's Pakistan tour, clarifies MEA
Sep 07, 2016, at 02:26 am
New Delhi, Sept 6 (IBNS): India on Tuesday clarified that no decision has been taken by the government over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Pakistan to attend the SAARC summit later this year.
Hopes from Kejriwal over: Anna Hazare
Sep 07, 2016, at 01:54 am
New Delhi, Sept 6 (IBNS): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday faced several embarrassing questions after his mentor and social activist Anna Hazare said that his hopes from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo are over.
Assam Revenue Minister releases atlas and launches web portals
Sep 07, 2016, at 01:31 am
Guwahati, Sept 6 (IBNS): Assam Minister of State for Revenue and Disaster Management Pallab Lochan Das has sought people's participation, help and stressed on mass awareness to mitigate any kind of disaster in the state.
Assam CM pitches for a separate road for South Salmara district
Sep 06, 2016, at 10:53 pm
Guwahati, Sept 6 (IBNS) : Pitching for a separate road for South Salmara-Mankachar district, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal asked the PWD (Roads) and Water Resources Department to prepare a DPR (Detailed Project Report) for construction of a road to the district via Assam without touching the territory of Meghalaya.
Bihar: Muslim youth files complaint against father for abetting terrorism
Sep 06, 2016, at 10:49 pm
Patna, Sept 6 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): A Muslim youth in Bihar has filed a complaint against his father, charging him exerting pressures to join terrorist groups.
No Ram temple stir right now: Vishwa Hindu Prashad
Sep 06, 2016, at 09:58 pm
Patna, Sep 6 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): The Vishwa Hindu Prashad (VHP) has decided not to rake up the issue of Ram temple construction at Ayodhya till the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh are over, indicating the growing differences among the Hindu nationalist outfits in the country.
Army Chief reviews operational preparedness along China border
Sep 06, 2016, at 09:34 pm
Guwahati, Sept 6 (IBNS) : Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag on Tuesday had reviewed the security situation in Assam and other states of the North Eastern region.
West Bengal delegation visits Germany
Sep 06, 2016, at 09:29 pm
Berlin, Sept 6 (IBNS): A high powered official and business delegation from West Bengal, India led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is in Germany from Sept 5-9, 2016 to promote closer engagement and cooperation in various fields and explore trade and investment opportunities between the Germany and West Bengal.
Police explains why they choose Teachers' Day to file charge-sheet in Bihar topper scandal
Sep 06, 2016, at 09:09 pm
Patna, Sept 6 (The Bihar Post/IBNS) On Sept 5 when the entire country was busy celebrating “Teachers Day†to show respect to their teachers, the Patna police were busy filing charge-sheet against the accused in the infamous Bihar topper scandal case.
A hardcore NDFB(S) militant killed in Assam encounter
Sep 06, 2016, at 09:01 pm
Guwahati, Sept 6 (IBNS) : A hardcore militant belonging to NDFB(S) was killed in an encounter with security forces in Assam's Kokrajhar district on Tuesday morning, police said.
Rahul Gandhi begins UP Yatra with Deoria Khhat sabha, supporters carry home the cots
Sep 06, 2016, at 08:58 pm
Deoria, Uttar Pradesh, Sept 6 (IBNS) : As Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday launched election campaign tour in Uttar Pradesh, addressing local farmers, an unprecedented ruckus took place as supporters fought among themselves and decamped with most of the cots, which were laid out at the venue to make seating arrangements, reports said.
Water resources ministry and others sign funding agreement for irrigation projects
Sep 06, 2016, at 08:45 pm
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IBNS): The Union Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, NABARD and National Water Development Agency signed a Memorandum of Agreement on Tuesday.
Indian warship Trikand visits Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Sep 06, 2016, at 08:44 pm
New Delhi/Mumbai, Sep 6 (IBNS): Indian Naval Ship Trikand reached Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, on a three day visit, as part of its deployment to the East Coast of Africa and Island nations in the Western Indian Ocean, the Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday.
President of India’s message on the eve of Independence Day of Brazil
Sep 06, 2016, at 08:03 pm
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IBNS): President of India Pranab Mukherjee has extended his greetings and felicitations to the Government and people of the Federative Republic of Brazil on the eve of their Independence Day (September 7, 2016).
President of India’s message on the occasion of Independence Day of Swaziland
Sep 06, 2016, at 08:01 pm
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IBNS): President of India Pranab Mukherjee has extended his greetings and felicitations to the King and people of the Kingdom of Swaziland on the occasion of their Independence Day on Tuesday.
Cauvery water : Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah calls all-party meeting
Sep 06, 2016, at 06:58 pm
Bengaluru, Sept 6 (IBNS) : Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has convened an all-party meeting on Tuesday to decide the course of action after the Supreme Court directed his Government to release 15,000 cusecs of Cauvery water per day to Tamil Nadu, reports said.
Sedition or defamation charges can not be invoked for criticism of Government : SC
Sep 06, 2016, at 06:53 pm
New Delhi, Sept 6 (IBNS) : In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court has stated that sedition or defamation cases cannot be slapped on anyone criticising the Government, reports said.
Curfew lifted in Srinagar, fresh violence in south Kashmir : Another youth killed
Sep 06, 2016, at 06:11 pm
Srinagar, Sept 6 (IBNS) : Curfew was lifted from entire Srinagar city on Tuesday following improvement in the situation, even as a youth was killed during a clash between a mob and security forces in south Kashmir taking the toll in the continuing violence to 75.
Kolkata: Massive fire breaks out at Duncan House
Sep 06, 2016, at 06:00 pm
Kolkata, Sept 6 (IBNS): A major fire broke out in central Kolkata's Duncan House in the wee hours of Tuesday, reports said.
Karnataka protests Cauvery water direction by apex court
Sep 06, 2016, at 05:31 pm
Bangalore, Sept 6 (IBNS) : Protests roiled Karnataka on Tuesday as agitationists blocked highways and resorted to burning tyres against the Supreme Court order to the state to release Cauvery river water to neighbouring Tamil Nadu.
Aarushi murder: Nupur Talwar released from jail on parole
Sep 06, 2016, at 03:38 pm
New Delhi, Sept 6 (IBNS): Nupur Talwar, who is currently serving jail term in connection with the killing of her teenaged daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj, was released from jail on Monday.
J&K: Pakistan violates ceasefire
Sep 06, 2016, at 03:27 pm
Srinagar, Sept 6 (IBNS): Pakistan resorted to ceasefire violation along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch sector on Tuesday
Sep 06, 2016, at 05:53 am
New Delhi, Sept 6 (IBNS): Ending his visit to Vietnam and China, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Delhi on Monday.
Teachers are the strongest pillars of the society: Manish
Sep 06, 2016, at 05:18 am
New Delhi, Sept 5 (IBNS): Delhi's deputy CM Manish Sisodia on Monday called teachers as the strongest pillars of the society.
Geelani hits back at Rajnath Singh
Sep 06, 2016, at 04:25 am
Srinagar, Sept 5 (IBNS): Hardliner Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Geelani on Monday hit back at Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh for his comments that he hadn’t shown “insaniyat†(humanity) by not opening his doors to Indian parliamentarians.
Manipur: 4 BJP workers injured, police attempts to break agitation
Sep 06, 2016, at 04:13 am
Imphal, Sept 5 (IBNS): At least four BJP workers injured when police used tear gas to break agitations near Manipur assembly on Monday.
Keeping the spark alive: Mohammed Alauddin – A teacher, and so much more
Sep 06, 2016, at 03:32 am
When you think you can’t, a teacher will pull you up and make you believe that you can, however difficult it is and whatever it takes. And the moment you start believing that you can, the cycle of change sets rolling. So, in the truest sense of the term, a teacher is a change-maker, investing time, energy and faith in building a rock solid future. And when a teacher takes a stand, the world listens, and listens very carefully. That, in a nutshell, is the story of Mohammad Alauddin.
Reconciliation and Waywardness
Sep 06, 2016, at 03:27 am
Research Associate, Institute for Conflict Management On August 28, 2016, Foreign Affairs Minister Mangala Samaraweera, while addressing a gathering in Point Pedro in the Northern Province, observed,