Jul 26, 2015, at 09:56 pm
Kolkata, July 26 (IBNS): West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee left for her five-day tour to the UK on Sunday.
President to visit Karnataka on Monday
Jul 26, 2015, at 08:07 pm
New Delhi, July 26 (IBNS): President of India Pranab Mukherjee will visit Karnataka on Monday and Tuesday.
Salman tweets in support of Yakub, Salim disagrees with son
Jul 26, 2015, at 07:57 pm
Mumbai, July 26 (IBNS): Hours after Salman Khan tweeted in support of Yakub Memon, who is convicted in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, his father Salim Khan on Sunday called the Bollywood actor "ignorant" of the issue and asked people to not take him seriously.
Kolkata blood bank stops use of blood collected from red light zone
Jul 26, 2015, at 07:31 pm
Kolkata, July 26 (IBNS): Days after two blood donation camps were conducted in Kolkata's brothel-based sex workers' districts, the Central Blood Bank and the Medical College, Kolkata on Thursday last have decided to segregate and stop the use of blood units which were collected from there.
BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha meets Nitish Kumar, calls him 'guardian of Bihar'
Jul 26, 2015, at 06:49 pm
Patna, July 26 (IBNS): Raising eyebrows, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shatrughan Sinha met Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at his residence in Patna and called him the "guardian of the state."
PM Modi pays tribute to Kargil martyrs, pitches for road safety in Mann Ki Baat
Jul 26, 2015, at 05:56 pm
New Delhi, July 26 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid his tributes to the brave soldiers and martyrs on the occasion of Kargil Vijay Diwas through his 'Mann Ki Baat' radio address.
PM Modi greets people of Liberia on their National Day
Jul 26, 2015, at 04:52 pm
New Delhi, July 26 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday greeted the people of Liberia on their National Day.
PM greets people of Republic of Maldives on 50th anniversary of their Independence
Jul 26, 2015, at 04:47 pm
New Delhi, July 26 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday greeted the people of the Republic of Maldives on the 50th Anniversary of their Independence.
Parade and hang Tiger Memon, not his brother Yakub: Salman
Jul 26, 2015, at 04:34 pm
Mumbai, July 26 (IBNS): Bollywood actor Salman Khan has raised his voice in support of Yakub Memon, who is convicted in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, and said his brother Tiger Memon should be paraded and hanged instead.
PM Modi to share his thoughts on 'Mann Ki Baat' today
Jul 26, 2015, at 04:10 pm
New Delhi, July 26 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will share his 'Mann Ki Baat' through his monthly radio address on Sunday.
Anna Hazare joins ex-servicemen's OROP protest in Delhi
Jul 26, 2015, at 03:57 pm
New Delhi, July 26 (IBNS): Social activist Anna Hazare on Sunday reached Delhi's Jantar Mantar to join former servicemen's protest against the Centre over non-implementation of the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme.
President condoles loss of lives due to a cloudburst in J&K
Jul 26, 2015, at 04:01 am
New Delhi, July 25 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday condoled the loss of lives due a cloudburst near the Baltal base camp of the Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir.
I never requested or recommended travel documents for Lalit Modi: Susham Swaraj
Jul 26, 2015, at 02:16 am
New Delhi, July 25 (IBNS): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday said she never recommend travel documents to ex-Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi.
President inaugurates Ayush Wellness Clinic
Jul 25, 2015, at 11:28 pm
New Delhi, July 25 (IBNS) President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated a new Ayush Wellness Clinic and a restored Clock Tower in Schedule 'B' area of the President's Estateon Saturday to mark the completion of the third year of his Presidency.
Sreesanth and 41 others discharged by court in IPL spot-fixing case
Jul 25, 2015, at 10:42 pm
New Delhi, Jul 25 (IBNS) A Delhi court on Saturday discharged former Indian pacer S. Sreesanth and 41 others in the Indian Premier League 2013 spot-fixing scandal on the ground of lack of evidence.
One killed, five injured in Kashmir grenade attack
Jul 25, 2015, at 10:35 pm
Srinagar, Jul 25 (IBNS) One person was killed and five others, including a CRPF jawan, were injured in a grenade attack by suspected militants in Anantnag district of south Kashmir.
PM Modi launches scathing attack on Nitish Kumar to kickstart BJP poll campaign in Bihar
Jul 25, 2015, at 10:16 pm
Muzaffarpur, Bihar, Jul 25(IBNS) Launching a scathing attack on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday kicked off NDA's campaign for assembly elections in Bihar.
PM Modi launches scathing attack on Nitish Kumar to kickstart BJP poll campaign in Bihar
Jul 25, 2015, at 10:14 pm
Muzaffarpur, Bihar, Jul 25(IBNS) Launching a scathing attack on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday kicked off NDA's campaign for assembly elections in Bihar.
Jul 25, 2015, at 09:41 pm
Srinagar, July 25 (IBNS) At least two children were killed and 11 others were injured in cloudburst that hit the Baltal area near the base camp of Amarnath Yatra in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district late Friday night, police said on Saturday.
Traders' shutdown affects life in Srinagar
Jul 25, 2015, at 09:36 pm
Srinagar, Jul 25 (IBNS) Normal life was affected in Srinagar as traders gave a shutdown call in protest against last week's Rajouri incident in which religious flags were allegedly burnt by Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal activists.
Jul 25, 2015, at 09:26 pm
Patna, July 25 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the nation can no longer wait for the second green revolution which must come from eastern India.
Modi accuses Lalu of stalling Railway projects : Gets rebuff
Jul 25, 2015, at 08:06 pm
Patna, Jul 25 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday took a dig at Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad for stalling railway projects during his tenure as Railway Minister.
CBSE bars nun in Kerala to take AIPM with veil and cross on
Jul 25, 2015, at 07:14 pm
Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 25 (IBNS) A nun in Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala was not allowed to take the All India Pre Medical exam being held on Saturday as she was wearing a veil and wooden cross.
Rs. 3.75 lakh crore to be allotted for Bihar's development: PM Modi
Jul 25, 2015, at 06:42 pm
Patna, Jul 25 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced that the centre will allot Rs. 3.75 lakh crore for Bihar's development over the next five years.
As PM Modi arrives in Bihar CM Nitish greets him with political bombardment
Jul 25, 2015, at 05:09 pm
Patna, Jul 25 (IBNS) As Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Bihar to kickstart BJP's campaign for the coming Assembly polls, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar greeted him with a dig, saying Modi has found time in 14 months to visit the state.
Jul 25, 2015, at 05:07 pm
Patna, July 25 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in Bihar on Saturday morning to to kickstart BJP campaign for the Assembly elections, also inaugurated the IIT Patna.
PM Modi arrives Bihar to kickstart BJP's Assembly polls campaign
Jul 25, 2015, at 04:24 pm
Patna, Jul 25 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Bihar on Saturday morning to to kickstart BJP campaign for the Assembly elections.
J&K: Cloudburst hits Amarnath yatra base camp, 2 killed
Jul 25, 2015, at 03:02 pm
Baltal, July 25 (IBNS): A cloud burst at Baltal in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal district has killed at least two people and injured 10 others, media reports said on Saturday.
Jul 25, 2015, at 03:09 am
New Delhi, July 24 (IBNS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued notice to the District Magistrate and Superintendent of Police of Odisha's Keonjhar over the killing of six people on allegations of practicing witchcraft.
Failed lover affairs driving farmers to commit suicide: Agriculture Minister
Jul 25, 2015, at 02:25 am
New Delhi, Jul 24 (IBNS) Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh has claimed that farmers are committing suicides due to failed love affairs, reports said.