Dalbir Singh takes over as Honorary Colonel of the Rashtriya Rifles
Oct 01, 2014, at 12:22 am
New Delhi, Sept 30 (IBNS): Army Chief Gen Dalbir Singh has taken over as the Honorary Colonel of the Rashtriya Rifles on Tuesday.
Saradha: ED seals bank accounts of 2 WB football clubs
Sep 30, 2014, at 11:40 pm
Kolkata, Sept 30 (IBNS): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday froze the bank accounts of two prominent football clubs in West Bengal-Mohun Bagan and East Bengal-in connection with the multicrore Saradha chit fund scam.
India-US 'Yudh Abhyas' concludes
Sep 30, 2014, at 11:38 pm
New Delhi, Sept 30 (IBNS) The Indo-US Combined Military Training Exercise Yudh Abhyas, 2014, which commenced on Sept 17 at Ranikhet and Chaubattia concluded Tuesday.
Sep 30, 2014, at 11:21 pm
Srinagar, Sept 30 (IBNS): Jammu and Kashmir's top Shia cleric, senior vice president of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and a businessman Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari passed away at a hospital in New Delhi late on Monday night.
Gujarat's suspended IAS officer Pradeep Sharma arrested
Sep 30, 2014, at 10:40 pm
Ahmedabad, Sept 30 (IBNS): Gujarat's suspended IAS officer Pradeep Sharma was on Tuesday arrested from his Ahmedabad residence in a corruption case.
Modi-Obama to publish joint editorial
Sep 30, 2014, at 10:38 pm
Washington, Sept 30 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama will publish a rare joint editorial that will be published in a prominent American newspaper on Tuesday.
Shiv Sena to stay in NDA: Shiv Sena
Sep 30, 2014, at 09:51 pm
Mumbai, Sept 30 (IBNS): Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday said that his party will not quit NDA as of now, media reported.
Maha polls: NCP won't form alliance with BJP, says Pawar
Sep 30, 2014, at 09:00 pm
Mumbai, Sept 30 (IBNS): After the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) withdrew its support from the ruling Congress party, its chief Sharad Pawar refuted all rumours of forming an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the poll-bound Maharashtra.
At White House dinner banquet, Modi says Just Water Please
Sep 30, 2014, at 08:54 pm
Washington, Sept 30 (IBNS): At a dinner hosted by US President Barack Obama at the White House, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had only warm water, but asked the rest of the guests not to feel awkward on his account and continue with their meal, media reported.
Bail plea adjourned, 'Amma' stays in jail for now
Sep 30, 2014, at 06:25 pm
Chennai/Bengaluru, Sept 30 (IBNS): Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, J Jayalalithaa will remain behind bars for now, as the Karnataka High Court has adjourned the hearing on her bail plea till 6 October.
Court to hear Jaya's bail plea today
Sep 30, 2014, at 04:23 pm
Chennai, Sep 30 (IBNS): Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's bail plea is expected to be heard by the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday, reports said.
India, US combined military training exercise in progress
Sep 30, 2014, at 06:38 am
New Delhi, Sept 29 (IBNS) The India-US Combined Military Training Exercise Yudh Abhyas 2014, which commenced on Sept 17 at Ranikhet and Chaubattia, is in progress.
Clintons praise Modi for taking up initiative to clean Ganga
Sep 30, 2014, at 06:09 am
New York, Sept 29 (IBNS) Former US Presdient Bill Clinton and ex- US US secretary of state Hillary Clinton on Monday praised Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking up the initiative to clean the Ganga river.
President congratulates medal winners in Asian Games 2014
Sep 30, 2014, at 05:33 am
New Delhi, Sept 29 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee has congratulated medal winners in Asian Games 2014.
We need to take issue of terrorism seriously: Modi
Sep 30, 2014, at 05:27 am
New York, Sept 29 (IBNS) Addressing at the Council on Foreign Relations here, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the world needs to take the issue of 'terrorism very seriously'.
Model Archana Pandey commits suicide
Sep 30, 2014, at 04:46 am
Mumbai, Sept 29 (IBNS): Model Archana Pandey has allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at her residence in Lokhandwala Andheri West on Monday.
After BJP-Sena break ties, Anant Geete to quit Modi's Cabinet
Sep 30, 2014, at 04:02 am
New Delhi, Sept 29 (IBNS): In the wake of the Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena split in Maharashtra, Sena MP Anant Geete will resign from Narendra Modi's Cabinet after the Prime Minister returns from his US trip.
12.5 lakh families have been affected due to floods in J&K: Khandey
Sep 30, 2014, at 03:15 am
Srinagar, Sept 29 (IBNS) Giving a detailed account of the damages suffered in the unprecedented flood, Chief Secretary, Mohammad Iqbal Khandey on Monday said a memorandum is being readied and after receiving approval of the Cabinet it will be submitted to the Union Government.
IPS officer trainees of 2013 batch call on President Mukherjee
Sep 30, 2014, at 03:14 am
New Delhi, Sept 29 (IBNS) Officer Trainees of the 2013 Batch of Indian Police Service, including 28 lady officers and 15 Officers from Bhutan, Nepal and Maldives undergoing training along with them, called on Indian President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday.
PM Modi meets Hillary and Bill Clinton
Sep 30, 2014, at 02:31 am
New York, Sept 29 (IBNS): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday met former US President Bill Clinton and country's ex-US Secy of State Hillary Clinton.
Modi meets top US CEOs to pitch for investment in India
Sep 30, 2014, at 01:26 am
New York, Sept 29 (IBNS): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a five-day visit to the United States, met top American CEOs over a powerful breakfast meeting on Monday to pitch for investment to develop India's infrastructure.
26/11 martyr Hemant Karkare's wife Kavita dies
Sep 29, 2014, at 10:57 pm
Mumbai, Sept 29 (IBNS): Kavita Karkare, wife of 26/11 martyr Hemant Karkare, died Monday afternoon after she suffered a brain haemorrhage.
Indian-origin US Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard gifts Modi Bhagvad Gita
Sep 29, 2014, at 10:32 pm
New York, Sept 29 (IBNS): Indian-origin US Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard who is the representative of Hawaii, has gifted Modi a copy of Bhagvad Gita, which she used during her swearing-in ceremony to the US House of Representatives.
O Panneerselvam takes oath as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister
Sep 29, 2014, at 09:46 pm
Chennai, Sept 29 (IBNS): Jailed former Tamil Nadu chief minster J Jayalalithaa's staunch loyalist O Panneerselvam took oath as the new chief minister of the state on Monday, two days after his political mentor was sentenced for four years in connection with a nearly two-decade-old corruption case.
Ram Villas Paswan launches Swachh Bharat Mission at FCI
Sep 29, 2014, at 08:03 pm
New Delhi, Sept 29 (IBNS): Taking forward the initiative of 'Clean India' drive undertaken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ram Villas Paswan kicked off 'Swachh Bharat Mission' at the Food Corporation of India (FCI) headquarter on Monday with an appeal to the employees to wholeheartedly join the countrywide cleanliness drive.
Jaya moves to Karnataka HC seeking bail
Sep 29, 2014, at 06:10 pm
Bangalore, Sep 29 (IBNS): AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa, who was sentenced to four years of imprisonment in a corruption case on Saturday, moved the Karnataka High Court on Monday seeking bail.
PM Modi to meet CEOs of top US firms over breakfast
Sep 29, 2014, at 05:44 pm
New York, Sep 29 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet CEOs of top US companies over breakfast on Monday, media reports said.
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley calls on Modi
Sep 29, 2014, at 05:27 pm
New York, Sept 29 (IBNS) Governor of South Carolina, Ms. Nikki Haley, called on the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday.
PM meets Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu
Sep 29, 2014, at 05:25 pm
New York, Sept 29 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday met the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu here during his ongoing US visit.
BJP to hold 300 rallies in two days in Maharashtra
Sep 29, 2014, at 05:14 pm
Mumbai, Sep 29 (IBNS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is mulling to take out about 300 rallies in two days across Maharashtra for the upcoming assembly election scheduled on October 15, reports said.