Australian PM arrives in India tomorrow
Sep 04, 2014, at 02:32 am
New Delhi, Sept 3 (IBNS) Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott is all set to arrive in India on Thursday for a two -day visit to the Asian nation.
PM Modi returns to India after five-day Japan visit
Sep 04, 2014, at 02:00 am
New Delhi, Sept 2 (IBNS): Ending his five-day visit to Japan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned to India on Wednesday.
Ex-CJI P Sathasivam appointed as new Kerala Guv
Sep 04, 2014, at 01:36 am
New Delhi, Sept 3 (IBNS): The Narendra Modi government on Wednesday appointed former Chief Justice of India P Sathasivam as the Governor of Kerala.
14 militants of UPLF, KNLA and KPLT surrender in Assam's Karbi Anglong
Sep 04, 2014, at 01:34 am
Guwahati, Sept 3 (IBNS) : At least fourteen militants belonging to three separate outfits had surrendered along with a huge cache of arms and ammunition before the police in Assam's Karbi Anglong district on Wednesday, police said.
WB: Jadavpur University student alleges molestation in boys hostel
Sep 04, 2014, at 12:18 am
Kolkata, Sept 3 (IBNS): In a shocking incident, a student of the elite Jadavpur University in Kolkata has alleged molestation at the hands of a group of 10 male students, who dragged her to the boys hostel to commit the heinous crime.
Australia on the verge of making N-deal with India, media reports
Sep 03, 2014, at 11:21 pm
Sydney, Sept 3 (IBNS): Australia is looking forward to go ahead with the much-awaited uranium sale to India, media reports said.
SC raps Centre on Clean Ganga project
Sep 03, 2014, at 09:51 pm
New Delhi, Sept 3 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Wednesday rapped the Centre on Ganga cleaning project by saying, “Will Ganga be cleaned in this century or not,†media reports said.
MMRCA deal to be finalized soon: Air Chief
Sep 03, 2014, at 09:29 pm
New Delhi, Sept 3 (IBNS): The much awaited $22 billion MMRCA (medium multi-role combat aircraft) deal is likely to be finalized soon, media reported.
West Bengal girl found dead after kangaroo court feud, family alleges rape
Sep 03, 2014, at 09:27 pm
Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, Sept 3 (IBNS) A 15-year-old girl who defied a kangaroo court diktat to lick spit for her father's failure to replay loan was found dead by a railway track in Jalpaiguri district's Dhupguri area on Tuesday, police said on Wednesday.
Black marketing in small amount is permissible: Jitan Ram
Sep 03, 2014, at 08:26 pm
New Delhi, Sept 3 (IBNS): Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi has sparked a new controversy on Tuesday by saying that black-marketing in small amount will not be treated as an offence.
CBI Director lands in 2G controversy
Sep 03, 2014, at 07:16 pm
New Delhi, Sept 3 (IBNS): CBI Director Ranjit Sinha has landed in a controversy surrounding the 2G scam though the latter denied any wrong doing.
President condoles the passing away of Vahanvati
Sep 03, 2014, at 06:04 pm
New Delhi, Sept 3 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday condoled the passing away of Goolam Essaji Vahanvati, former Attorney General of India.
Take potency test: Supreme Court to Nithyananda
Sep 03, 2014, at 05:20 pm
New Delhi, Sept 3 (IBNS) Controversial godman Nithyananda Swami, who has been accused of rape, was asked to take a potency test by the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
BJP MLA escapes bullet, gunman caught in camera
Sep 03, 2014, at 05:02 pm
New Delhi, Sept 3 (IBNS) A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator was attacked by a gunman right in front of his residence who fired several shots but the politician luckily managed to evade the bullets and survive. The entire incident of Tuesday night was caught in a CCTV camera.
Kolkata: Taxis to go off roads tomorrow
Sep 03, 2014, at 06:07 am
Kolkata, Sept 2 (IBNS): Taxi drivers, under the leadership of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) and the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) have called taxi strike in Kolkata on Wednesday.
President Pranab Mukherjee visits Vaishno Devi
Sep 03, 2014, at 06:06 am
Jammu, Sept 2 (IBNS) President Pranab Mukherjee visited the Holy Cave Shrine of Shri Mata Vaishno Deviji and paid obeisance at the Sanctum Sanctorum on Tuesday.
Former Attorney General GE Vahanvati dies
Sep 03, 2014, at 03:02 am
New Delhi, Sept 2 (IBNS): Former Attorney General Goolam Essaji Vahanvati breathed his last on Tuesday after he suffered a heart attack.
Vinod Mehta to receive GK Reddy Memorial Award 2014
Sep 03, 2014, at 02:39 am
New Delhi, Sept 2 (IBNS): T. Subbarami Reddy, Member of Parliament and Chairman, TSR Foundation has founded an Award in the memory of late GK Reddy, a distinguished and renowned journalist whose phenomenal conception and perception of political and diplomatic affairs are still living in the hearts of millions and millions of admirers.
Kashmir: 3 militants killed in encounter with forces
Sep 03, 2014, at 02:22 am
Pulwama, Sept 2 (IBNS): Three militants were killed on Tuesday in a joint operation launched by Army, SOG and CRPF in Hajan Bala village of Rajpora, in Pulwama district of Jammu & Kashmir.
Death row petitions to be heard in open court: SC
Sep 03, 2014, at 01:19 am
New Delhi, Sept 2 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that petitions by death row convicts will be heard by a bench of three judges in an open court.
Japan visit successful: Narendra Modi
Sep 03, 2014, at 12:26 am
Tokyo, Sept 2 (IBNS): A day ahead of wrapping up his 5-day visit to Japan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called his trip a successful one, while urging the Indian community here to help him fulfill his 'Clean India' mission.
"Come, Make in India", Modi woos Japanese investors
Sep 03, 2014, at 12:08 am
Tokyo, Sept 2 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday has urged the Japanese business community to resolve to "Make in India" and assured them that they will receive a conducive business environment in this country.
India, Japan share spiritual partnership: Modi
Sep 02, 2014, at 11:34 pm
Tokyo, Sept 2 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the deep bonds that India and Japan share are not just because of the efforts of the two governments, but because ordinary people have "nurtured this sapling and turned it into a strong tree."
Bureaucracy is a bridge between people and Government: Ansari
Sep 02, 2014, at 11:31 pm
Mussoorie, Sept 2 (IBNS): Vice President Hamid Ansari thinks that civil service is like a bridge between people and the Government.
Coast Guard gets new Fast Patrol Vessel
Sep 02, 2014, at 11:00 pm
Kochi, 2 Sept (IBNS): The Indian Coast Guard Ship ‘Abhiraj’ was commissioned on Tuesday at Tuticorin by Vice Admiral SPS Cheema, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C), Southern Naval Command(SNC) in the presence of Inspector General SP Sharma, Commander Coast Guard Region (East) and other senior dignitaries of the Union and State Government.
India's commercial capital Mumbai goes "powerless"
Sep 02, 2014, at 09:36 pm
Mumbai, Sept 2 (IBNS): Owing to a power outage, a major part of Mumbai was paralysed on Tuesday morning.
3 militants killed in encounter in south Kashmir
Sep 02, 2014, at 08:41 pm
Pulwama, Sep 2 (IBNS): Three militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in a village at Pulwama district of Jammu & Kashmir, media reports said.
Take strict action to stop political killings: Rajnath tells Kerala CM on RSS activist's murder
Sep 02, 2014, at 07:53 pm
New Delhi, Sept 2 (IBNS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday expressed his concern over the killing of a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activist in Kerala and asked the state's chief minister Oommen Chandy to take strict action to 'stop such political killings'.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi flags off new TCS training initiative in Japan
Sep 02, 2014, at 07:33 pm
Tokyo/ Kolkata, Sept 2 (IBNS) leading IT services, consulting and business solutions firm, Tata Consultancy Services on Tuesday announced that it has initiated a new learning program for its trainee graduates in Japan.
Sep 02, 2014, at 07:18 pm
Tokyo, Sept 2 (IBNS): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned into a drummer as he played traditional Taiko drums at the inauguration of the TCS Japan Technology and Cultural Academy in Tokyo on Tuesday.