Nirmala Sitharaman counters Rahul Gandhi, calls him a 'loser'
Mar 18, 2018, at 11:56 pm
New Delhi, Mar 18 (IBNS): Hours after Rahul Gandhi attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the 84th plenary session of the Congress here, BJP leader and Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman came out in slamming the party president and said it reflected the 'rhetoric of a loser'.
Congress is the voice of the nation: Rahul Gandhi
Mar 18, 2018, at 10:19 pm
New Delhi, Mar 18 (IBNS): Calling Congress as the 'voice of the nation', party president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said India expects more from them than any other party in the nation.
Mamata Banerjee condoles former West Bengal minister Pratim Chatterjee's death
Mar 18, 2018, at 09:55 pm
Kolkata, Mar 18 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said she was saddened by the death of former state minister Pratim Chatterjee's death.
Narendra Modi made tall promises: Manmohan Singh attacks
Mar 18, 2018, at 09:46 pm
New Delhi, Mar 18 (IBNS): Former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday targeted the current Central government over numerous issues and said its expenditure in defence sector is 'inadequate'.
Former Bengal minister Pratim Chatterjee passes away in Kolkata
Mar 18, 2018, at 09:29 pm
Kolkata, Mar 18 (IBNS): All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) leader and former Fire Brigade minister during the Left regime in West Bengal, Pratim Chatterjee, passed away in Kolkata on Sunday morning, reports said.
PM Modi made tall promises, implementation unthinkable: Manmohan Singh
Mar 18, 2018, at 08:01 pm
New Delhi, Mar 18 (IBNS): Senior Congress leader and former Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh on Sunday accused the Centre and PM Modi of making tall promises and claimed that whose implementation in present scenario is unthinkable.
BJP pushed people into poverty: Chidambaram
Mar 18, 2018, at 07:35 pm
New Delhi, Mar 18 (IBNS): Senior Congress party leader and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram while addressing the Plenary Session on Sunday said that his party can take the country out of the economic crisis and blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) govt for pushing people into poverty.
Prez Kovind, PM Modi wish nation on Ugadi, Gudi Padava and Sajibu Cheiraoba
Mar 18, 2018, at 06:07 pm
New Delhi, Mar 18 (IBNS): President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday wished citizens on the occasion of Ugadi, Gudi Padava and Sajibu Cheiraoba.
Five civilians killed in Pakistan shelling near LoC in J&K
Mar 18, 2018, at 05:01 pm
Srinagar, Mar 18 (IBNS): Five members of a family were killed in heavy shelling by Pakistani forces in Balakote sector in Mendhar area near the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Sunday morning.
60-year-old beaten to death over scuffle for filling water from tanker
Mar 18, 2018, at 03:52 pm
New Delhi, Mar 18 (IBNS): A 60-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death over a scuffle regarding filling water from a tanker in northwest Delhi's Wazirpur, media reports said.
Accident on Yamuna Expressway kills three doctors from AIIMS
Mar 18, 2018, at 03:36 pm
New Delhi, Mar 18 (IBNS): In a tragic incident, an Innova car rammed into a stationery truck on Yamuna Expressway, near Mathura killing three doctors from AIIMS in the wee hours of Sunday morning, media reports said.
16th All India meet of State Legal Services Authorities opens in Guwahati
Mar 18, 2018, at 03:21 am
Guwahati, Mar 17 (IBNS): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday said that India under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is experiencing transformations and in the wake of the changes, all the four pillars of democracy are working in tandem to champion the cause of public welfare and public interests.
Assam Rifles nabs TSSF militant in Arunachal Pradseh
Mar 18, 2018, at 03:01 am
Guwahati, Mar 17 (IBNS): Security forces apprehended a militant of Tai Singpho Security Force (TSSF), which is known to be close with banned United Liberation Front of Asom – Independent (ULFA-I), in Arunachal Pradesh on Saturday, officials said.
Girls and women of Assam campaign for menstrual hygiene
Mar 18, 2018, at 02:40 am
Guwahati, Mar 17 (IBNS): While Bollywood movies are being made on the subject of women menstruation, girls and women of a small village in Assam are adopting hygienic reusable sanitary napkins and also started campaigning to achieve menstrual hygiene.
Mumbai: Fire breaks out at Army Building in Colaba
Mar 18, 2018, at 02:14 am
Mumbai, Mar 17 (IBNS): A fire broke out at an Army building in south Mumbai's Colaba on Saturday evening, media reports said.
Shatrughan Sinha continues to dig at BJP over UP by-poll defeats
Mar 18, 2018, at 02:02 am
New Delhi, Mar 17 (IBNS): Making the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) uncomfortable, actor-turned politician Shatrughan Sinha has once again taken a dig at his own party over its twin defeats in recent by-polls which were held in Uttar Pradesh.
Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi attack PM Modi, Centre at Congress Plenary Session
Mar 18, 2018, at 01:40 am
New Delhi, Mar 17 (IBNS): Giving out a strong message to the ruling BJP, Congress President Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi on Saturday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that the latter's promises before 2014 Lok Sabha polls were just 'dramebazi'.
First India-Japan workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction to begin on Mar 19
Mar 18, 2018, at 01:11 am
New Delhi, Mar 17 (IBNS): India and Japan, two of the most disaster-prone countries in the world, are coming together to address disaster risk.
Chief Minister of Nagaland calls on DoNER Minister Dr Jitendra Singh
Mar 18, 2018, at 01:06 am
New Delhi, Mar 20 (IBNS):The new Chief Minister of Nagaland, Neiphiu Rio called on Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Jitendra Singh here today and discussed a wide range of issues related to development and other aspects concerning the State.
Kolkata: South City resident jumps to death from 17th floor
Mar 18, 2018, at 01:01 am
Kolkata, Mar 17 (IBNS): A middle aged woman suspectedly committed suicide by jumping off a 17th floor apartment at South City Residential Complex under Jadavpur Police Station limits in south Kolkata on Saturday afternoon.
Mar 18, 2018, at 12:56 am
New Delhi, Mar 17 (IBNS): Vice President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that life is incomplete if we do not have finer elements like knowledge, music, dance, painting, sculpture and crafts.
Mar 18, 2018, at 12:43 am
New Delhi , Mar 17 (IBNS): Vice President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu has greeted the people on the auspicious occasion of Ugadi, Gudi Padava, Chaitra Sukladi and Cheti Chand.
Mar 18, 2018, at 12:36 am
New Delhi, Mar 17 (IBNS): President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday wished the nation on the eve of Chaitra Sukladi, Ugadi, Gudi Padava, Cheti Chand, Navreh and Sajibu Cheiraoba.
Mar 18, 2018, at 12:25 am
Bhubaneswar, Mar 17 (IBNS): President of India Ram Nath Kovind, dedicated the Anand Bhawan Museum and Learning Centre – a memorial to the late Chief Minister Biju Patnaik - to the people of Odisha in the presence of the Governor of Odisha, Dr SC Jamir and Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik and other dignitaries in Cuttack on Saturday.
PM Modi hands over chaadar to be offered at Dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti
Mar 18, 2018, at 12:15 am
New Delhi, Mar 17 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday handed over the "Chaadar" to be offered at Dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, Ajmer Sharif, to the Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.
Mar 17, 2018, at 11:59 pm
Kolkata, Mar 17 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday paid homage to Bangladesh's founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on his 99th birth anniversary.
Darbhanga beheading incident occurred due to land dispute: Sushil Kumar Modi
Mar 17, 2018, at 11:48 pm
Patna, Mar 17 (IBNS): Bihar's Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Saturday said the beheading of a man in the state's Darbhanga region occurred due to 'land dispute'.
PM Narendra Modi addresses Krishi Unnati Mela
Mar 17, 2018, at 11:30 pm
New Delhi, Mar 17 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday visited the Krishi Unnati Mela at the IARI Mela Ground, Pusa Campus, in New Delhi.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to visit India on Mar 22
Mar 17, 2018, at 11:11 pm
New Delhi, Mar 17 (IBNS): Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of Germany, is visiting India on Mar 22-25, 2018.
Pakistan not to participate in WTO meet in India protesting harassment of diplomats
Mar 17, 2018, at 09:30 pm
Islamabad, Mar 17 (IBNS) : Pakistan has decided to pull out from the World Trade Organisation (WTO) meet in New Delhi next week in protest against the alleged harassment of its diplomats in India, media reports said.