Lotus will bloom in Kashmir: Hina
Dec 23, 2014, at 04:47 pm
Srinagar, Dec 23 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from the high profile Amira Kadal constituency in Kashmir Hina Bhat on Tuesday said she was confident that the lotus would bloom in the valley.
Young woman alleges sexual assault in Puducherry
Dec 23, 2014, at 04:27 pm
Puducherry, Dec 23 (IBNS): A young woman in Puducherry alleged that she was raped while lying on the beach, police said.
BJP bags Jharkhand, neck-and-neck with PDP in Kashmir
Dec 23, 2014, at 04:23 pm
Ranchi/Srinagar, Dec 23 (IBNS): India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is winning the assembly polls in Jharkhand and will form the government in the eastern state, while it is in a close contest with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Jammu and Kashmir which apparently is headed for a hung assembly as counting of votes is underway in the two states that went to state polls recently.
Jharkhand, J&K: Assembly polls counting to begin
Dec 23, 2014, at 01:48 pm
Ranchi, Srinagar, Dec 23 (IB NS): Counting of votes will be held in Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand where voting was held to elect the new assemblies on Tuesday.
President wishes Japan on National Day
Dec 23, 2014, at 05:40 am
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IBNS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday extended his greetings and felicitations to the Emperor and people of Japan on the eve of the National Day of Japan.
"Mumbai attacks may rank among the most devastating near-misses in history of spycraft"
Dec 23, 2014, at 05:20 am
New York, Dec 22 (IBNS) An American daily has said the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai, which had killed 166 people, might rank among the most devastating near-misses in the history of spycraft.
Dec 23, 2014, at 03:50 am
On December 18, 2014, the International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2) indicted Forkan Mallik, an alleged Razakar (a paramilitary force organized by the Pakistan Army) commander from Mirzaganj sub-District in Patuakhali District, for his involvement in crimes against humanity during the Liberation War of 1971. The tribunal framedfive charges against Forkan, a supporter of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
Dec 23, 2014, at 03:47 am
In a barbaric act of terror, a seven-member suicide squad of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) killed at least 133 school children and nine staff members, including the Principal, in an attack at the Army Public School (APS), Peshawar (capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, KP) on December 16, 2014. Another 121 persons, including 118 students and three staffers sustained injuries. The attack, which started at about 10 am (PST), ended after more than eight hours, when the seven-member suicide squad was eliminated. Nine personnel of the Special Services Group (SSG), a special operations force of the Pakistan Army, including two of its officers, sustained injuries during the operation. An estimated 1,100 students and staff members were inside the school at the time of the attack, of which some 960 were rescued.
Three people injured in Assam serial blast
Dec 23, 2014, at 02:59 am
Guwahati, Dec 22 (IBNS) : At least three people were injured in four blasts in Lower Assam Kokrajhar district on Monday evening, police said.
No alliance with Congress, BJP: Omar
Dec 23, 2014, at 02:51 am
Srinagar, Dec 22 (IBNS): A day ahead of the Assembly Elections result declaration in Jammu and Kashmir, state Chief Minister Omar Abdullah ruled out any tie-up with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) or its former ally Congress.
SSKM forms medical board for Madan Mitra
Dec 23, 2014, at 01:56 am
Kolkata, Dec 22 (IBNS): The director of state-run Seth Sukhlal Karnani Memorial (SSKM) hospital Pradip Kumar Mitra on Monday announced that a medical board had been formed for West Bengal Transport and Sports minister Madan Mitra, who has been arrested in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam.
IED recovered in front of police station in upper Assam
Dec 23, 2014, at 01:11 am
Guwahati, Dec 22 (IBNS): A powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was recovered by security forces in front of a police station in upper Assam district Tinsukia on Monday, police said.
Pakistan forced to delay Lakhvi's bail appeal: Lawyer
Dec 23, 2014, at 12:57 am
Islamabad, Dec 22 (IBNS): A Pakistani government prosecutor on Monday said that he has been forced to delay an appeal against a court order which grants bail to top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi, an accused in the 26/11 terror attack on Mumbai in 2008.
Black money, conversion issues paralyze Parliament today
Dec 23, 2014, at 12:07 am
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IBNS): The Opposition parties united on Monday to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on issues of conversion and black money, as both Houses of the Parliament were adjourned repeatedly and several important bills could not be taken up with just one day remaining in the Winter Session.
Omar rules out alliance with Cong, BJP
Dec 22, 2014, at 11:15 pm
Srinagar, Dec 22 (IBNS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said he does not foresee any tie-up with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) or its former ally Congress even as the state awaited the poll results on Tuesday when the counting of votes of the just conclued election will be conducted.
Jammu and Kashmir awaits assembly poll results
Dec 22, 2014, at 08:52 pm
Srinagar, Dec 22 (IBNS) The counting of votes will be held on Tuesday in Jammu and Kashmir which witnessed a record turnout in the multi-cornered contests to elect their assembly representatives and a new assembly.
"Samajwadi Janata Dal" attacks Modi over black money in Delhi rally
Dec 22, 2014, at 07:41 pm
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IBNS): The "Samajwadi Janata Dal" , where former Janata Parivar leaders Lalu Prasad, Nitish Kumar and Mulayam Singh Yadav , have come together, on Monday attacked Narendra Modi over the black money issue from a rally in the national capital.
Lok Sabha adjourned over conversion ruckus
Dec 22, 2014, at 07:07 pm
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IBNS): The lower house of Parliament, Lok Sabha, was adjourned amid a ruckus over the conversion issue. The upper house was adjourned too earlier as the issue continued to roil Parliament and in demand of a statement by the Prime Minister.
ED summons Punjab minister in money laundering case
Dec 22, 2014, at 05:48 pm
Chandigarh, Dec 22 (IBNS): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) issued a summon notice to Punjab’s cabinet minister Bikram Singh Majithia in connection with a money laundering case, media reports said.
Four militants executed in Pakistan
Dec 22, 2014, at 05:39 pm
Faisalabad, Dec 22 (IBNS): Pakistan on Sunday executed four more militants putting an end to the six-year-old moratorium on death penalty, media reports said.
Elderly woman killed in stampede in Andhra Pradesh
Dec 22, 2014, at 05:29 pm
Vijayawada, Dec 22 (IBNS): An elderly woman died in a stampede that broke out at a post office in Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh on Monday morning, media reports said. She was killed in the rush to get in.
Congress RS member Sanjay Singh's estranged son joins BJP in Amethi
Dec 22, 2014, at 04:27 pm
Amethi, Dec 22 (IBNS): Congress Rajya Sabha (RS) member and former Amethi royal Sanjay Singh’s estranged son Anant Vikram joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday, media reports said.
No conflict between BJP and RSS over conversion: Venkaiah Naidu
Dec 22, 2014, at 04:16 pm
Hyderabad, Dec 22 (IBNS): Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday said that there was no conflict between the party and its ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) over the issue of religious conversions.
Kerala govt orders probe into Sunday's conversion
Dec 22, 2014, at 03:56 pm
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 22 (IBNS): The Kerala government ordered a probe into the religious conversion of eight families in Alappuzha, media reports said.
Flights, train services delayed owing to thick fog in Delhi
Dec 22, 2014, at 03:23 pm
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IBNS): At least 36 flights have been delayed and three have been cancelled due to heavy fog in Delhi on Monday, media reports said.
Kolkata: 2 arrested in Korpan Shah murder case
Dec 22, 2014, at 01:56 am
Kolkata, Dec 21 (IBNS): The Kolkata Police has arrested two canteen staffs of Nil Ratan Sarkar (NRS) Medical College's boys hostel in connection with Korpan Shah murder case on Saturday night.
BJP calls Mamata a 'Chitfund Minister'
Dec 22, 2014, at 01:55 am
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IBNS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday criticised Trinamool Congress leaders for using 'insulting language' against the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister and called West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee a 'Chitfund Minister'.
Drug smuggling case: ED summons Bikram Singh Majithia
Dec 22, 2014, at 01:18 am
Chandigarh, Dec 21 (IBNS) The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Punjab revenue minister Bikram Singh Majithia for questioning in connection with a drug smuggling case, reports said.
Dec 22, 2014, at 12:57 am
Guwahati, Dec 21 (IBNS) : Special Operation Unit (SoU) of Assam police on Sunday recovered 10 IED's from lower Assam's Baska district which were stored by banned outfit Jamat-ul-Mujahideen, police said.
Assam : Two NFFB(S) militants killed, abducted trader rescued
Dec 21, 2014, at 10:39 pm
Guwahati, Dec 21 (IBNS) : Two hardcore militants of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (Sangbijit) were killed in gun battle with security forces in Assam's Chirang district along Bhutan border on Sunday, police said.