Militants gun down teenage girl in Assam before parents
Aug 27, 2014, at 05:48 pm
Guwahati, Aug 27 (IBNS) The banned National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) militants killed a girl by firing at her point blank in front of her parents recently in Assam's Chirang district, media reports said on Wednesday.
SC on 'criminal' ministers: No disqualification can be prescribed
Aug 27, 2014, at 05:22 pm
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to disqualify ministers with criminal cases, leaving the decision to the "Prime Minister's wisdom".
No Ebola case reported in India so far: Harsh Vardhan
Aug 27, 2014, at 04:28 pm
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IBNS): Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has said that there is no suspected case of Ebola in India so far, reports said.
Heaviest cross-border firing since 1971: Pathak
Aug 27, 2014, at 04:49 am
Srinagar, Aug 26 (IBNS): Chief of the Border Security Force DK Pathak has said continuous firing from Pakistan from across the border in Jammu and Kashmir in the past few days is the 'heaviest since 1971'.
India imposes ban on fresh contacts with Finmeccanica
Aug 27, 2014, at 02:59 am
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IBNS): The Indian government on Tuesday banned AgustaWestland's parent company Finmeccanica from any future contracts in the wake of VVIP chopper scam charges, but has allowed it to carry on its ongoing deals in the country, reports said.
Aug 27, 2014, at 02:36 am
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IBNS): Ahead of his visit of Japan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said his visit to the Asian nation will boost relationship between the two nations.
Australian High Commissioner Patrick Suckling calls on Jitendra Singh
Aug 27, 2014, at 02:16 am
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IBNS) Ahead of the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot's first official visit to India next week on Sept 4, the Australian High Commissioner in New Delhi, Patrick Suckling on Tuesday called on Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, MoS in Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Space & Atomic Energy Jitendra Singh and discussed different issues likely to come up during the visit.
Kupwara encounter: Family of slain soldier slams Modi govt
Aug 27, 2014, at 02:14 am
Bulandshahr, Aug 26 (IBNS): The family members of an Indian Army soldier, who was killed while fighting against terrorists in Jammu & Kashmir's Kupwara district on Sunday, slammed the Narendra Modi government for not taking proper precautions to protect the soldiers.
Nariman House reopens after six years
Aug 27, 2014, at 12:41 am
Mumbai, Aug 26 (IBNS) Six years after the Chabad House centre in downtown Colaba, better known as Nariman House, was attacked by terrorists during the 26/11 massacre in Mumbai, reopened on Tuesday.
Modi government appoints four new Governors
Aug 27, 2014, at 12:37 am
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IBNS): The Narendra Modi government on Tuesday announced four new governors for the state of Rajasthan, Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra.
Pakistan crisis: Nawaz Sharif meets Army Chief
Aug 27, 2014, at 12:28 am
Islamabad, Aug 26 (IBNS) Amid political turmoil in Pakistan, country's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif held a meeting with Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif, media reports said.
New body is old age home of BJP: Congress
Aug 26, 2014, at 10:48 pm
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IBNS) After the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in a rejig on Tuesday removed patriarchs L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi from the party's parliamentary board, the highest decision making body, and accommodated them as mentors in a new body for the seniors fashioned as "Margdarshak Mandal" , the opposition Congress ridiculed the move as an old age home for silenced leaders.
Old guards Advani, Joshi out of BJP parliamentary board
Aug 26, 2014, at 10:36 pm
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IBNS) In a major rejig in the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), patriarchs L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi have been dropped from the party's parliamentary board, the highest decision making body, but they were accommodated as mentors in a new body for the seniors fashion as "Margdarshak Mandal" to guide the ruling outfit.
Sheila Dikshit resigns as Kerala governor
Aug 26, 2014, at 09:53 pm
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IBNS): Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday resigned as the Governor of Kerala, capping speculations about her removal after the new BJP led government changed governors of several states appointed by the previous UPA regime, said media reports.
Advani, Joshi dropped from key BJP body
Aug 26, 2014, at 09:45 pm
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IBNS) BJP patriarchs L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi have been dropped from the party's parliamentary board, the highest decision making body, said reports on Tuesday.
Riot-accused BJP legislator Sangeet Som to get 'Z-security' cover
Aug 26, 2014, at 08:30 pm
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IBNS): Narendra Modi government's decision to provide Z-security cover for riot accused BJP legislator Sangeet Som has sparked a political uproar.
Shah Rukh Khan given additional protection
Aug 26, 2014, at 08:01 pm
Mumbai, Aug 26 (IBNS) Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan has been given enhanced protection by the Mumbai Police following the incident of a firing at the house of his associate and producer Karim Morani allegedly by men of an underworld men.
Modi govt finalises 4 Governors: TV report
Aug 26, 2014, at 07:11 pm
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IBNS): BJP veteran and former Uttar Pradesh CM Kalyan Singh is likely to be the new Governor of Rajasthan, NDTV channel reports said.
Three students expelled from Gwalior’s Scindia School
Aug 26, 2014, at 07:08 pm
Gwalior, Aug 26 (IBNS): Three students of the famous Scindia School in Gwalior were expelled after allegedly ragging a junior student who is now admitted in a Delhi hospital in critical condition.
Sea plane service begins in Mumbai today
Aug 26, 2014, at 07:04 pm
Mumbai, Aug 26 (IBNS): A sea plane service connecting Mumbai to tourist destinations of the Western Ghats was kicked off on Tuesday. The inaugural flight carried nine passengers to the Pavana reservoir near Lonavala from the Juhu aerodrome.
Kashmir journalist alleges harassment by armyman
Aug 26, 2014, at 06:58 pm
Srinagar, Aug 26 (IBNS) A young journalist from Kashmir, who also reports for IBNS news agency, has alleged that he has been harassed by a person who identified as a top ranking Army officer for revealing the sources of his news gathering.
Three passengers from Ebola-hit Liberia taken to Delhi hospital
Aug 26, 2014, at 04:07 pm
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IBNS): Three passengers, transiting through Delhi to Mumbai, were isolated and taken to a government hospital here on Tuesday for tests to determine whether they have Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). The trio was travelling from Ebola-hit Liberia, reports said.
Five militants, three soldiers killed in encounters in Kashmir
Aug 26, 2014, at 03:29 pm
Kupwara, Aug 26 (IBNS): At least three soldiers and five militants were killed in two separate encounters that have been continuing intermittently since August 23 in Kupwara district of north Kashmir, reports said.
Two ULFA(I) militants shot dead in Assam encounter
Aug 26, 2014, at 05:15 am
Guwahati, Aug 25 (IBNS) : Two hardcore militants of United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) were killed in an encounter with security forces in Assam's Goalpara district along Meghalaya border on Monday, police said.
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IAF all women cycle expedition team flagged in today
Aug 26, 2014, at 04:18 am
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IBNS): Air Marshal HB Rajaram, Air Officer-in-charge Administration, Air HQs on Monday flagged in the 'all women cycle expedition' team on their successful completion of the mission 'Kshitij-Se-Pare'.
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Aug 26, 2014, at 04:05 am
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IBNS): The Vice Chief of the Army Staff, Lt Gen Philip Campose, paid tributes to the mortal remains of Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh and Grenadier Rahul Kumar, both residents of Bulandshahar District (UP), who were martyred in the call of duty.
Indo Russian Air Force Exercise commences at Astrakhan
Aug 26, 2014, at 04:03 am
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IBNS): With the aim to bolster ties between the Indian Air Force and Russian Federation Air Force (RFAF), Ex Avia Indra-2014 commenced on Monday at Astrakhan region, near the Caspian Sea in Russia.
Aug 26, 2014, at 03:47 am
Srinagar, Aug 25 (IBNS) One more army soldier was killed and another sustained injuries on Monday in a fresh firing incident as the twin encounters entered second day at Lolab and Keran forests in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
Assam: Two top Karbi militants nabbed
Aug 26, 2014, at 01:45 am
Guwahati, Aug 25 (IBNS) : Two top leaders of newly formed Karbi Land Protection Force (KLPF) were apprehended and huge cache of arms and ammunition were recovered from them by security forces in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district on Monday, police said.
CBI to not file chargesheet in Baduan case
Aug 26, 2014, at 01:42 am
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IBNS): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday said that it will not file any chargesheet against the five accused in the Badaun gangrape and murder case, reports said.