Lalu-Nitish pact registers Bihar big win, BJP fails to shine overall
Aug 26, 2014, at 01:35 am
Patna, Aug 25 (IBNS):The tie-up between Lalu Prasad Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal-United (JD-U) along with Congress worked for the anti-BJP alliance in Bihar as they managed to defeat the BJP and the Modi factor in the state by winning together six out of the 10 Assembly seats that went for bypolls.
Goyal lauds SC order on coal block allocation
Aug 26, 2014, at 12:27 am
​New Delhi, Aug 25 (IBNS)​: Coal & Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court verdict which quashed all coal block allocations from 1993.
Greenpeace welcomes SC verdict cancelling coal block allocation
Aug 26, 2014, at 12:07 am
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IBNS) Greenpeace welcomed the Supreme Court order Monday that deemed all coal block allocations since 1993 as 'illegal' on grounds of arbitrariness, legal flaws lack of transparency, fairness and even application of mind.
American speaker Ben Zeman speaks on gender violence, sexism
Aug 26, 2014, at 12:06 am
Kolkata, Aug 25 (IBNS) The American Center Kolkata hosted Ben Atherton-Zeman, an American educator and public speaker on issues of violence prevention from Aug 20-22.
Sheila Dikshit likely to resign as Kerala Guv?
Aug 25, 2014, at 11:58 pm
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IBNS): With the Narendra Modi government all set finalise the new governors, Kerala Governor Sheila Dikshit is likely to resign on Monday evening, media reports said.
New Indian Army chief visits Northeast
Aug 25, 2014, at 10:47 pm
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IBNS) On taking over as the Army Chief earlier this month, General Dalbir Singh had set forth an agenda of ensuring high levels of preparedness and vigil by own troops along Northern and North-Eastern frontiers at all times. With the month yet to get over, he has already straddled the Eastern and Western frontiers signaling his intent in right earnest.
Supreme Court quashes all coal blocks allocated since 1993
Aug 25, 2014, at 08:09 pm
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IBNS) The Supreme Court on Monday quashed all allocations of coal blocks since 1993, delivering a historic judgement on the coal scam after hearing petitions seeking the scrapping of allocations.
People of Bihar against divisive politics: Nitish
Aug 25, 2014, at 07:50 pm
Patna, Aug 25 (IBNS) Buoyed by the results that went in their favour of the anti-BJP alliance, Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader and former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said the outcome of the bypolls in the state is a clear verdict of people against divisive politics.
Supreme Court to pass verdict on coal scam petitions
Aug 25, 2014, at 07:37 pm
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IBNS) The Supreme Court on Monday is likely to rule on petitions seeking the scrapping of coal block allocations during the previous UPA regime.
Lalu, Nitish gain in Bihar bypolls, BJP trails
Aug 25, 2014, at 07:04 pm
Patna, Aug 25 (IBNS): Lalu Prasad Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal-United (JD-U) combine along with their junior partner Congress in Bihar won four seats and was ahead in most of the 10 assembly seats at noon as counting progressed in 18 seats across four Indian states on Monday.
Aug 25, 2014, at 06:51 pm
Kolkata, Aug 25 (IBNS): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials on Monday questioned West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Ahmed Hasan Imran at their Salt Lake office here in connection with the multi-crore Saradha chitfund scam.
Supreme Court refuses to intervene now in Judicial Appointment Bill
Aug 25, 2014, at 06:04 pm
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IBNS): The Supreme Court has declined to intervene at this stage on petitions challenging the judges' appointment bill that was recently passed recently in Parliament scrapping the collegium of senior apex court judges system.
RJD-JD-U-Congress alliance leads in Bihar bypoll
Aug 25, 2014, at 05:59 pm
Patna, Aug 25 (IBNS): As counting progressed on Monday for by-elections to 10 assembly seats in Bihar, of the total 18 that went to polls in four Indian states, the alliance of Janata Dal-United, RJD and Congress led in majority of them, winning at least four of the seats so far.
Result trends of India bypoll at 1130 am
Aug 25, 2014, at 05:36 pm
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IBNS) As counting of by-election in four states of India progressed on Monday, following are the trends at 1130 am:
Fire beaks out at Connaught place building
Aug 25, 2014, at 05:24 pm
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IBNS): A fire broke out on the first floor of a building at Connaught Place area in Delhi on Monday, reports said.
PAK troops target 35 Indian posts in Jammu
Aug 25, 2014, at 05:07 pm
Jammu, Aug 25 (IBNS): In a continued act of ceasefire violation, Pakistani troops targeted 35 Indian posts at the international border in Jammu and Kashmir. Two civilians were injured in the firing, reports said.
Lalu Prasad hospitalised, to undergo cardiac surgery
Aug 25, 2014, at 04:46 pm
Mumbai, Aug 25 (IBNS): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav was admitted to a hospital in Mumbai for a scheduled medical check-up on Monday.
Counting begins for by-elections to 18 assembly seats today
Aug 25, 2014, at 04:13 pm
Patna, Aug 25 (IBNS): Counting began on Monday for by-elections to 18 assembly segments spread across four states, 10 of them in Bihar.
At least 10 pilgrims killed in temple stampede in Madhya Pradesh
Aug 25, 2014, at 03:28 pm
Satna, Aug 25 (IBNS): At least 10 pilgrims, including five women, feared killed and over 60 injured in a stampede at a temple in Madhya Pradesh’s Satna district on Monday, reports said.
Aug 25, 2014, at 02:25 am
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IBNS) The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) civil service preliminary examination was held across India on Sunday.
Defence Minister Arun Jaitley visits Eastern Theatre
Aug 25, 2014, at 12:48 am
Behrampore, Aug 24 (IBNS) Defence Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday visited Eastern Theatre and was briefed on the upcoming Behrampore Military Station, in Murshidabad district of West Bengal.
Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan resigns
Aug 25, 2014, at 12:21 am
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IBNS): Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan has tendered his resignation after he was transferred to Mizoram, reports said.
India, Bangladesh border forces hold talks in New Delhi
Aug 25, 2014, at 12:16 am
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IBNS) Indian and Bangladesh border force top officials met in New Delhi to discuss close coordination in thrashing out border issues and curbing violence and other illegal activities along the frontier.
Hindus urge Brevard County be more inclusive
Aug 25, 2014, at 12:12 am
Florida, Aug 24 (IBNS) Hindus have urged Brevard County Board of County Commissioners in Florida to be more inclusive by allowing atheists to offer invocations at Board meetings at par with religious groups.
Ex-CAG book claims UPA pressure on him, Congress hits back
Aug 24, 2014, at 08:17 pm
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IBNS) Causing yet another embarrassment to the previous United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government led by former Congress Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, ex-Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Vinod Rai has alleged in a new book he has penned that the UPA had sent to him political emissaries to leave out some names from the audit reports in the Coal Block Allocation and Commonwealth Games scams.
Indian soldier killed in Kashmir militant firing
Aug 24, 2014, at 05:51 pm
Srinagar, Aug 24 (IBNS) In a fierce gun battle, an army soldier was killed at Line of Control (LoC) in Keran sector of north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Sunday early morning.
Maharashtra governor transferred to Mizoram
Aug 24, 2014, at 05:39 pm
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IBNS): Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan was transferred to Mizoram on Sunday as the BJP-led NDA government of Narendra Modi effected yet another change in gubernatorial posts, a move since assuming power and even courting controversy over the manner of transfers sometimes.
Pakistan continues to violate ceasefire along LoC
Aug 24, 2014, at 05:04 pm
Jammu, Aug 24 (IBNS): At least 25 BSF posts in Jammu and Kashmir were targeted by Pakistani forces since Saturday night violating the ceasefire even as Indian forces retaliated, said media reports.
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PM meets youth of Gujjar-Bakkarwal communities from J&K
Aug 24, 2014, at 02:50 am
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met a 25 member youth delegation from the Gujjar-Bakkarwal communities of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir.
Aug 24, 2014, at 01:52 am
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IBNS): Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Saturday.