NSCN-IM founder Isak Chishi Swu passes away

Jun 28, 2016, at 08:59 pm

New Delhi, Jun 28 (IBNS): Isak Chishi Swu, the founder-member and chairman of Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak Muivah) passed away in New Delhi on Tuesday, according to media reports.

Arun Jaitley to meet tax industry professionals to discuss IDS

Jun 28, 2016, at 08:36 pm

New Delhi, Jun 28 (IBNS): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is scheduled to meet industry associations and professionals on Tuesday to discuss about the four-month window being provided to holders of undeclared wealth to come clean, according to media reports.

Telengana CM to stage dharna in Delhi protesting delay in creation of separate high courts

Jun 28, 2016, at 08:34 pm

Hyderabad, June 28 (IBNS) Telengana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has decided to stage a sit-in demonstration in Delhi soon protesting the delay in in the creation of separate High Courts for Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, reports said.

Tamil Nadu girl hangs herself after obscene pictures posted on FB

Jun 28, 2016, at 08:02 pm

Salem, Tamil Nadu, June 28 (IBNS) In a shocking incident, a 21-year-old girl committed suicide after her semi-nude pictures were posted on a Facebook page, reports said.

Chinese state media aggravates India-China NSG row

Jun 28, 2016, at 07:45 pm

New Delhi/Beijing, Jun 28 (IBNS): An editorial in the Global Times, a tabloid published by the Communist Party's official mouth piece, People's daily, claims that 10 countries, including China, is opposed to Indian's entry into NSG.

Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan visits National Innovation Foundation (NIF)-India

Jun 28, 2016, at 07:37 pm

Ahmedabad/New Delhi, Jun 28 (IBNS): Union Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, appreciated the extremely affordable solutions being developed by the National Innovation Foundation-India (NIF), Ahmedabad, based on the ideas of knowledge-rich, economically-poor people.

President of India’s message on the eve of National Day of Seychelles

Jun 28, 2016, at 07:35 pm

New Delhi, Jun 28 (IBNS) President of India, Pranab Mukherjee, extended his greetings and felicitations to the Government and people of the Republic of Seychelles on the eve of their 41st National Day (June 29, 2016).

Bengaluru's first woman cab driver found dead, suicide suspected

Jun 28, 2016, at 07:29 pm

Bengaluru, June 28 (IBNS) Bharathi Veerath, who made news by taking to the steering as Bengaluru's first woman cab drivers, was found dead at her house in Nagashettyhalli on Monday, reports said.

Pampore terror attack : Army tweets reveal a tussle with CRPF over who killed terrorists

Jun 28, 2016, at 05:23 pm

New Delhi, June 28 (IBNS) Three tweets posted by the army on Saturday's terror attack on a CRPF party in Jammu and Kashmir's Pampore, revealed a tussle over who killed the two terrorists in retaliatory firing, media reports on Tuesday said.

Top Hizb-ul militant killed in North Kashmir encounter

Jun 28, 2016, at 05:00 pm

Srinagar, June 28 (IBNS) In a fierce gun battle with security forces one local Hizb-ul-Mujahideen militant was killed in North Kashmir's Kupwara district of Dragmullah area on Tuesday, police said.

Gangster Kumar Pillai brought to Mumbai from Singapore

Jun 28, 2016, at 04:42 pm

Mumbai, June 28 (IBNS) Wanted gangster Kumar Pillai, arrested in Singapore in February, was brought to India on Monday after the process of his extradition was completed, reports said.

Man accused of killing NIA officer Tanzil Ahmed arrested

Jun 28, 2016, at 04:08 pm

New Delhi, June 28 (IBNS) Nearly three months after National Investigation Agency (NIA) officer Tanzil Ahmad's murder near Delhi, the main accused has been arrested, reports said.

Narendra Modi pays homage to former PM PV Narasimha Rao on his birth anniversary

Jun 28, 2016, at 02:58 pm

New Delhi, June 28 (IBNS): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid homage to former Indian PM PV Narasimha Rao on his birth anniversary.

Assam: JFA demands action against lady scribe's killer

Jun 28, 2016, at 03:40 am

Guwahati, June 27 (IBNS): Expressing shocks at the mysterious death of a lady scribe in Punjab, the Journalists' Forum Assam (JFA) on Monday demanded an authentic probe into the incident to find the culprits and book them under the laws.

Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu flags off new MEMU Train

Jun 28, 2016, at 03:33 am

New Delhi, June 27 (IBNS): Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu in a programme held on Monday at Rail Bhawan flagged off and dedicated new trains service viz. Patna-Ara MEMU (63213/63124) to the nation through video-conferencing.

Union Home Minister chairs 22nd meeting of Eastern Zonal Council at Ranchi

Jun 28, 2016, at 02:39 am

New Delhi, June 27 (IBNS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh chaired the 22nd meeting of the Eastern Zonal Council held at Ranchi city in Jharkhand on Monday.

Sujoy Bose appointed as CEO of NIIF Ltd

Jun 28, 2016, at 02:04 am

New Delhi, June 27 (IBNS) Sujoy Bose, at present, Director and Global Co-Head, Infrastructure and Natural Resources, International Finance Corporation(IFC), Washington DC, has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) Ltd.

Vice President M. Hamid Ansari remembers Narasimha Rao's regime

Jun 28, 2016, at 01:54 am

New Delhi, June 27 (IBNS) Vice President M. Hamid Ansari on Monday said that the good that former Prime Minister Narasimha Rao did to the country lives after him; the harm too lives on and continues to extract a heavy toll.

AAP MLA Dinesh Mohaniya's judicial custody extended till July 11

Jun 28, 2016, at 01:49 am

New Delhi, June 27 (IBNS): A Delhi court on Monday sent AAP MLA Dinesh Mohaniya, who has been arrested last week in a sexual harassment case, to judicial custody till July 11.

Fire breaks out at four places in Kolkata, 2 injured

Jun 28, 2016, at 12:23 am

Kolkata, Jun 27 (IBNS): Fire incidents were reported from four several locations in Kolkata on Monday, which left two men injured, reports said.

Swamy asked to "zip up", PM Modi breaks silence on remarks

Jun 28, 2016, at 12:20 am

New Delhi, June 27 (IBNS) Often called a "misguided missile" for choosing his political targets to run them down, BJP leader Subramanian Swamy, who of late was aiming at none other than his own party's Finance Minister Arun Jaitley by his remarks against some top financial officials, has reportedly been asked to "zip up" by the party, according to media reports, while the PM Modi referring to him told a news channel that he disapproved of hunger for publicity.

Main accused in Kolkata twin shootout nabbed

Jun 27, 2016, at 11:49 pm

Kolkata, Jun 27 (IBNS): The Kolkata Police on Sunday midnight arrested four persons, including the main accused, in connection with the twin shootout incident in Kolkata's Entally area, reports said.

Our Prime Minister has no knowledge of diplomacy: Congress

Jun 27, 2016, at 10:16 pm

New Delhi, June 27 (IBNS): The Congress on Monday slammed Narendra Modi and his government and said the Prime Minister has no idea of conducting 'diplomacy'.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai's Quora account hacked

Jun 27, 2016, at 10:03 pm

California, June 27 (IBNS): Search engine Google CEO Sundar Pichai's Quora account was hacked on Monday, media reports said.

Glut of Drugs

Jun 27, 2016, at 10:00 pm

On June 22, 2016, the Sargodha District Police of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) claimed to have arrested sixteen drugs dealers, recovering narcotics and illegal weapons. A Police spokesman disclosed that during a continued drive against drug pushers and criminals, special teams of different Police Stations conducted raids within their jurisdictions and arrested the 16 accused, recovering over 2.5 kilograms of hashish, 1.5 kilos of heroin, 10,000 bottles of liquor, six 30 bore Pistols, two .32 bore Revolvers, one Kalashnikov rifle, and one Carbine, along with bullets and cartridges.

Jharkhand: Appearances and Reality

Jun 27, 2016, at 09:57 pm

Two People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI) cadres, identified as Tene Bhengra and Deepak Bhengra, were lynched by tribal villagers in Torpa block of the Khunti District on June 21, 2016. The PLFI cadres had come to Pandaria village to collect levies from a local when they were confronted by the villagers. Commenting on the incident, Khunti Superintendent of Police (SP) Anish Gupta disclosed, "The villagers who confronted the extremists became violent when the extremists threatened to kill them. The extremists were thrashed with sticks and other traditional weapons." PLFI is a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)

Need to rehabilitate the water logged areas through integrated farming system approach: Singh

Jun 27, 2016, at 09:52 pm

New Delhi, June 27 (IBNS) Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare Radha Mohan Singh today addressed the Steering Committee meeting of Second Green Revolution (SGR) at ICAR Research Complex for Eastern Region, Patna.

Jaitley likely to meet PM Modi today, discuss China and Swamy issues

Jun 27, 2016, at 09:51 pm

New Delhi, June 27 (IBNS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is likely to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday evening after he came back to the capital cutting short by a day his China visit.

Patna: 5 days training programme Fish Culture inaugurated

Jun 27, 2016, at 09:46 pm

Patna, June 27 (IBNS) Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Radha Mohan Singh has inaugurated the 5 days training programme on “Ornamental Fish Culture and Management for Livelihood Improvement of Rural Women” at ICAR Research Complex for Eastern Region, Patna.

Punjab : Controversy refuses to leave Congress as it appoints Asha Kumari in place of Kamal Nath

Jun 27, 2016, at 07:58 pm

Chandigarh, June 27 (IBNS) Controversy continues to dog the Congress over its choice of leader for poll-bound Punjab as the party appoints Asha Kumari, an MLA from Himachal Pradesh, to replace Kamal Nath as the general secretary in-charge of the state.